guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg wed apr 30 2008 936 farshid lashkari wrote curious cstringio objects dont implement buffer interface cstringio objects seem similar string array objects support buffer protocol reason allowing cstringio support least read buffer interface nobody considered well one would mean could longer exchange stringio instance cstringio instance also whats compelling use case youre thinking guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 215617 0700 pythondev cstringio buffer interface