On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:48:59 -0700 (PDT), hdante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 30, 4:31 am, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mar 30, 3:58 pm, hdante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > If you have some legacy binary file that you need to process, try >> > creating a C program that freads the binary file and printfs a text >> > equivalent. >> >> ... and that couldn't be done faster and better in Python?? > > No. A C struct is done faster and better than python (thus, the > correctness check is faster in C). Also, chances are high that there's > already an include file with the binary structure. If a C struct defines the file format, he is probably screwed already. There are no guarantees that even different compilers on the same machine have the same struct layout. I have never seen this done by a serious program. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu \X/ snipabacken.se> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
