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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-08-14 19:50:37 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-08-14 19:50:37 (GMT)
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Added buffer_info() docs.
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@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ The length in bytes of one array item in the internal representation.
Append a new item with value \var{x} to the end of the array.
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{buffer_info}{}
+Return a tuple \code{(\var{address}, var{length})} giving the current
+memory address and the length in bytes of the buffer used to hold
+array's contents. This is occasionally useful when working with
+low-level (and inherently unsafe) I/O interfaces that require memory
+addresses, such as certain \code{ioctl} operations. The returned
+numbers are valid as long as the array exists and no length-changing
+operations are applied to it.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{byteswap}{x}
``Byteswap'' all items of the array. This is only supported for
integer values. It is useful when reading data from a file written