Issue #24608: chunk.Chunk.read() now always returns bytes, not str.
diff --git a/Lib/chunk.py b/Lib/chunk.py
index 98187b2..84b77cc 100644
--- a/Lib/chunk.py
+++ b/Lib/chunk.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
if self.closed:
raise ValueError("I/O operation on closed file")
if self.size_read >= self.chunksize:
- return ''
+ return b''
if size < 0:
size = self.chunksize - self.size_read
if size > self.chunksize - self.size_read:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 87327b3..bdbd74e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #24608: chunk.Chunk.read() now always returns bytes, not str.
+
- Issue #18684: Fixed reading out of the buffer in the re module.
- Issue #24259: tarfile now raises a ReadError if an archive is truncated