ctypes.create_string_buffer should only accept bytes

[benjaminp]

BPO	8306
Nosy	@theller, @terryjreedy, @benjaminp

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title = 'ctypes.create_string_buffer should only accept bytes'
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[benjaminp]

These coercions shouldn't be allowed:

import ctypes
>>> buf = ctypes.create_string_buffer("hi")
>>> buf.value
b'hi'
>>> buf.value = "23"
>>> buf.value
b'23'

[terryjreedy]

I am just responding so this will not show up on the 'unanswered issues' list.

[ysjray]

Why not close this issue? It seems that this has been fixed in current py3k branch.