Python 3.x and bytes

[Felipe Bastos Nunes]

Mine bytes constructor when useing Corey's advice give's me a string instead
of a b''...

2011/5/17 Corey Richardson <kb1pkl at aim.com>

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> On 05/17/2011 02:47 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
> > In Python 3 one can say
> >
> > --> huh = bytes(5)
> >
> > Since the bytes type is actually a list of integers, I would have
> > expected this to have huh being a bytestring with one element -- the
> > integer 5.  Actually, what you get is:
> >
> > --> huh
> > b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
> >
> > or five null bytes.  Note that this is an immutable type, so you cannot
> > go in later and say
>
> For the bytes to actually be a 'list of integers', you need to pass it
> an iterable, ex:
> >>> bytes([5, 6, 1, 3])
> b'\x05\x06\x01\x03'
>
> - From help(bytes):
>  |  bytes(iterable_of_ints) -> bytes
>  |  bytes(string, encoding[, errors]) -> bytes
>  |  bytes(bytes_or_buffer) -> immutable copy of bytes_or_buffer
>  |  bytes(memory_view) -> bytes
>
> Looks like you're using the fourth when you want the first, possibly?
>
> - --
> Corey Richardson
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Felipe Bastos Nunes
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