PEP 467: Include memoryview, drop Python 2->3 conversion text (#3660)

ethanfurman · hugovk · AA-Turner · web-flow · commit db0f99ab7e5c · 2025-05-06T21:00:16.000Z
Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade &lt;hugovk@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
Co-authored-by: Adam Turner &lt;9087854+AA-Turner@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/peps/pep-0467.rst b/peps/pep-0467.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Discussions-To: https://discuss.python.org/t/42001
 Status: Draft
 Type: Standards Track
 Created: 30-Mar-2014
-Python-Version: 3.13
+Python-Version: 3.15
 Post-History: 30-Mar-2014, 15-Aug-2014, 16-Aug-2014, 07-Jun-2016, 01-Sep-2016,
               13-Apr-2021, 03-Nov-2021, 27-Dec-2023
 
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ This PEP proposes small adjustments to the APIs of the ``bytes`` and
 * Add ``getbyte`` byte retrieval method
 * Add ``iterbytes`` alternative iterator
 
+The last two (``getbyte`` and ``iterbytes``) will also be added to ``memoryview``.
+
 Rationale
 =========
 
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ painful -- wire format protocols.
 This area of programming is characterized by a mixture of binary data and
 ASCII compatible segments of text (aka ASCII-encoded text).  The addition of
 the new constructors, methods, and iterators will aid both in writing new
-wire format code, and in porting any remaining Python 2 wire format code.
+wire format code, and in updating existing code.
 
 Common use-cases include ``dbf`` and ``pdf`` file formats, ``email``
 formats, and ``FTP`` and ``HTTP`` communications, among many others.
@@ -122,8 +124,8 @@ negative numbers. The documentation of the new methods will refer readers to
 Addition of "getbyte" method to retrieve a single byte
 ------------------------------------------------------
 
-This PEP proposes that ``bytes`` and ``bytearray`` gain the method ``getbyte``
-which will always return ``bytes``::
+This PEP proposes that ``bytes``, ``bytearray``, and ``memoryview`` gain the
+method ``getbyte`` which will always return ``bytes``::
 
     >>> b'abc'.getbyte(0)
     b'a'
@@ -139,9 +141,9 @@ If an index is asked for that doesn't exist, ``IndexError`` is raised::
 Addition of optimised iterator methods that produce ``bytes`` objects
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-This PEP proposes that ``bytes`` and ``bytearray`` gain an optimised
-``iterbytes`` method that produces length 1 ``bytes`` objects rather than
-integers::
+This PEP proposes that ``bytes``, ``bytearray``, and ``memoryview`` gain an
+optimised ``iterbytes`` method that produces length 1 ``bytes`` objects rather
+than integers::
 
     for x in data.iterbytes():
         # x is a length 1 ``bytes`` object, rather than an integer
@@ -202,13 +204,6 @@ Developers that use this method frequently will instead have the option to
 define their own ``bchr = bytes.fromint`` aliases.
 
 
-Scope limitation: memoryview
-----------------------------
-
-Updating ``memoryview`` with the new item retrieval methods is outside the scope
-of this PEP.
-
-
 References
 ==========
 
