[Ironpython-users] bytearray encoding issue

[Daniel Fernandez]

Hi All,
I ran into an issue bytearray with encoding. The scenario I am using it is with read/writing data over the serial com port. I notice in CPython 2.7.8 the following works
>>> bytearray('Michael Gilfix was here\n')bytearray(b'Michael Gilfix was here\n')

In IronPython 2.7.5 beta I get the following>>> b = bytearray('Michael Gilfix was here\n')Traceback (most recent call last):  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>TypeError: unicode argument without an encoding
I can get it to work if I do the followingb = bytearray(b'Michael Gilfix was here\n')
does the bytearray in CPython do an implicit encoding if not specific to binary? 

I am trying to use hex with bytearray but I see issues with that as well with encoding. Here is an example
CPython 2.7.8>>> hex_string = "deadbeef">>> hex_data = hex_string.decode("hex")>>> hex_data'\xde\xad\xbe\xef'>>> bytearray(hex_data)bytearray(b'\xde\xad\xbe\xef')
IronPython 2.7.5 Beta >>> hex_string = "deadbeef">>> hex_data = hex_string.decode("hex")>>> hex_datau'\xde\xad\xbe\xef'>>> bytearray(hex_data)Traceback (most recent call last):  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>TypeError: unicode argument without an encoding
>>> bytearray(hex_data, 'hex')bytearray(b'deadbeef')

Thanks
Danny 		 	   		  
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