[Python-3000] Fwd: Python bytes object

[Guido van Rossum]

Sounds good to me -- I don't have this need myself but it seems to fit
well.  I'm looking forward to a patch. :-)

On 11/17/06, Neil Schemenauer <nas at arctrix.com> wrote:
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>
> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:25:03 +0200
> From: Antti Louko <alo at louko.com>
> Subject: Python bytes object
> To: nas at arctrix.com
>
> Python bytes object is useful.
>
> I would add bitwise logical operations. They would be most useful in
> cryptographic and graphics operations.
>
> Also, encoding and decoding (long) integers in binary fromat to and from
> bytes type would be useful. Currently, there is no way to efficiently
> convert long integers to binary formats.
>
> Regards,
>
>         Antti Louko
>
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