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Author	dabeaz
Recipients	dabeaz, pitrou, skrah
Date	2012年09月14日.17:08:57
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Message-id	<1347642558.9.0.419903385921.issue15944@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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Just to be specific, why is something like this not possible? >>> d = ctypes.c_double() >>> m = memoryview(d) >>> m[0:8] = b'abcdefgh' >>> d.value 8.540883223036124e+194 >>> (Doesn't have to be exactly like this, but what's wrong with overwriting bytes with bytes of a compatible size?).

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Just to be specific, why is something like this not possible?
>>> d = ctypes.c_double()
>>> m = memoryview(d)
>>> m[0:8] = b'abcdefgh'
>>> d.value
8.540883223036124e+194
>>>
(Doesn't have to be exactly like this, but what's wrong with overwriting bytes with bytes of a compatible size?).

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012年09月14日 17:09:18	dabeaz	set	recipients: + dabeaz, pitrou, skrah
2012年09月14日 17:09:18	dabeaz	set	messageid: <1347642558.9.0.419903385921.issue15944@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2012年09月14日 17:08:57	dabeaz	link	issue15944 messages
2012年09月14日 17:08:57	dabeaz	create

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