Issue 19411: binascii.hexlify docs say it returns a string (it returns bytes) (original) (raw)

Issue19411

Created on 2013-10-26 17:18 by Devin Jeanpierre, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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fix_doc_binascii.patch vajrasky,2013-11-02 04:26 review
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msg201376 - (view) Author: Devin Jeanpierre (Devin Jeanpierre) * Date: 2013-10-26 17:18
http://docs.python.org/3.4/library/binascii.html#binascii.hexlify
msg201961 - (view) Author: Vajrasky Kok (vajrasky) * Date: 2013-11-02 04:26
Attached the patch to fix the doc. I also fix the module doc because I think bytes and str data types are matter of life and death in this binascii module.
msg202046 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2013-11-03 18:22
New changeset 25d89a4faede by R David Murray in branch '3.3': #19411: Clarify that b2a_hex/hexlify returns a bytes object. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/25d89a4faede New changeset ac190d03aed5 by R David Murray in branch 'default': Merge #19411: Clarify that b2a_hex/hexlify returns a bytes object. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/ac190d03aed5
msg202047 - (view) Author: R. David Murray (r.david.murray) * (Python committer) Date: 2013-11-03 18:23
Thanks, Vajrasky. I modified the patch slightly since I prefer the term "bytes object" to just "bytes" (I think it reads better in English).
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:52 admin set github: 63610
2013-11-03 18:23:42 r.david.murray set status: open -> closedresolution: fixedmessages: + stage: needs patch -> resolved
2013-11-03 18:22:44 python-dev set nosy: + python-devmessages: +
2013-11-02 04:26:16 vajrasky set files: + fix_doc_binascii.patchnosy: + vajraskymessages: + keywords: + patch
2013-11-02 02:55:46 martin.panter set nosy: + martin.panter
2013-10-28 11:06:10 pitrou set stage: needs patchversions: - Python 3.1, Python 3.2
2013-10-27 16:38:54 r.david.murray set nosy: + r.david.murray
2013-10-26 17🔞30 Devin Jeanpierre create