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[Python-Dev] buffer('abc') == 'abc' is False ?!

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> I was wondering whether this is an oversight or intended. Buffer
> objects can certainly be compared to strings on a byte-by-byte
> basis, so the compare result looks like a (long standing)
> bug to me.

I'd consider it a feature, designed to convey the subliminal message
"the buffer type should be deprecated". :-)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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