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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1996-09-27 17:11:24 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1996-09-27 17:11:24 (GMT)
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Nits corrected by Fred
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@@ -138,6 +138,15 @@ form \code{unpack_\var{type}}, and take no arguments. They return the
unpacked object. The same caveats apply for \code{unpack_float} and
\code{unpack_double} as above.
+\begin{funcdesc}{unpack_float}{}
+Unpacks a single-precision floating point number.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
+\begin{funcdesc}{unpack_double}{}
+Unpacks a double-precision floating point number, similarly to
+\code{unpack_float}.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
In addition, the following methods unpack strings, bytes, and opaque
data:
@@ -152,7 +161,7 @@ Unpacks and returns a fixed length opaque data stream, similarly to
\code{unpack_fstring}.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{pack_string}{}
+\begin{funcdesc}{unpack_string}{}
Unpacks and returns a variable length string. The length of the
string is first unpacked as an unsigned integer, then the string data
is unpacked with \code{unpack_fstring}.
@@ -160,12 +169,12 @@ is unpacked with \code{unpack_fstring}.
\begin{funcdesc}{unpack_opaque}{}
Unpacks and returns a variable length opaque data string, similarly to
-\code{pack_string}.
+\code{unpack_string}.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{unpack_bytes}{}
Unpacks and returns a variable length byte stream, similarly to
-\code{pack_string}.
+\code{unpack_string}.
\end{funcdesc}
The following methods support unpacking arrays and lists: