From: Finn Bock <bckfnn@worldonline.dk>
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 20:06:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: A workaround for the missing buffer() builtin in jython.
X-Git-Tag: v2.2.1c1~454
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=793ead5696dbb7e0897e459aed2cd64cd1e14788;p=python

A workaround for the missing buffer() builtin in jython.

This closes patch "[ #490850 ] Jython and test_StringIO".
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py b/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py
index 33db4ba5bc..8b934fffcd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ class TestStringIO(TestGenericStringIO):
 class TestcStringIO(TestGenericStringIO):
     MODULE = cStringIO
 
+import sys
+if sys.platform.startswith('java'):
+    # Jython doesn't have a buffer object, so we just do a useless
+    # fake of the buffer tests.
+    buffer = str
+
 class TestBufferStringIO(TestStringIO):
     constructor = buffer