[Python-Dev] cStringIO buffer interface (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Apr 30 18:51:25 CEST 2008

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Farshid Lashkari <flashk at gmail.com> wrote:

I was just curious as to why cStringIO objects don't implement the buffer interface. cStringIO objects seem similar to string and array objects, and those support the buffer protocol. Is there a reason against allowing cStringIO to support at least the read buffer interface, or is just that nobody has considered it until now?

Well, for one, it would mean you could no longer exchange a StringIO instance for a cStringIO instance.

Also, what's the compelling use case you're thinking of?

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