Hi All-- def testCode(data): buf=data[:] # and I hope you're going to do something with buf, # because otherwise this function's a bit of a waste;-)
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > > Hello, > > How does Python deal with C type memory buffers. Does Python return > everything as an object irrespective of the data type? > > Here's what i am trying to achieve? > > testCode(unsigned char buf, unsigned long len) > { > unsigned long data=0x0; > while (len--) > { > *buf++ = (unsigned char)data++ > } > .... > } > > What's the best way to deal with this in python? > Metta, Ivan ---------------------------------------------- Ivan Van Laningham God N Locomotive Works http://www.andi-holmes.com/ http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/proceedings.html Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70 Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list