Christian Heimes <li...@cheimes.de> added the comment:
startswith supports bytes just fine:
$ python3
Python 3.6.6 (default, Jul 19 2018, 14:25:17)
[GCC 8.1.1 20180712 (Red Hat 8.1.1-5)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> with open('test.png', 'rb') as f:
... header = f.read(1024)
...
>>> header.startswith(b'\211PNG\r\n\032\n')
True
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nosy: +christian.heimes
resolution: -> not a bug
stage: -> resolved
status: open -> closed
type: crash -> behavior
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