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Incompatibility with CPython for bytearray.__repr__ #8311
Description
Feature
The result of repr(bytearray(b"\'")) doesn't match with CPython.
FAIL: test_bytearray_repr (test.test_bytes.AssortedBytesTest.test_bytearray_repr)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/path/to/RustPython/crates/pylib/Lib/test/test_bytes.py", line 2115, in test_bytearray_repr
self.assertEqual(f(bytearray(b"'")), r'''bytearray(b"\'")''') # "\'"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AssertionError: 'bytearray(b"\'")' != 'bytearray(b"\\\'")'
- bytearray(b"'")
+ bytearray(b"\'")
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Python Documentation or reference to CPython source code
TBD
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devyubin commentedon Jul 18, 2026
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