Auto free Buffer objects in C API?

[Stuart D. Gathman]

On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 21:44:27 -0400, David M. Cooke wrote:

> This is a bit ugly, as it depends on internal details. Another, cleaner,
> method is to define an object which obeys the buffer protocol, and
> handles destruction like you want. (This is annoying, as you'll end up
> copying all the code in bufferobject.c).
 
So annoying, in fact, that I will continue to make extra copies of the
buffer until such time as:

  a) Python gets a PyBuffer_FromCObject(PyObject *,int len) method.

  b) Profiling reveals the extra copies to be a major bottle neck.  The
extra memory allocation is not a problem because the library spends most
of its time moving the data between two buffers while processing it.

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