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<http://www.python.org/~guido/>`_, Python's creator.
bytes-like object
An object that supports the :ref:`bufferobjects`, like :class:`bytes` or
:class:`bytearray`.
An object that supports the :ref:`bufferobjects`, like :class:`bytes`,
:class:`bytearray` or :class:`memoryview`. Bytes-like objects can
be used for various operations that expect binary data, such as
compression, saving to a binary file or sending over a socket.
Some operations need the binary data to be mutable, in which case
not all bytes-like objects can apply.
bytecode
Python source code is compiled into bytecode, the internal representation