[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 467: Minor bytes and bytearray improvements

On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 8:21 PM Ethan Furman wrote:

The difference with the built-in ascii is the absence of extra quotes and the `b` indicator when a string is used:

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u_var = u'abc' bytes.ascii(u_var) b'abc'

What about bytes, bytearray and memoryview? What is the expected behavior? I expect that memoryview is not supported (return something like b''), and that bytes and bytearray are copied without adding "b" prefix or quotes. bytes.ascii(b'abc') == b'abc' bytes.ascii(bytearray(b'abc')) == b'abc' I just suggest to elaborate the specification in the PEP. Victor -- Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death.