[Python-3000] tp_bytes and __bytes__ magic method

[Guido van Rossum]

On 8/8/07, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> wrote:
> Victor Stinner just made a good point at #python. The py3k has no magic
> method and type slot for bytes. Python has magic methods like __int__
> for int(ob) and __str__ for str(ob). Are you considering to add a
> __bytes__ method and tp_bytes?

Never occurred to me. The intention is that bytes() has a fixed
signature. It's far less important than str(). __int__() is different,
numeric types must be convertible.

> I can think of a bunch of use cases for a magic method.

Such as?

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