[issue10863] zlib.compress() fails with string

[Jose-Luis Fernandez-Barros]

New submission from Jose-Luis Fernandez-Barros :

On "The Python Tutorial", section 10.9. Data Compression
  http://docs.python.org/py3k/tutorial/stdlib.html#data-compression

>>> import zlib
>>> s = 'witch which has which witches wrist watch'
...
>>> t = zlib.compress(s)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
TypeError: must be bytes or buffer, not str

Possible solution (sorry, newbie) are:
>>> s = b'witch which has which witches wrist watch'
or
>>> s = 'witch which has which witches wrist watch'.encode("utf-8")


At "The Python Standard Library", secction 12. Data Compression and Archiving
  http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/zlib.html#module-zlib
apparently example is correct:
  zlib.compress(string[, level])

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title: zlib.compress() fails with string
type: compile error
versions: Python 3.1

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[issue10863] zlib.compress() fails with string

[Jose-Luis Fernandez-Barros]

Jose-Luis Fernandez-Barros  added the comment:

Thanks for your answer.

Error remains at development "The Python Standard Library", secction 12. Data 
Compression and Archiving
  http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/library/zlib.html#module-zlib
zlib.compress(string[, level])

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resolution: fixed -> 
status: closed -> open

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