[Python-Dev] buffer('abc') == 'abc' is False ?! (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
16 Oct 2002 15:30:40 +0200

"M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@lemburg.com> writes:

* signals "this data is binary data" * compares just fine to strings * gets accepted by all APIs which use the buffer interface to access the data * has a C API which can be used in extensions * is available in Python 2.1.x and up

I believe the string type meets all these requirements.

Regards, Martin