[issue40322] struct.pack adding unexpected byte in 'B' format

[Robert Bressan]

Robert Bressan  added the comment:

After placing a standard size instead of a native one, solved.

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[issue40322] struct.pack adding unexpected byte in 'B' format

[Robert Bressan]

New submission from Robert Bressan :

struct.pack() is adding an unexpected null byte.

When I've run this code:
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import struct
d = {'c':b'a', 'b':1, 'B':1, '?':False, 'h':2, 'H':2, 'i':-3, 'I':3, 'l':4, 
'L':4, 'q':5, 'Q':5, 'f':100.0, 'd':2.0}

for x in d:
y = struct.pack(x,d[x])
print('len('+x+') = ' + str(len(y)) + ': ' + str(y))

x = struct.pack('fBHL', 100, 1, 2,4)
print('len(fBHL) = ' + str(len(x)) + ': ' +  str(x))
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I got this return:
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len(c) = 1: b'a'
len(b) = 1: b'\x01'
len(B) = 1: b'\x01'
len(?) = 1: b'\x00'
len(h) = 2: b'\x02\x00'
len(H) = 2: b'\x02\x00'
len(i) = 4: b'\xfd\xff\xff\xff'
len(I) = 4: b'\x03\x00\x00\x00'
len(l) = 4: b'\x04\x00\x00\x00'
len(L) = 4: b'\x04\x00\x00\x00'
len(q) = 8: b'\x05\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
len(Q) = 8: b'\x05\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
len(f) = 4: b'\x00\x00\xc8B'
len(d) = 8: b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00@'
len(fBHL) = 12: b'\x00\x00\xc8B\x01\x00\x02\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00'
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I believe the last line pack ("fBHL") consumes 11 bytes (4+1+2+4), and 
analysing the bytearray, the B is packing 2 bytes, instead of one. My expected 
result was:
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len(fBHL) = 11: b'\x00\x00\xc8B\x01\x02\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00'
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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 366734
nosy: Robert Bressan
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: struct.pack adding unexpected byte in 'B' format
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.8

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