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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Py3 std::string is not converted to 'bytes'","articleBody":"In Python 3, _std::string_ is incorrectly converted to python 'str' type. It should be converted to 'bytes' type. Pull request #54 probably solves this issue. \n\nCode of str_test module:\n\n```\n#include \u003cboost/python.hpp\u003e\n\nstd::string getString()\n{\n    return \"string\";\n}\n\nstd::wstring getWString()\n{\n    return L\"wstring\";\n}\n\nBOOST_PYTHON_MODULE( str_test )\n{\n    boost::python::def( \"getString\",  \u0026getString );\n    boost::python::def( \"getWString\", \u0026getWString );\n}\n```\n\nFirst example is Python 2 and shows correct results.\n\n```\nPython 2.7.9 (default, Mar  1 2015, 12:57:24) \n[GCC 4.9.2] on linux2\nType \"help\", \"copyright\", \"credits\" or \"license\" for more information.\n\u003e\u003e\u003e from str_test import getString, getWString\n\u003e\u003e\u003e type(getString())\n\u003ctype 'str'\u003e\n\u003e\u003e\u003e type(getWString())\n\u003ctype 'unicode'\u003e\n```\n\nSecond example is Python 3 and shows that std::string is unexpectedly converted to 'str'.\n\n```\nPython 3.4.2 (default, Oct  8 2014, 10:45:20) \n[GCC 4.9.1] on linux\nType \"help\", \"copyright\", \"credits\" or \"license\" for more information.\n\u003e\u003e\u003e from str_test import getString, getWString\n\u003e\u003e\u003e type(getString())\n\u003cclass 'str'\u003e     # ooops!!! expected bytes there!\n\u003e\u003e\u003e type(getWString())\n\u003cclass 'str'\u003e\n```\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/pavelschon","@type":"Person","name":"pavelschon"},"datePublished":"2016-08-26T21:45:11.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/85/python/issues/85"}