[Python-Dev] str(memoryview('abc')) != 'abc' in Python 2.7

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Is this intended or should I open a bug report for it:

>>> m = memoryview('abc')
>>> m == 'abc'
True
>>> str(m) == 'abc'
False
>>> str(m)
'<memory at 0x2b2bb6ee26d8>'

I would have expected str(m) == 'abc'.

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