Strange extra f added to bytes object

[Peter Pearson]

On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 18:47:38 -0400, Robert Jackson wrote:
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> I am very new to python
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Welcome.


> . . .  I sometimes find the
> when I construct the bytes object to write it adds an extra f to the first
> byte.
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> For example if I have b'\x03\x66\x02\x01\xaa\xbb' it evaluates
> to b'\x03f\x02\x01\xaa\xbb', which doesn't even seem valid.
>
> Can anyone shine some light this?

"f" is the same as \x66; nothing has been changed.

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