[Python-Dev] Fw: Behavior of buffer()

[Thomas Heller]

> > > Maybe the name 'buffer' suggests false expectations?  It's not a
> > > buffer, it's an alias for a memory area.
> > > 
> > Hm. The name could be right (and I cold give up my own memory
> > object) if there were a way to create a buffer owning it's
> > own memory.
> 
> Maybe your memory object could become a standard Python extension.
> Extra points if it works well with the memmap and the array modules.
> 
What do you mean by 'works well with the mmap and array modules'?

Thomas