[Python-Dev] strop vs. string (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Mon, 28 May 2001 12:23:55 +1200 (NZST)

However, it has one fatal flaw, and no one seems to know what to do about it.

I think it would be safe if:

  1. it kept a reference to the underlying object, and

  2. it re-fetched the pointer and length info each time it was needed, using the underlying object's buffer interface.

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