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Document the Binary.data attribute.

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This closes SF bug #562878.
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Fred Drake 2002-06-14 00:33:02 +00:00
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\subsection{Binary Objects \label{binary-objects}} \subsection{Binary Objects \label{binary-objects}}
This class may initialized from string data (which may include NULs). This class may initialized from string data (which may include NULs).
It has the following methods, supported mainly for internal use by the The primary acess to the content of a \class{Binary} object is
marshalling/unmarshalling code: provided by an attribute:
\begin{methoddesc}{decode}{string} \begin{memberdesc}[Binary]{data}
The binary data encapsulated by the \class{Binary} instance. The data
is provided as an 8-bit string.
\end{memberdesc}
\class{Binary} objects have the following methods, supported mainly
for internal use by the marshalling/unmarshalling code:
\begin{methoddesc}[Binary]{decode}{string}
Accept a base64 string and decode it as the instance's new data. Accept a base64 string and decode it as the instance's new data.
\end{methoddesc} \end{methoddesc}
\begin{methoddesc}{encode}{out} \begin{methoddesc}[Binary]{encode}{out}
Write the XML-RPC base 64 encoding of this binary item to the out Write the XML-RPC base 64 encoding of this binary item to the out
stream object. stream object.
\end{methoddesc} \end{methoddesc}
It also supports certain of Python's built-in operators through a It also supports certain of Python's built-in operators through a
\method{_cmp__} method. \method{_cmp__()} method.
\subsection{Fault Objects \label{fault-objects}} \subsection{Fault Objects \label{fault-objects}}