import _io as io try: io.BytesIO io.BufferedWriter except AttributeError: import sys print('SKIP') sys.exit() bts = io.BytesIO() buf = io.BufferedWriter(bts, 8) buf.write(b"foobar") print(bts.getvalue()) buf.write(b"foobar") # CPython has different flushing policy, so value below is different print(bts.getvalue()) buf.flush() print(bts.getvalue()) buf.flush() print(bts.getvalue())