[issue21177] ValueError: byte must be in range(0, 256)

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor added the comment:

256 is not part of the range(0, 256): 0..255.

$ python
>>> print(list(range(0,256)))
[0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 253, 254, 255]

It doesn't make sense to store the number 256 in a byte string.

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nosy: +haypo

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