def descr_from_buffer(self, w_python_buffer):
"""\
Return a <cdata 'char[]'> that points to the data of the given Python
object, which must support the buffer interface. Note that this is
not meant to be used on the built-in types str, unicode, or bytearray
(you can build 'char[]' arrays explicitly) but only on objects
containing large quantities of raw data in some other format, like
'array.array' or numpy arrays."""
#
w_ctchara = newtype._new_chara_type(self.space)
return func.from_buffer(self.space, w_ctchara, w_python_buffer)
def descr_from_buffer(self, w_python_buffer):
"""\
Return a <cdata 'char[]'> that points to the data of the given Python
object, which must support the buffer interface. Note that this is
not meant to be used on the built-in types str, unicode, or bytearray
(you can build 'char[]' arrays explicitly) but only on objects
containing large quantities of raw data in some other format, like
'array.array' or numpy arrays."""
#
w_ctchara = newtype._new_chara_type(self.space)
return func.from_buffer(self.space, w_ctchara, w_python_buffer)
def descr_from_buffer(self, w_cdecl, w_python_buffer=None,
require_writable=0):
"""\
Return a <cdata 'char[]'> that points to the data of the given Python
object, which must support the buffer interface. Note that this is
not meant to be used on the built-in types str or unicode
(you can build 'char[]' arrays explicitly) but only on objects
containing large quantities of raw data in some other format, like
'array.array' or numpy arrays."""
#
if w_python_buffer is None:
w_python_buffer = w_cdecl
w_ctype = newtype._new_chara_type(self.space)
else:
w_ctype = self.ffi_type(w_cdecl, ACCEPT_STRING | ACCEPT_CTYPE)
return func.from_buffer(self.space, w_ctype, w_python_buffer,
require_writable)