Message139748
Nick Coghlan <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:
> The reason redirecting all requests to the underlying object doesn't work
> is because repeated calls to getbuffer on mutable objects are allowed to
> return *different* answers. Assume we have a mutable array type that allows
> changes while memory is exported by keeping the old buffer around until all
> references are released. Then we want the following behaviour:
>
> The builtin bytearray avoids this issue by simply disallowing mutation while
> a buffer is exported, but memoryview needs to cope with arbitrary third party
> objects which may behave like the hypothetical mutable_byte_array().
I find this behavior quite sane. Would it not be an option to make this
a requirement in the PEP? As far as I can see, Numpy also disallows
mutations on exported buffers. |
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2011-07-04 10:42:29 | skrah | set | recipients:
+ skrah, teoliphant, mark.dickinson, ncoghlan, rupole, kermode, pitrou, vstinner, pv, jcon, petri.lehtinen |
2011-07-04 10:42:28 | skrah | link | issue10181 messages |
2011-07-04 10:42:28 | skrah | create | |
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