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Issue #17145: Document array.array buffer interface limitations.

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Stefan Krah 2014-04-26 22:50:25 +02:00
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Two examples of objects that support the buffer interface are strings and
arrays. The string object exposes the character contents in the buffer
interface's byte-oriented form. An array can also expose its contents, but it
should be noted that array elements may be multi-byte values.
interface's byte-oriented form. An array can only expose its contents via the
old-style buffer interface. This limitation does not apply to Python 3,
where :class:`memoryview` objects can be constructed from arrays, too.
Array elements may be multi-byte values.
An example user of the buffer interface is the file object's :meth:`write`
method. Any object that can export a series of bytes through the buffer