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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2002-06-25 00:25:30 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2002-06-25 00:25:30 (GMT)
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Fix SF bug 546434 -- buffer slice type inconsistent.
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@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes
Core and builtins
+- Slices and repetitions of buffer objects now consistently return
+ a string. Formerly, strings would be returned most of the time,
+ but a buffer object would be returned when the repetition count
+ was one or when the slice range was all inclusive.
+
- The __slots__ variable can now mention "private" names, and the
right thing will happen (e.g. __slots__ = ["__foo"]).