From 8be229650dd59c06c369e3ccb5394f9243f78501 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:10:14 +0000 Subject: Document new builtin buffer(). Greg Stein. --- Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index 210fec4..5870978 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ dictionary whose keys are strings. It specifies keyword arguments to be added to the end of the the argument list. \end{funcdesc} +\begin{funcdesc}{buffer}{object\optional{, offset\optional{, size}}} +The \var{object} argument must be an object that supports the +buffer call interface (such as strings, arrays, and buffers). A new +buffer object will be created which references the \var{object} argument. +The buffer object will be a slice from the beginning of \var{object} +(or from the specified \var{offset}). The slice will extend to the +end of \var{object} (or will have a length given by the \var{size} +argument). +\end{funcdesc} + \begin{funcdesc}{callable}{object} Return true if the \var{object} argument appears callable, false if not. If this returns true, it is still possible that a call fails, -- cgit v0.12