changeset: 96900:8befb15024b5 parent: 96897:f7c05805deec parent: 96899:64b2d154a5db user: Serhiy Storchaka date: Fri Jul 10 22:26:44 2015 +0300 files: Misc/NEWS description: Issue #24608: chunk.Chunk.read() now always returns bytes, not str. diff -r f7c05805deec -r 8befb15024b5 Lib/chunk.py --- a/Lib/chunk.py Fri Jul 10 22:14:08 2015 +0300 +++ b/Lib/chunk.py Fri Jul 10 22:26:44 2015 +0300 @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ if self.closed: raise ValueError("I/O operation on closed file") if self.size_read >= self.chunksize: - return '' + return b'' if size < 0: size = self.chunksize - self.size_read if size > self.chunksize - self.size_read: diff -r f7c05805deec -r 8befb15024b5 Misc/NEWS --- a/Misc/NEWS Fri Jul 10 22:14:08 2015 +0300 +++ b/Misc/NEWS Fri Jul 10 22:26:44 2015 +0300 @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Library ------- +- Issue #24608: chunk.Chunk.read() now always returns bytes, not str. + - Issue #18684: Fixed reading out of the buffer in the re module. - Issue #24259: tarfile now raises a ReadError if an archive is truncated