Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!xlned.com!feeder7.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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 0.014 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'suppose': 0.07; 'function,': 0.09; 'override': 0.09; 'subject:method': 0.09; '~ethan~': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'jan': 0.12; 'accepts': 0.16; 'subclass': 0.16; 'sat,': 0.16; 'sender:addr:gmail.com': 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'this?': 0.23; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'daniel': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'function': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'object.': 0.31; 'skip:r 60': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; "can't": 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.38; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'read': 0.60; 'url:3': 0.61; 'guaranteed': 0.75; 'ethan': 0.84; 'furman': 0.84; 'url:datamodel': 0.84; 'url:reference': 0.84; 'logistics': 0.95 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=JSGS5w2hzYXHgRQnW3rvqRJla41Vh/eFRWcLE/quM1w=; b=eXhnohGr4+q+9xO3CTK93k20bTdtUX0QZHM102QP+FHtltRW6iIy83RJ2aP0qDEQvH 9FUD8aa9ZgKcAq7YeXsB9A8kTdNNSr3q0OI055MwZxRMpI0IsyI+ZXUIFAGN33SbO9s9 cP+JizxLH6EpZU1KFkyZrMD60my44fc5CgZ8qkoY2CqmjnDhfZ/m4h1uQvySYpzWB4Ue x/rcO+01NKibAAi5VCxrNRneE3TWy9IE1RUSuZVnRkwyz804r0sXiGWTsEsVMOl9dlAj 9/igDG1XvHYVQ64rd7u97h7IHmOa/BAZXBZOixYINfgetZYdaZxTzdEnWgw+r0w/0zlq nAgQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.12.70 with SMTP id w6mr9319439wib.4.1389493141131; Sat, 11 Jan 2014 18:19:01 -0800 (PST) Sender: meltingwax@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <52D1E830.8070305@stoneleaf.us> References: <52D1E0CE.5030906@stoneleaf.us> <52D1E830.8070305@stoneleaf.us> Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 21:19:01 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: xLqtQ1u2-8ux14jC4KdbSfLR0aY Subject: Re: Python 3 __bytes__ method From: Daniel da Silva To: Ethan Furman Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c223ac18584504efbc95aa X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 04:07:24 +0100 Cc: Python X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: 65 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1389496045 news.xs4all.nl 2863 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:43272 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:63745 --001a11c223ac18584504efbc95aa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 One use case is: Suppose you have existing function that accepts a *bytes* object. If you subclass *bytes* and want it to be guaranteed to work with that function, you can override* __bytes__()* to use the logistics of your subclass implementation. On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: > On 01/11/2014 04:53 PM, Daniel da Silva wrote: > >> >> Where did you read this? I can't find any documentation about __bytes__ >> on google. >> > > http://docs.python.org/3.3/reference/datamodel.html? > highlight=__bytes__#object.__bytes__ > > > -- > ~Ethan~ > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > --001a11c223ac18584504efbc95aa Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
One use case is:
Suppose you have existing function th= at accepts a bytes=A0object. If you subclass bytes=A0and want= it to be guaranteed to work with that function, you can override __byte= s__() to use the logistics of your subclass implementation.


On Sat,= Jan 11, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>= wrote:
On 01/11/2014 04:53 PM, Da= niel da Silva wrote:

Where did you read this? I can't find any documentation about __bytes__= on google.

http://docs.python.org/= 3.3/reference/datamodel.html?highlight=3D__bytes__#object.__<= u>bytes__

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