Merge pull request #584 from ababino/listify-bytes

do not list bytes

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Welcome to fastcore
-================
+# Welcome to fastcore
+
 
 <!-- WARNING: THIS FILE WAS AUTOGENERATED! DO NOT EDIT! -->
 
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ Anaconda, which we recommend) or `pip install fastcore`. For an
 [editable
 install](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35064426/when-would-the-e-editable-option-be-useful-with-pip-install),
 clone this repo and run: `pip install -e ".[dev]"`. fastcore is tested
-to work on Ubuntu, macOS and Windows (versions tested are those show
+to work on Ubuntu, macOS and Windows (versions tested are those shown
 with the `-latest` suffix
-[here](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/specifications-for-github-hosted-runners#supported-runners-and-hardware-resources).
+[here](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/specifications-for-github-hosted-runners#supported-runners-and-hardware-resources)).
 
 `fastcore` contains many features, including:
 

fastcore/basics.py

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def listify(o=None, *rest, use_list=False, match=None):
     if use_list: res = list(o)
     elif o is None: res = []
     elif isinstance(o, list): res = o
-    elif isinstance(o, str) or is_array(o): res = [o]
+    elif isinstance(o, str) or isinstance(o, bytes) or is_array(o): res = [o]
     elif is_iter(o): res = list(o)
     else: res = [o]
     if match is not None:

nbs/01_basics.ipynb

@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
     "    if use_list: res = list(o)\n",
     "    elif o is None: res = []\n",
     "    elif isinstance(o, list): res = o\n",
-    "    elif isinstance(o, str) or is_array(o): res = [o]\n",
+    "    elif isinstance(o, str) or isinstance(o, bytes) or is_array(o): res = [o]\n",
     "    elif is_iter(o): res = list(o)\n",
     "    else: res = [o]\n",
     "    if match is not None:\n",
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "test_eq(listify('hi'), ['hi'])\n",
+    "test_eq(listify(b'hi'), [b'hi'])\n",
     "test_eq(listify(array(1)), [array(1)])\n",
     "test_eq(listify(1), [1])\n",
     "test_eq(listify([1,2]), [1,2])\n",