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Title: Unexpected behavior of struct.pack
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 3.5, Python 2.7
process
Status: closed Resolution: not a bug
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: Luka Malisa, benjamin.peterson
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2017-12-31 21:56 by Luka Malisa, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg309312 - (view) Author: Luka Malisa (Luka Malisa) Date: 2017-12-31 21:57 
>>> import struct
>>> struct.pack("IB", 1, 1)
b'\x01\x00\x00\x00\x01'
>>> struct.pack("BI", 1, 1)
b'\x01\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00'
msg309313 - (view) Author: Benjamin Peterson (benjamin.peterson) * (Python committer) Date: 2017-12-31 22:07 
That's because of alignment. See https://docs.python.org/3/library/struct.html#struct-alignment
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:56adminsetgithub: 76651
2017-12-31 22:07:28benjamin.petersonsetstatus: open -> closed

nosy: + benjamin.peterson
messages: + msg309313

resolution: not a bug
stage: resolved
2017-12-31 21:57:23Luka Malisasetmessages: + msg309312
2017-12-31 21:56:30Luka Malisacreate