On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Ron Adam wrote:
> It seems to me, that maybe a single "byte_buffer" type, that can be
> defined to the exact needed byte lengths and have possible other
> characteristics to aid in interfacing to other languages or devices,
> would be a better choice.
>
> Then pythons ints, floats, etc... can uses what ever internal lengths is
> most efficient for the system it's compiled on and then the final result
> can be stored in the 'byte_buffer' for interfacing purposes.
>
> It would also be a good choice for bit manipulation when someone needs
> that, instead of trying to do it in an integer.
>
> Would something like that fulfill your need?
Sounds interresting. Not exactly stright-forward. What i have now is
functional, but if speed becomes a problem then this might be useful.
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