[Python-Dev] PEP 296 - The Buffer Problem

[Guido van Rossum]

> Even if I'm wrong about the need for this, at the very least, the
> additional functionality can be added later.  I really just want to push
> through a simple, usable, bytes object for the time being.  We can easily
> add, we can't easily take away.

Hi Scott,

I've followed this discussion and it looks like the PEP is ready for
another round of refinements based upon the discussion (e.g. to use
size_t).  Do you have time to do that?

And then the next thing would be a prototype implementation.

I like where this is going!

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)