[Python-checkins] r75805 - in python/branches/release26-maint: Lib/struct.py Misc/NEWS Modules/_struct.c
mark.dickinson
python-checkins at python.org
Tue Oct 27 18:00:04 CET 2009
Author: mark.dickinson
Date: Tue Oct 27 18:00:03 2009
New Revision: 75805
Log:
Merged revisions 75283 via svnmerge from
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk
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r75283 | mark.dickinson | 2009-10-08 16:54:10 +0100 (Thu, 08 Oct 2009) | 4 lines
Issue #7078: _struct.__doc__ was being ignored. Import it into struct.
Also add description of '?' struct format character. Thanks Gabriel
Genellina for the patch.
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Modified:
python/branches/release26-maint/ (props changed)
python/branches/release26-maint/Lib/struct.py
python/branches/release26-maint/Misc/NEWS
python/branches/release26-maint/Modules/_struct.c
Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Lib/struct.py
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release26-maint/Lib/struct.py (original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Lib/struct.py Tue Oct 27 18:00:03 2009
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
from _struct import *
from _struct import _clearcache
+from _struct import __doc__
Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release26-maint/Misc/NEWS (original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Misc/NEWS Tue Oct 27 18:00:03 2009
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
Core and Builtins
-----------------
+- Issue #7078: Set struct.__doc__ from _struct.__doc__.
+
- Issue #1722344: threading._shutdown() is now called in Py_Finalize(), which
fixes the problem of some exceptions being thrown at shutdown when the
interpreter is killed. Patch by Adam Olsen.
Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Modules/_struct.c
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release26-maint/Modules/_struct.c (original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Modules/_struct.c Tue Oct 27 18:00:03 2009
@@ -2042,20 +2042,22 @@
/* Module initialization */
PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
-"Functions to convert between Python values and C structs.\n\
-Python strings are used to hold the data representing the C struct\n\
-and also as format strings to describe the layout of data in the C struct.\n\
+"Functions to convert between Python values and C structs represented\n\
+as Python strings. It uses format strings (explained below) as compact\n\
+descriptions of the lay-out of the C structs and the intended conversion\n\
+to/from Python values.\n\
\n\
The optional first format char indicates byte order, size and alignment:\n\
- @: native order, size & alignment (default)\n\
- =: native order, std. size & alignment\n\
- <: little-endian, std. size & alignment\n\
- >: big-endian, std. size & alignment\n\
- !: same as >\n\
+ @: native order, size & alignment (default)\n\
+ =: native order, std. size & alignment\n\
+ <: little-endian, std. size & alignment\n\
+ >: big-endian, std. size & alignment\n\
+ !: same as >\n\
\n\
The remaining chars indicate types of args and must match exactly;\n\
these can be preceded by a decimal repeat count:\n\
x: pad byte (no data); c:char; b:signed byte; B:unsigned byte;\n\
+ ?: _Bool (requires C99; if not available, char is used instead)\n\
h:short; H:unsigned short; i:int; I:unsigned int;\n\
l:long; L:unsigned long; f:float; d:double.\n\
Special cases (preceding decimal count indicates length):\n\
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