Re: What is the purpose of "struct" and "array" modules

2009-05-28 Thread Scott David Daniels
Igor Katson wrote: I pretty much understand what they do, but what's the case of using these modules by example? Is it something like pickle, to store the data efficiently in files? Mostly it is for access to specific binary data structures. If you know a particular file format, you can read i

Re: What is the purpose of "struct" and "array" modules

2009-05-28 Thread Matimus
On May 28, 11:17 am, Igor Katson wrote: > I pretty much understand what they do, but what's the case of using > these modules by example? Is it something like pickle, to store the data > efficiently in files? For one it provides a mechanism for reading and writing arbitrary file formats. For exam

What is the purpose of "struct" and "array" modules

2009-05-28 Thread Igor Katson
I pretty much understand what they do, but what's the case of using these modules by example? Is it something like pickle, to store the data efficiently in files? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list