[Python-Dev] Re: adding a bytes sequence type to Python

[Guido van Rossum]

> array.array is the only type in the core that's a read buffer but not
> a character buffer, and I can't find any semantic differences between
> read and character buffers. If someone can explain the differences or
> confirm that there aren't any, I'll make this work. The easiest thing
> to do would be to make array support the character buffer API (but
> maybe only for [cbBu] types?).

Ah, that makes sense. And no please, keep it that way. It's compatible
with the idea that bytes arrays should be read from / written to
binary files.

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