Thank you all very much. It looked like I was not the only one
confused.
Jake.
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Jonathan Brady wrote:
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Hello,
I was looking at this:
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-struct.html
and tried the following
import struct
struct.calcsize('h')
2
struct.calcsize('b')
1
struct.calcsize('bh')
4
I would have expected
struct.
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:47:20 +0100, "Jonathan Brady"
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>> Hello,
>>
>> I was looking at this:
>> http://docs.python.org/lib/module-struct.html
>> and tried the following
>>
> import struct
> struct.ca
Jonathan Brady wrote:
... I also find the following confusing:
struct.calcsize('hb')
3
struct.calcsize('hb') == struct.calcsize('bh')
False
I could understand aligning to multiples of 4, but why is 'hb' different
from 'bh'?
Pad bytes have never been, as far as I know, added
at the end of structs
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> Hello,
>
> I was looking at this:
> http://docs.python.org/lib/module-struct.html
> and tried the following
>
import struct
struct.calcsize('h')
> 2
struct.calcsize('b')
> 1
struct.calcsize('bh')
> 4
>
> I would hav
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
I was looking at this:
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-struct.html
and tried the following
import struct
struct.calcsize('h')
2
struct.calcsize('b')
1
struct.calcsize('bh')
4
I would have expected
struct.calcsize('bh')
3
what am I missing ?
the sentence
"By default,
Hello,
I was looking at this:
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-struct.html
and tried the following
>>> import struct
>>> struct.calcsize('h')
2
>>> struct.calcsize('b')
1
>>> struct.calcsize('bh')
4
I would have expected
>>> struct.calcsize('bh')
3
what am I missing ?
Thanks in advance,
Jak
