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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"support `str` type parameter in `plistlib.loads`","articleBody":"# Feature or enhancement\n\n### Proposal:\n\nThe `plistlib`'s [loads](https://docs.python.org/3/library/plistlib.html#plistlib.loads) function only accepts `bytes` as input. If the input format is XML against binary, it's normal to pass a XML content in `str` type in user codes.  \n  \n[json.loads](https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html#json.loads) and [tomllib.loads](https://docs.python.org/3/library/tomllib.html#tomllib.loads) also accept `str` as input. \n\n### Has this already been discussed elsewhere?\n\nNo response given\n\n### Links to previous discussion of this feature:\n\n_No response_\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-113582\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/aisk","@type":"Person","name":"aisk"},"datePublished":"2023-12-28T10:02:42.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/113537/cpython/issues/113537"}