what is the python equivelant of this?

[Janne Sinkkonen]

jschmitt at vmlabs.com writes:

> typedef struct
> {
>     int   field1;
>     char* field2;
> } RECORD;
> 
> RECORD records[] =
> {
>     { 10, "gumby" },
>     { 20, "barny" }
>     /* etc */
> };

It could be for example

        class RECORD:
            def __init__(self, args):
                self.field1, self.field2 = args

        records = map(RECORD, ((10, 'gumby'), (20, 'barny')))

but usually it's just

        records = ((10, 'gumby'), (20, 'barny'))

> RECORD* recordarray = malloc( sizeof(RECORD) * 10 );
> memset( recordarray0, sizeof(RECORD) * 10 );

That depends on the type of record - Python does not define a mapping
of objects to memory on the byte level. 

        recordarray = []
        for i in xrange(10): recordarray.append((0,''))

or some such.

-- 
Janne