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# Byte Array Objects

New in version 2.6.

`PyByteArrayObject`
  This subtype of `PyObject` represents a Python bytearray object.

PyTypeObject `PyByteArray_Type`
  This instance of `PyTypeObject` represents the Python bytearray type; it is the same object as `bytearray` in the Python layer.

## Type check macros

int `PyByteArray_Check`(PyObject *o)
  Return true if the object o is a bytearray object or an instance of a subtype of the bytearray type.

int `PyByteArray_CheckExact`(PyObject *o)
  Return true if the object o is a bytearray object, but not an instance of a subtype of the bytearray type.

## Direct API functions

PyObject* `PyByteArray_FromObject`(PyObject *o)
  Return a new bytearray object from any object, o, that implements the buffer protocol.

PyObject* `PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize`(const char *string, Py_ssize_t len)
  Create a new bytearray object from string and its length, len. On failure, NULL is returned.

PyObject* `PyByteArray_Concat`(PyObject *a, PyObject *b)
  Concat bytearrays a and b and return a new bytearray with the result.

Py_ssize_t `PyByteArray_Size`(PyObject *bytearray)
  Return the size of bytearray after checking for a NULL pointer.

char* `PyByteArray_AsString`(PyObject *bytearray)
  Return the contents of bytearray as a char array after checking for a NULL pointer.

int `PyByteArray_Resize`(PyObject *bytearray, Py_ssize_t len)
  Resize the internal buffer of bytearray to len.

## Macros

These macros trade safety for speed and they don’t check pointers.

char* `PyByteArray_AS_STRING`(PyObject *bytearray)
  Macro version of `PyByteArray_AsString()`.

Py_ssize_t `PyByteArray_GET_SIZE`(PyObject *bytearray)
  Macro version of `PyByteArray_Size()`.

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