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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-04-03 03:35:24 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-04-03 03:35:24 (GMT) |
commit | dd1f52b0c4e63571549e756efddd1ebcc2e16c4f (patch) | |
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Use {seealso} environment to refer to the struct module.
Document ArrayType.
Use {memberdesc} and {methoddesc} environments, as appropriate.
Minor nits.
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diff --git a/Doc/libarray.tex b/Doc/libarray.tex index 03b4933..7ef0c53 100644 --- a/Doc/libarray.tex +++ b/Doc/libarray.tex @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ except that the type of objects stored in them is constrained. The type is specified at object creation time by using a \dfn{type code}, which is a single character. The following type codes are defined: -\begin{tableiii}{|c|c|c|}{code}{Type code}{Type}{Minimum size in bytes} +\begin{tableiii}{|c|c|c|}{character}{Type code}{Type}{Minimum size in bytes} \lineiii{'c'}{character}{1} \lineiii{'b'}{signed integer}{1} \lineiii{'B'}{unsigned integer}{1} @@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ architecture (strictly speaking, by the \C{} implementation). The actual size can be accessed through the \var{itemsize} attribute. The values stored for \code{'L'} and \code{'I'} items will be represented as Python long integers when retrieved, because Python's plain integer -type can't represent the full range of \C{}'s unsigned (long) integers. +type cannot represent the full range of \C{}'s unsigned (long) integers. -See also built-in module \module{struct}\refbimodindex{struct}. -The module defines the following function: +The module defines the following function and type object: \begin{funcdesc}{array}{typecode\optional{, initializer}} Return a new array whose items are restricted by \var{typecode}, and @@ -43,25 +42,28 @@ list or a string. The list or string is passed to the new array's initial items to the array. \end{funcdesc} -Array objects support the following data items and methods: +\begin{datadesc}{ArrayType} +Type object corresponding to the objects returned by +\function{array()}. +\end{datadesc} + -\setindexsubitem{(array attribute)} +Array objects support the following data items and methods: -\begin{datadesc}{typecode} +\begin{memberdesc}[array]{typecode} The typecode character used to create the array. -\end{datadesc} +\end{memberdesc} -\begin{datadesc}{itemsize} +\begin{memberdesc}[array]{itemsize} The length in bytes of one array item in the internal representation. -\end{datadesc} +\end{memberdesc} -\setindexsubitem{(array method)} -\begin{funcdesc}{append}{x} +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{append}{x} Append a new item with value \var{x} to the end of the array. -\end{funcdesc} +\end{methoddesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{buffer_info}{} +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{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 @@ -69,41 +71,41 @@ low-level (and inherently unsafe) I/O interfaces that require memory addresses, such as certain \cfunction{ioctl()} operations. The returned numbers are valid as long as the array exists and no length-changing operations are applied to it. -\end{funcdesc} +\end{methoddesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{byteswap}{x} +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{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 on a machine with a different byte order. -\end{funcdesc} +\end{methoddesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{fromfile}{f, n} +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{fromfile}{f, n} Read \var{n} items (as machine values) from the file object \var{f} and append them to the end of the array. If less than \var{n} items are available, \exception{EOFError} is raised, but the items that were available are still inserted into the array. \var{f} must be a real -built-in file object; something else with a \code{read()} method won't +built-in file object; something else with a \method{read()} method won't do. -\end{funcdesc} +\end{methoddesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{fromlist}{list} +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{fromlist}{list} Append items from the list. This is equivalent to \samp{for x in \var{list}:\ a.append(x)} except that if there is a type error, the array is unchanged. -\end{funcdesc} +\end{methoddesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{fromstring}{s} +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{fromstring}{s} Appends items from the string, interpreting the string as an array of machine values (i.e. as if it had been read from a file using the \method{fromfile()} method). -\end{funcdesc} +\end{methoddesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{insert}{i, x} +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{insert}{i, x} Insert a new item with value \var{x} in the array before position \var{i}. -\end{funcdesc} +\end{methoddesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{read}{f, n} +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{read}{f, n} \deprecated {1.5.1} {Use the \method{fromfile()} method.} Read \var{n} items (as machine values) from the file object \var{f} @@ -112,31 +114,31 @@ are available, \exception{EOFError} is raised, but the items that were available are still inserted into the array. \var{f} must be a real built-in file object; something else with a \method{read()} method won't do. -\end{funcdesc} +\end{methoddesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{reverse}{} +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{reverse}{} Reverse the order of the items in the array. -\end{funcdesc} +\end{methoddesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{tofile}{f} +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{tofile}{f} Write all items (as machine values) to the file object \var{f}. -\end{funcdesc} +\end{methoddesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{tolist}{} +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{tolist}{} Convert the array to an ordinary list with the same items. -\end{funcdesc} +\end{methoddesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{tostring}{} +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{tostring}{} Convert the array to an array of machine values and return the string representation (the same sequence of bytes that would be written to a file by the \method{tofile()} method.) -\end{funcdesc} +\end{methoddesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{write}{f} +\begin{methoddesc}[array]{write}{f} \deprecated {1.5.1} {Use the \method{tofile()} method.} Write all items (as machine values) to the file object \var{f}. -\end{funcdesc} +\end{methoddesc} When an array object is printed or converted to a string, it is represented as \code{array(\var{typecode}, \var{initializer})}. The @@ -152,3 +154,8 @@ array('c', 'hello world') array('l', [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) array('d', [1.0, 2.0, 3.14]) \end{verbatim} + + +\begin{seealso} +\seemodule{struct}{Packing and unpacking of heterogeneous binary data.} +\end{seealso} |