[Python-Dev] PEP 298 - the Fixed Buffer Interface

[Scott Gilbert]

--- Neil Hodgson <nhodgson@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> 
>    I'd like to see the purpose of the interface defined here rather than
> rely upon a reference to an email which talks about two buffer entities,
> the API and the object. Reading the email produces a purpose that could 
> be used here:
> 
> [the Buffer API is] intended to allow efficient
> binary I/O from and (in some cases) to large objects that have a
> relatively well-understood underlying memory representation
> 

It's not just for I/O.  In addition to I/O, I intend to use it for
numerical calculations that can be run independently of the GIL.


Cheers,
    -Scott








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