[Python-Dev] buffer objects

[Fredrik Lundh]

scott wrote:

> 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.

umm.  pickles are supposed to be machine-independent, so how can you
pickle stuff built on buffers *without* taking types/sizes/endianess =
into
account?

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