On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:41 PM, M.-A. Lemburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the past, we've always tried to provide abstract access methods to > C struct internals of Python objects and I wonder whether this was > deliberately not done for Py_buffer structs or simply not considered. > > I don't think it's a good idea to use my_Py_buffer->buf in a C > extension and would rather like to write: > > Py_Buffer_AS_BUFFER(my_Py_buffer) > Py_Buffer_GET_SIZE(my_Py_buffer) > Py_Buffer_GET_ITEM_SIZE(my_Py_buffer) > etc.
I think that's a good idea, too, and we should get something like that in for 3.1. I rather feel like the new buffer API slipped in without any real review. -- Cheers, Benjamin Peterson "There's nothing quite as beautiful as an oboe... except a chicken stuck in a vacuum cleaner." _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
