[Python-Dev] pre-PEP: The Safe Buffer Interface

[Scott Gilbert]

--- Greg Ewing <greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Scott Gilbert <xscottg@yahoo.com>:
> 
> > getreadbufferproc bf_getreadbuffer;
> > getwritebufferproc bf_getwritebuffer;
> >
> > acquirereadbufferproc bf_acquirereadbuffer;
> > acquirewritebufferproc bf_acquirewritebuffer;
> 
> Is there really a need for both "get" and "acquire"
> methods? Surely if an object requires locking, it
> always requires locking, so why can't the "get"
> functions simply include the locking operation
> if they need it?
> 

That is the proposal.  The get methods are the legacy (non-fixed)
interface.





Cheers,
    -Scott


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