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[Python-Dev] marshal (was:Buffer interface in abstract.c? )

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Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> 
> unicode objects do not implement the getcharbuffer slot.
>...
> or maybe the buffer design needs an overhaul?

I think its usage does. The character slot should be used whenever
character data is needed, not the read buffer slot. The latter one is
for passing around raw binary data (without reinterpretation !),
if I understood Greg correctly back when I gave those abstract
APIs a try.

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