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Improve str() and object.__str__() documentation (issue #13538).

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Chris Jerdonek 2012-11-20 17:31:02 -08:00
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.. highlightlang:: c
.. index::
single: buffer protocol
single: buffer interface; (see buffer protocol)
single: buffer object; (see buffer protocol)
.. _bufferobjects:
Buffer Protocol
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.. sectionauthor:: Benjamin Peterson
.. index::
single: buffer interface
Certain objects available in Python wrap access to an underlying memory
array or *buffer*. Such objects include the built-in :class:`bytes` and
:class:`bytearray`, and some extension types like :class:`array.array`.
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then desireable, in some situations, to access that buffer directly and
without intermediate copying.
Python provides such a facility at the C level in the form of the *buffer
protocol*. This protocol has two sides:
Python provides such a facility at the C level in the form of the :ref:`buffer
protocol <bufferobjects>`. This protocol has two sides:
.. index:: single: PyBufferProcs