Added buffer_info() method that returns address and length in bytes of
the buffer used to hold the array -- for dangerous low-level I/O.
diff --git a/Modules/arraymodule.c b/Modules/arraymodule.c
index debd594..6920cbf 100644
--- a/Modules/arraymodule.c
+++ b/Modules/arraymodule.c
@@ -712,6 +712,15 @@
}
static PyObject *
+array_buffer_info(self, args)
+ arrayobject *self;
+ PyObject *args;
+{
+ return Py_BuildValue("ll",
+ (long)(self->ob_item), (long)(self->ob_size));
+}
+
+static PyObject *
array_append(self, args)
arrayobject *self;
PyObject *args;
@@ -1050,6 +1059,7 @@
static PyMethodDef array_methods[] = {
{"append", (PyCFunction)array_append},
+ {"buffer_info", (PyCFunction)array_buffer_info},
{"byteswap", (PyCFunction)array_byteswap},
/* {"count", (method)array_count},*/
{"fromfile", (PyCFunction)array_fromfile},