On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 10:33:21AM -0700, rys mccusker wrote: > can python strings contain bytes equal to 0x00? > > I.e. can strings contain arbitrary binary data? yes, strings are fairly commonly (ab)used as raw bytes. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com Look! Up in the sky! It's SWIRLY LIGHTNING HERMIT! (random hero from isometric.spaceninja.com)