[issue16204] PyBuffer_FillInfo returns 'B' buffer, whose behavior has changed w.r.t. 3.1/3.2

[Daniele Varrazzo]

New submission from Daniele Varrazzo:

Definitely related to this change in Python 3.3:

    Accessing a memoryview element with format ‘B’ (unsigned bytes) now 
    returns an integer (in accordance with the struct module syntax). 
    For returning a bytes object the view must be cast to ‘c’ first.

The object returned by PyBuffer_FillInfo is 'B' format: this means that python code finds itself dealing in Py 3.3 with a different object respect to what returned in Py 3.1 and 3.2. Is this change in the behavior wanted? Wouldn't have been better having FillInfo return a 'c' buffer instead?

I'm adding support to Py 3.3 to psycopg2 and the B buffers make the test suite fail. I want psycopg to return consistent objects across 3.x. Is the change in this commit correct?

https://github.com/dvarrazzo/psycopg/commit/469b6f8aff4cafe203d851b19bedfab0128e795a

Is this a good way to return a 'c' buffer?

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messages: 172710
nosy: piro
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: PyBuffer_FillInfo returns 'B' buffer, whose behavior has changed w.r.t. 3.1/3.2
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.3

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