On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:44:25 -0800, bearophileHUGS wrote: > For array.array "B" means unsigned char, and such arrays accept to be > initialized from (str) strings too, this is quite useful: > >>>> from array import array >>>> a = array("B", "hello") > > But it seems such capability isn't shared with the append:
[snip] > I like a lot the Python shell, it helps me in many different > situations. I have tried some Python shells: > - the vanilla one from DOS > - the one from ActivePython IDE > - the one from SPE > - ipython from a DOS shell > > But none of them has what I'd like. Is there a shortage of bytes, that Usenet posts about completely different topics have to message-pool? Did you have any questions, or were you just talking to yourself? [snip] > (Such interactive sessions can be saved too, and loaded again (they > become complex documents), but such ability isn't necessary into a > bare-bone shell that I am describing now. I am describing something as > simple as possible). No you're not. You're describing a quite complicated shell. You're describing a hypothetical shell with features other actual shells don't have, so therefore it can't possibly be as simple as possible. Perhaps what you meant to say was "the bare-minimum I consider worth using"? -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list