Character set woes with binary data

[Lenard Lindstrom]

John Nagle wrote:
> Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>> In short:  How do I create a string that contains raw binary content 
>> without Python caring?  Is that possible?
> 
>    Given where we're now at with strings in Python, Python should
> really have a "byte" type and a way to deal with arrays of bytes,
> independent of the string operators.
> 
>    Efficient handling of lists of bytes would do it.
> 
>                 John Nagle

array.array or ctypes.create_string_buffer.


Lenard Lindstrom