Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: The converter for the format parameter already exists. It is cache_struct(). You just need to change its interface.
> * Fix Struct.__init__() error message: the method accepts also Unicode > * Document that Struct accepts str encodable to ASCII and bytes I think this should be backported to older versions. Maybe there is an open issue for this. > I would be nice to use Py_buffer format for the "buffer" argument of > iter_unpack(), but Argument Clinic calls PyBuffer_Release(&buffer), whereas > the buffer should stay alive after the function exit. Is there a way to > clone/copy a Py_buffer? I agreed that the Py_buffer converter is not applicable here. Just object is good. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29300> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
