On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Farshid Lashkari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just curious as to why cStringIO objects don't implement the > buffer interface. cStringIO objects seem similar to string and array > objects, and those support the buffer protocol. Is there a reason > against allowing cStringIO to support at least the read buffer > interface, or is just that nobody has considered it until now?
Well, for one, it would mean you could no longer exchange a StringIO instance for a cStringIO instance. Also, what's the compelling use case you're thinking of? -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
