How do I get access to a data buffer in Python so that I can directly view/modify the data? My buffer size is 256 (for this specific case) bytes. Most of the time, I access want to access that data in 4-byte chunks, sometimes in single byte chunks. How do I go about doing so?
I'm certain someone's come across (and has probably asked this question a few times). I've tried various searches, and I'm either missing the obvious, or am not using the right key words to get what I'm looking for. I mostly get back results about audio, files, etc. In my case, I'm using an HDLC protocol. A little background: I've got a socket connection. On the server side is C++ code. On the client (Python) side, I have a SWIG-ified C++ extension. The extension is my messaging API, so that I can interact with the socket in a known manner on both sides of the connection. In C++, I'd usually just use a method like "char *getBuffer()". However, Python seems to want to treat this as a string even though it really isn't. I usually only get a few bytes before Python encounters data which looks like a NULL. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, -JB
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