#!/usr/bin/env python3 # Copyright 2014 Brett Slatkin, Pearson Education Inc. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. # Preamble to mimick book environment import logging from pprint import pprint from sys import stdout as STDOUT # Example 1 def to_str(bytes_or_str): if isinstance(bytes_or_str, bytes): value = bytes_or_str.decode('utf-8') else: value = bytes_or_str return value # Instance of str print(repr(to_str(b'foo'))) print(repr(to_str('foo'))) # Example 2 def to_bytes(bytes_or_str): if isinstance(bytes_or_str, str): value = bytes_or_str.encode('utf-8') else: value = bytes_or_str return value # Instance of bytes print(repr(to_bytes(b'foo'))) print(repr(to_bytes('foo'))) # Example 5 try: import os with open('random.bin', 'w') as f: f.write(os.urandom(10)) except: logging.exception('Expected') else: assert False # Example 6 with open('random.bin', 'wb') as f: f.write(os.urandom(10))