From: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>
Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 18:18:34 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Elaborate on bytes-like objects.
X-Git-Tag: v2.7.5~25
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Elaborate on bytes-like objects.
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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index 0d02d1acfc8c..219a6caf2cec 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ Glossary
 
    bytes-like object
       An object that supports the :ref:`buffer protocol <bufferobjects>`,
-      like :class:`str` or :class:`bytearray`.
+      like :class:`str`, :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