Printing Null Character (“\x00”) in Python vs C

Question

When I code and run the statement:

   print \"\\x00\\x00\\x00\"

in Python it outputs three blank spaces followed by a newline. But in C, when I

Answer 1

So why in Python are NULL bytes treated as spaces?

It's not. Your terminal/console is treating them like spaces. C just happens to stop at the first NUL, whereas Python outputs them. Try writing three NULs to stdout instead.