[New-bugs-announce] [issue9847] Binary strings never compare equal to raw/normal strings

[James Hutchison]

New submission from James Hutchison <jamesghutchison at gmail.com>:

Tested on Python 3.1.2 Windows XP 32-bit

Binary strings (such as what is returned by filereader.readline()) are never equal to raw or normal strings, even when both strings are empty

if(b"" == ""):
    print("Strings are equal");
    else:
        if(b"" == r""):
            print("raw and binary equal, normal isn't");
        else:
            print("they aren't equal");

output: they aren't equal

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 116331
nosy: Jimbofbx
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Binary strings never compare equal to raw/normal strings
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.1

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