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Tue Aug 17 18:20:30 CEST 2004 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-August/047940.html

Michael Hudson wrote:
> Anthony Baxter <anthony at interlink.com.au> writes:
>>A big +1 for a bytes() type, though. I'm not sure on the details,
>>but it'd be nice if it was possible to pass a bytes() object to,
>>for instance, write() directly.
> 
> If bytes() doesn't implement the read buffer interface, someone
> somewhere is going to need shooting :-)

Is there any reason you cannot use buffer() ?!

It already implements all the necessary things and has been
available for many years.

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