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It is still supported but deprecated in the Python 2.x series. Python 3 introduces a new buffer protocol which fixes weaknesses and shortcomings of the protocol, and has been backported to Python 2.6. See <a class="reference internal" href="buffer.html#bufferobjects"><em>Buffers and Memoryview Objects</em></a> for more information.</p> <dl class="function"> <dt id="PyObject_AsCharBuffer"> int <tt class="descname">PyObject_AsCharBuffer</tt><big>(</big><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#PyObject" title="PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *obj</em>, const char<em> **buffer</em>, Py_ssize_t<em> *buffer_len</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyObject_AsCharBuffer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns a pointer to a read-only memory location usable as character-based input. The <em>obj</em> argument must support the single-segment character buffer interface. On success, returns <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt>, sets <em>buffer</em> to the memory location and <em>buffer_len</em> to the buffer length. Returns <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-1</span></tt> and sets a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#exceptions.TypeError" title="exceptions.TypeError"><tt class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></tt></a> on error.</p> <p class="versionadded"> <span class="versionmodified">New in version 1.6.</span></p> <p class="versionchanged"> <span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>This function used an <tt class="xref c c-type docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> type for <em>buffer_len</em>. This might require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="PyObject_AsReadBuffer"> int <tt class="descname">PyObject_AsReadBuffer</tt><big>(</big><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#PyObject" title="PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *obj</em>, const void<em> **buffer</em>, Py_ssize_t<em> *buffer_len</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyObject_AsReadBuffer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns a pointer to a read-only memory location containing arbitrary data. The <em>obj</em> argument must support the single-segment readable buffer interface. On success, returns <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt>, sets <em>buffer</em> to the memory location and <em>buffer_len</em> to the buffer length. Returns <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-1</span></tt> and sets a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#exceptions.TypeError" title="exceptions.TypeError"><tt class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></tt></a> on error.</p> <p class="versionadded"> <span class="versionmodified">New in version 1.6.</span></p> <p class="versionchanged"> <span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>This function used an <tt class="xref c c-type docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> type for <em>buffer_len</em>. This might require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="PyObject_CheckReadBuffer"> int <tt class="descname">PyObject_CheckReadBuffer</tt><big>(</big><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#PyObject" title="PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *o</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyObject_CheckReadBuffer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">1</span></tt> if <em>o</em> supports the single-segment readable buffer interface. Otherwise returns <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt>.</p> <p class="versionadded"> <span class="versionmodified">New in version 2.2.</span></p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="PyObject_AsWriteBuffer"> int <tt class="descname">PyObject_AsWriteBuffer</tt><big>(</big><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#PyObject" title="PyObject">PyObject</a><em> *obj</em>, void<em> **buffer</em>, Py_ssize_t<em> *buffer_len</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#PyObject_AsWriteBuffer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Returns a pointer to a writeable memory location. The <em>obj</em> argument must support the single-segment, character buffer interface. On success, returns <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt>, sets <em>buffer</em> to the memory location and <em>buffer_len</em> to the buffer length. Returns <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-1</span></tt> and sets a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#exceptions.TypeError" title="exceptions.TypeError"><tt class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></tt></a> on error.</p> <p class="versionadded"> <span class="versionmodified">New in version 1.6.</span></p> <p class="versionchanged"> <span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.5: </span>This function used an <tt class="xref c c-type docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> type for <em>buffer_len</em>. 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