On Thu, 09 Jan 2014 03:54:13 +0000
MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> I'm thinking that the "i" format could be used for signed integers and
> the "u" for unsigned integers. The width would be the number of bytes.
> You would also need to have a way of specifying the endianness.
>
> For example:
>
> >>> b'{:<2i}'.format(256)
> b'\x01\x00'
> >>> b'{:>2i}'.format(256)
> b'\x00\x01'
The goal is not to add an alternative to the struct module. If you need
binary packing/unpacking, just use struct.
Regards
Antoine.
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