On January 14, 2014 at 4:36:00 PM, Ethan Furman (et...@stoneleaf.us) wrote: > > On 01/14/2014 12:57 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:56:25 -0800 > > Ethan Furman wrote: > >> > >> %s, because it is the most general, has the most convoluted > resolution: > >> > >> - input type is bytes? > >> pass it straight through > > > > It should try to get a Py_buffer instead. > > Meaning any bytes or bytes-subtype will support the Py_buffer > protocol, and this should be the first thing we try? > > Sounds good. > > For that matter, should the first test be "does this object support > Py_buffer" and not worry about it being > isinstance(obj, bytes)? > > > >> - input type is numeric? > >> use its __xxx__ [1] [2] method and ascii-encode it (strictly) > > > > What is the definition of "numeric"? > > That is a key question.
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