[issue2981] confusing action of struct.pack and struct.unpack with fmt 'p'

Mark Dickinson added the comment: I think you're misunderstanding how the 'p' format works. > Otherwise, why people should use format 'p'? > Either when you struct.pack or struct.unpack you have to know the size > of string at first, why not turn to format 's'? No; you don't need to know the

[issue2981] confusing action of struct.pack and struct.unpack with fmt 'p'

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[issue2981] confusing action of struct.pack and struct.unpack with fmt 'p'

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[issue2981] confusing action of struct.pack and struct.unpack with fmt 'p'

Mark Hammond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: What should struct.calcsize() do with a 'p' format string? -- nosy: +mhammond ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ ___

[issue2981] confusing action of struct.pack and struct.unpack with fmt 'p'

John Stowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I Agree. AIUI the benefit of pascal strings when transmitted is that the decoder does not need to know its length ahead of time. The requirement that the unpack pascal format string be given the length of the string makes the implementation here