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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst b/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst index d98ece3..740b575 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ .. highlightlang:: c +.. index:: + single: buffer protocol + single: buffer interface; (see buffer protocol) + single: buffer object; (see buffer protocol) + .. _bufferobjects: Buffer Protocol @@ -9,9 +14,6 @@ Buffer Protocol .. sectionauthor:: Benjamin Peterson -.. index:: - single: buffer interface - Certain objects available in Python wrap access to an underlying memory array or *buffer*. Such objects include the built-in :class:`bytes` and :class:`bytearray`, and some extension types like :class:`array.array`. @@ -23,8 +25,8 @@ characteristic of being backed by a possibly large memory buffer. It is then desireable, in some situations, to access that buffer directly and without intermediate copying. -Python provides such a facility at the C level in the form of the *buffer -protocol*. This protocol has two sides: +Python provides such a facility at the C level in the form of the :ref:`buffer +protocol <bufferobjects>`. This protocol has two sides: .. index:: single: PyBufferProcs |