[Python-Dev] Backport of bytearray type and io module

[Guido van Rossum]

I'm okay with bytearray not being subclassable in 2.6 as a temporary
measure. I wouldn't want that to leak into 3.0 though, and I'd rather
have it subclassable in 2.6 as well. I wonder why it doesn't work in
2.6 but does work in 3.0?

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> wrote:
> Christian Heimes schrieb:
>
> > Hello!
>  >
>  > I've successfully back ported the bytearray type and the io module from
>  > 3.0 to 2.6. The code is available in the branch trunk-bytearray [1]. I'm
>  > down to four failing byte tests and one failing io test. The failing
>  > byte tests are all related to pickling and subclassing.
>  >
>  > I like to get the remaining tests fixed for the upcoming release in a
>  > week. Please checkout the branch and help me figure out the remaining
>  > issues.
>
>  Follow up:
>
>  All failing bytearray tests were caused by subclasses of bytearray. I've
>  removed the Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE flag for now. Are you fine with the
>  inclusion of bytearray although it can't be subclassed?
>
>  I'm going to fix the last io bug now. I like to merge the backport of
>  bytearray and io before the next alpha gets shipped out.
>
>  Christian
>



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