Message 170680 - Python tracker

Message170680

Author	pitrou
Recipients	amaury.forgeotdarc, jcea, pitrou, sbt, skrah, vstinner
Date	2012-09-18.21:51:38
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> Antoine Pitrou <report@bugs.python.org> wrote: > > I don't think we want to expose a mutable bytes object to outside code, > > so IMO PyMemoryView_FromMemory() is preferrable. > > I agree, but PyMemoryView_FromMemory(PyBytes_AS_STRING(b), n, PyBUF_WRITE) > just hides the fact that a mutable bytes object is exposed. Except that the mutable bytes object is not exposed to any outside code, so that weird behaviour can't be observed.

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> Antoine Pitrou <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:
> > I don't think we want to expose a mutable bytes object to outside code,
> > so IMO PyMemoryView_FromMemory() is preferrable.
> 
> I agree, but PyMemoryView_FromMemory(PyBytes_AS_STRING(b), n, PyBUF_WRITE)
> just hides the fact that a mutable bytes object is exposed.

Except that the mutable bytes object is not exposed to any outside code,
so that weird behaviour can't be observed.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2012-09-18 21:51:39	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, jcea, amaury.forgeotdarc, vstinner, skrah, sbt
2012-09-18 21:51:38	pitrou	link	issue15903 messages
2012-09-18 21:51:38	pitrou	create