Hi everyone, I'd like to be able to derive from the bytes type, but this currently isn't possible due to it missing the Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE. A comment next to the flags indicates that this class is "sealed / final". I tried to search this list for some information on this, but I couldn't find any relevant posts. Why is this type "sealed"?
I've experimented by adding the basetype flag to the type (with a recent svn checkout). Python's test suite continues to run without any errors after this change. My own project's test suite works flawlessly with a bytes derived type, as well. I expected to encounter some error or difficulty that would explain why this type wasn't usable as a base type, but it seems to work great. Mathieu _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
