On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 13:05:58 -0400 Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > - _PyBytes_Resize() is missing; I moved it under a Py_LIMITED_API > > section. > > No, that's not valid. Bytes are officially immutable - mutating them > when the reference count is only 1 is a private for a reason. The > correct way to do this without relying on that implementation detail > is to use a byte array instead.
Uh, no, it depends what you're doing. There's no reason not to allow people to resize a bytes object which they've just allocated and is still private to their code. That's the whole reason why _PyBytes_Resize() exists, and the use case is not exotic. Telling people to "first create a bytearray and then create a bytes object from that when you're finished" would be a shame. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
