[Python-Dev] buffer objects

[Scott Gilbert]

I recently submitted a (really tiny) patch to allow the buffer() builtin to
return a read/write PyBufferObject when possible.  Mostly this was just to
get my feet wet on the patch submission process, but I also think it is the
correct behavior (am I wrong about this?).  Being new at this, I don't
know: Am I supposed to find a committer to champion my patch?


Also...  Several weeks ago, I brought up the suggestion that arraymodule.c
arrays should be able to pickle directly and efficiently.  I've since found
out that the topic of arrays is a complicated one, and now I'm wondering if
anyone else thinks that buffer objects should pickle.

I look at buffers as mutable byte-strings.  Having buffers pickle/unpickle
(without a temporary copy) would avoid most of the questions about data
types/sizes, endian-ness, ..., while allowing things which built on top of
buffers (array modules for instance) to pickle efficiently.


Just curious if a patch along these lines would be received well (assuming
it's a good patch).

Cheers,
    -Scott



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