[Python-Dev] Byte string class hierarchy (original) (raw)

Neil Schemenauer nas at arctrix.com
Thu Aug 19 16:40:19 CEST 2004


On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 11:21:38AM +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

I assume the picture will look more like this:

basesequence mutable basebytes bytes array cStringIO mmap immutable unicode tuple basenumber integer float decimal complex

Inheritance is overrated. :-) For example, I think mutability may be an orthogonal property. Also, I don't think cStringIO is sequence-like, it's more like a file.

Neil



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