Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.04; 'bytes.': 0.07; 'type,': 0.07; 'python': 0.07; 'ex:': 0.09; 'pm,': 0.11; '>>>': 0.12; 'message-----': 0.14; 'wrote:': 0.14; '(gnu/linux)': 0.16; '-----begin': 0.16; '-----end': 0.16; 'from:addr:kb1pkl': 0.16; 'from:name:corey richardson': 0.16; 'furman': 0.16; 'gnupg': 0.16; 'hash:': 0.16; 'immutable': 0.16; 'iterable,': 0.16; 'message-id:@aim.com': 0.16; 'pgp': 0.16; 'received:64.12.207.164': 0.16; 'received:imr-mb01.mx.aol.com': 0.16; 'richardson': 0.16; 'sha1': 0.16; 'url:enigmail': 0.16; 'url:mozdev': 0.16; 'bytes': 0.19; 'comment:': 0.19; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'integer': 0.23; 'null': 0.23; 'later': 0.26; 'skip:b 20': 0.27; 'pass': 0.27; 'signed': 0.27; 'looks': 0.28; 'list': 0.30; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.32; 'using': 0.34; 'received:192': 0.34; 'actually': 0.34; 'received:192.168.0': 0.35; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.35; 'received:192.168': 0.37; 'element': 0.38; 'url:org': 0.38; 'version:': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'would': 0.40; 'skip:d 60': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20110426; t=1305661849; bh=NtLgwS2uoqHnPtj8P/Tq/uBRnrgeD7zRY4FlcbEgC9E=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject:Content-Type; b=jcQzkfalUvFw/seLkaeXemjkbL/lGvU2ICYyjAM3T/hyGViOiVwbGFfTEoY2qd24A V6KuRwj+/i6zayuxT83uIXnQSUDVYiw0UeJSljk0mHQ5sleag4wZdTyQOWfTWGs1OG vX5iN1Z8xhCC1+re3tK3vCw7wDzJtKR+U9m0V0lk= Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:50:13 -0400 From: Corey Richardson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110505 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Python 3.x and bytes References: <4DD2C2A5.3080403@stoneleaf.us> In-Reply-To: <4DD2C2A5.3080403@stoneleaf.us> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:460201696:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d33c14dd2d19863f2 X-AOL-IP: 71.168.99.50 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 45 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1305661864 news.xs4all.nl 49046 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:41433 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:5604 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN0tF1AAoJEAFAbo/KNFvp41AH/1l2zR6XVOJ0xM7s2P+PDYZX OAhmi19hFEP0zQoWiW3TiMEVPlaqgtipPCp1t+jTeNNN3F+H4NG2DHJJZ3dPDr2J CpABQKyS4MJQTUxhCIlXqAaA2I1pejzAv6fwsF66/zPFmyaTAJLDP+3WMQvCUUoZ 5A3qHgHNp6vBHXd13RNdQStLeprfQptA+z6XdiJPos348ecRj/u9id7v28dwxxsm d9WA6oYwJ+Y/NcG2OP0Flyp3Zc3hymVsv5vhmhG2+EiIrxMn95k8ImsKLEhvUW3a 72CxlE6EaOMD4MuWyeGMS33c0vHwtAvEIE7M56R2FAl8EsUFwP2swaij0tEiemg= =8MRV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----