[Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): document __bytes__ special method (closes #13259)

[benjamin.peterson]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/199d9e3fe0ce
changeset:   73111:199d9e3fe0ce
branch:      3.2
parent:      73097:d9571fb37269
user:        Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date:        Tue Oct 25 00:03:51 2011 -0400
summary:
  document __bytes__ special method (closes #13259)

files:
  Doc/reference/datamodel.rst |  8 ++++++++
  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1157,6 +1157,14 @@
    .. XXX what about subclasses of string?
 
 
+.. method:: object.__bytes__(self)
+
+   .. index:: builtin: bytes
+
+   Called by :func:`bytes` to compute a byte-string representation of an
+   object. This should return a ``bytes`` object.
+
+
 .. method:: object.__format__(self, format_spec)
 
    .. index::

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython