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Author terry.reedy
Recipients docs@python, pkoning, terry.reedy
Date 2013-03-01.23:03:39
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class myit(list):
    def __bytes__(self): return b'hello'
print (bytes(b'a'))

class myit(list):
    def __bytes__(self): return b'hello'
print (bytearray (myit([1,2,3])))

# bytearray(b'a')
# bytearray(b'\x01\x02\x03')

class by:
    def __bytes__(self): return b'hello'
# TypeError: 'by' object is not iterable
(Error message is incomplete.)

So bytearray *always* treats objects as specified in its library entry and never calls __bytes__, making its value sometimes unequal as a sequence of bytes from bytes with the same input.
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2013-03-01 23:03:39terry.reedysetrecipients: + terry.reedy, docs@python, pkoning
2013-03-01 23:03:39terry.reedysetmessageid: <1362179019.82.0.210337701512.issue17309@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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