New submission from Terry J. Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu>:
The struct doc does not specify the meaning of 's', without a count. The
attached patch adds the sentence:
If a count is not given, it defaults to 1; ``'s'`` means the same as ``'1s'``.
(Until I experimented, I had thought no count meant indefinite length).
>>> struct.pack('sss', b'', b'a', b'ab')
b'\x00aa'
>>> struct.pack('1s1s1s', b'', b'a', b'ab')
b'\x00aa'
----------
messages: 130275
nosy: terry.reedy
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Clarify struct doc for format 's'.
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3
_______________________________________
Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org>
<http://bugs.python.org/issue11436>
_______________________________________
_______________________________________________
Python-bugs-list mailing list
Unsubscribe:
http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
