# Add \`take\_bytes(\[n\])\` to \`bytearray\` providing a zero-copy path to \`bytes\`

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/add-take-bytes-n-to-bytearray-providing-a-zero-copy-path-to-bytes/103804>\
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**Created:** [September 17, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/add-take-bytes-n-to-bytearray-providing-a-zero-copy-path-to-bytes/103804 "2025-09-17T20:00:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/add-take-bytes-n-to-bytearray-providing-a-zero-copy-path-to-bytes/103804/5 "2025-09-25T10:47:50Z")

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`bytearray` supports fast deletion at the start and at the end, it avoids resizing the buffer in most cases. Using `bytes` or `PyBytesWriter` inside `bytearray` may lose this optimization, no?

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