Should this PEP include changes to the struct module, or should it be a separate PEP?
I would like struct.pack() to return bytes and struct.unpack() to accept bytes or buffers but not strings. The 's' and 'p' format specifier should refer to bytes and not strings. In protocol encoding and decoding, "unpack and strip off the front" and "pack and append" are very common operations. I would also like to have buffer.unpack(fmt) be the former and buffer.pack(fmt, v1, v2, ...) be the latter. Joel _______________________________________________ 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
