Bug #1563759: struct.unpack doens't support buffer protocol objects

2 files changed, 33 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_struct.py b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
index f5019bf..ea3a518 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_struct.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
@@ -614,11 +614,19 @@ def test_pack_into_fn():
     assertRaises(struct.error, pack_into, small_buf, 0, test_string)
     assertRaises(struct.error, pack_into, small_buf, 2, test_string)
 
+def test_unpack_with_buffer():
+    # SF bug 1563759: struct.unpack doens't support buffer protocol objects
+    data1 = array.array('B', '\x12\x34\x56\x78')
+    data2 = buffer('......\x12\x34\x56\x78......', 6, 4)
+    for data in [data1, data2]:
+        value, = struct.unpack('>I', data)
+        vereq(value, 0x12345678)
 
 # Test methods to pack and unpack from buffers rather than strings.
 test_unpack_from()
 test_pack_into()
 test_pack_into_fn()
+test_unpack_with_buffer()
 
 def test_bool():
     for prefix in tuple("<>!=")+('',):
diff --git a/Modules/_struct.c b/Modules/_struct.c
index 059d988..a4c82f7 100644
--- a/Modules/_struct.c
+++ b/Modules/_struct.c
@@ -1534,17 +1534,35 @@ strings.");
 static PyObject *
 s_unpack(PyObject *self, PyObject *inputstr)
 {
+	char *start;
+	Py_ssize_t len;
+	PyObject *args=NULL, *result;
 	PyStructObject *soself = (PyStructObject *)self;
 	assert(PyStruct_Check(self));
 	assert(soself->s_codes != NULL);
-	if (inputstr == NULL || !PyString_Check(inputstr) ||
-		PyString_GET_SIZE(inputstr) != soself->s_size) {
-		PyErr_Format(StructError,
-			"unpack requires a string argument of length %zd",
-			soself->s_size);
-		return NULL;
+	if (inputstr == NULL)
+		goto fail;
+	if (PyString_Check(inputstr) &&
+		PyString_GET_SIZE(inputstr) == soself->s_size) {
+			return s_unpack_internal(soself, PyString_AS_STRING(inputstr));
 	}
-	return s_unpack_internal(soself, PyString_AS_STRING(inputstr));
+	args = PyTuple_Pack(1, inputstr);
+	if (args == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#:unpack", &start, &len))
+		goto fail;
+	if (soself->s_size != len)
+		goto fail;
+	result = s_unpack_internal(soself, start);
+	Py_DECREF(args);
+	return result;
+
+fail:
+	Py_XDECREF(args);
+	PyErr_Format(StructError,
+		"unpack requires a string argument of length %zd",
+		soself->s_size);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(s_unpack_from__doc__,