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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-10-10 17:02:34 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-10-10 17:02:34 (GMT)
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Minor nit fixes based on suggestions from Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>.
Added "See also" section with relevant RFC references.
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@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
\section{\module{xdrlib} ---
- Encode and decode XDR data.}
-\declaremodule{standard}{xdrlib}
+ Encode and decode XDR data}
+\declaremodule{standard}{xdrlib}
\modulesynopsis{Encoders and decoders for the External Data
-Representation (XDR).}
+ Representation (XDR).}
\index{XDR}
\index{External Data Representation}
-
The \module{xdrlib} module supports the External Data Representation
Standard as described in \rfc{1014}, written by Sun Microsystems,
Inc. June 1987. It supports most of the data types described in the
@@ -30,6 +29,17 @@ values from a string buffer. The input buffer is given as
\end{classdesc}
+\begin{seealso}
+ \seerfc{1014}{XDR: External Data Representation Standard}{This RFC
+ defined the encoding of data which was XDR at the time
+ this module was originally written. It has
+ appearantly been obsoleted by \rfc{1832}.}
+
+ \seerfc{1832}{XDR: External Data Representation Standard}{Newer RFC
+ that provides a revised definition of XDR.}
+\end{seealso}
+
+
\subsection{Packer Objects \label{xdr-packer-objects}}
\class{Packer} instances have the following methods: