[issue8334] winreg.QueryValue should return bytes, not unicode

Daniel Stutzbach added the comment: Jumped the gun here. RegQueryValue returns ERROR_DATA_INVALID if the value isn't a string, so converting to Unicode is OK. -- status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue8334] winreg.QueryValue should return bytes, not unicode

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[issue8334] winreg.QueryValue should return bytes, not unicode

Changes by Brian Curtin : -- components: +Extension Modules -Library (Lib) nosy: +brian.curtin priority: -> normal ___ Python tracker ___

[issue8334] winreg.QueryValue should return bytes, not unicode

New submission from Daniel Stutzbach : The Windows RegQueryValue function returns a registry value without returning the corresponding type information (e.g., REG_SZ for string, REG_BINARY for binary data, REG_DWORD for a 32-bit number, etc.). The corresponding wrapper winreg.QueryValue curren