[Python-Dev] Allowing u.encode() to return non-strings

["Martin v. Löwis"]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>> Can you give examples for the remaining cases?
> 
> 
> A codec might want to return a buffer object, a mmapped
> file, a home grown object, an array, a PIL Image object,
> a WAV audio file object, etc. etc.

Which specific encoding would return a mmaped filed?

Regards,
Martin