What's your choice when handle complicated C structures.

[Robert Kern]

一首诗 wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Recently I am writing a small network application with python.
> 
> The protocol is binary based and defined in c header files.
> 
> Now I'm using the upack function of 'struct' module, but it's really
> annoying to write fmt strings for complicated structures.
> 
> What will be your choice when handling binary structures?

I use numpy and its nested dtypes. But then, I use numpy for damn near everything.

   http://numpy.scipy.org/

Construct also looks appropriate.

   http://construct.wikispaces.com/

-- 
Robert Kern

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  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
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