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authorStefan Krah <skrah@bytereef.org>2015-08-08 11:38:10 (GMT)
committerStefan Krah <skrah@bytereef.org>2015-08-08 11:38:10 (GMT)
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Issue #15944: memoryview: Allow arbitrary formats when casting to bytes.
Original patch by Martin Panter.
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@@ -3564,7 +3564,7 @@ copying.
the buffer itself is not copied. Supported casts are 1D -> C-contiguous
and C-contiguous -> 1D.
- Both formats are restricted to single element native formats in
+ The destination format is restricted to a single element native format in
:mod:`struct` syntax. One of the formats must be a byte format
('B', 'b' or 'c'). The byte length of the result must be the same
as the original length.
@@ -3645,6 +3645,9 @@ copying.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+ The source format is no longer restricted when casting to a byte view.
+
There are also several readonly attributes available:
.. attribute:: obj