:exc:`UnicodeError` is raised.
.. note::
- This format does not accept bytes-like objects. If you want to accept
+ This format does not accept :term:`bytes-like objects
+ <bytes-like object>`. If you want to accept
filesystem paths and convert them to C character strings, it is
preferable to use the ``O&`` format with :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSConverter`
as *converter*.
-``s*`` (:class:`str`, :class:`bytes`, :class:`bytearray` or buffer compatible object) [Py_buffer]
- This format accepts Unicode objects as well as :term:`bytes-like object`\ s.
+``s*`` (:class:`str` or :term:`bytes-like object`) [Py_buffer]
+ This format accepts Unicode objects as well as bytes-like objects.
It fills a :c:type:`Py_buffer` structure provided by the caller.
In this case the resulting C string may contain embedded NUL bytes.
Unicode objects are converted to C strings using ``'utf-8'`` encoding.
-``s#`` (:class:`str`, :class:`bytes` or read-only buffer compatible object) [const char \*, int or :c:type:`Py_ssize_t`]
- Like ``s*``, except that it doesn't accept mutable buffer-like objects
+``s#`` (:class:`str`, read-only :term:`bytes-like object`) [const char \*, int or :c:type:`Py_ssize_t`]
+ Like ``s*``, except that it doesn't accept mutable bytes-like objects
such as :class:`bytearray`. The result is stored into two C variables,
the first one a pointer to a C string, the second one its length.
The string may contain embedded null bytes. Unicode objects are converted
Like ``s``, but the Python object may also be ``None``, in which case the C
pointer is set to *NULL*.
-``z*`` (:class:`str`, :class:`bytes`, :class:`bytearray`, buffer compatible object or ``None``) [Py_buffer]
+``z*`` (:class:`str`, :term:`bytes-like object` or ``None``) [Py_buffer]
Like ``s*``, but the Python object may also be ``None``, in which case the
``buf`` member of the :c:type:`Py_buffer` structure is set to *NULL*.
-``z#`` (:class:`str`, :class:`bytes`, read-only buffer compatible object or ``None``) [const char \*, int]
+``z#`` (:class:`str`, read-only :term:`bytes-like object` or ``None``) [const char \*, int]
Like ``s#``, but the Python object may also be ``None``, in which case the C
pointer is set to *NULL*.
-``y`` (:class:`bytes`) [const char \*]
+``y`` (read-only :term:`bytes-like object`) [const char \*]
This format converts a bytes-like object to a C pointer to a character
string; it does not accept Unicode objects. The bytes buffer must not
contain embedded NUL bytes; if it does, a :exc:`TypeError`
exception is raised.
-``y*`` (:class:`bytes`, :class:`bytearray` or :term:`bytes-like object`) [Py_buffer]
+``y*`` (:term:`bytes-like object`) [Py_buffer]
This variant on ``s*`` doesn't accept Unicode objects, only
- :term:`bytes-like object`\ s. **This is the recommended way to accept
+ bytes-like objects. **This is the recommended way to accept
binary data.**
-``y#`` (:class:`bytes`) [const char \*, int]
- This variant on ``s#`` doesn't accept Unicode objects, only :term:`bytes-like
- object`\ s.
+``y#`` (read-only :term:`bytes-like object`) [const char \*, int]
+ This variant on ``s#`` doesn't accept Unicode objects, only bytes-like
+ objects.
``S`` (:class:`bytes`) [PyBytesObject \*]
Requires that the Python object is a :class:`bytes` object, without
Coerce an encoded object *obj* to an Unicode object and return a reference with
incremented refcount.
- :class:`bytes`, :class:`bytearray` and other char buffer compatible objects
+ :class:`bytes`, :class:`bytearray` and other
+ :term:`bytes-like objects <bytes-like object>`
are decoded according to the given *encoding* and using the error handling
defined by *errors*. Both can be *NULL* to have the interface use the default
values (see the next section for details).
Send normal and ancillary data to the socket, gathering the
non-ancillary data from a series of buffers and concatenating it
into a single message. The *buffers* argument specifies the
- non-ancillary data as an iterable of buffer-compatible objects
+ non-ancillary data as an iterable of
+ :term:`bytes-like objects <bytes-like object>`
(e.g. :class:`bytes` objects); the operating system may set a limit
(:func:`~os.sysconf` value ``SC_IOV_MAX``) on the number of buffers
that can be used. The *ancdata* argument specifies the ancillary
``(cmsg_level, cmsg_type, cmsg_data)``, where *cmsg_level* and
*cmsg_type* are integers specifying the protocol level and
protocol-specific type respectively, and *cmsg_data* is a
- buffer-compatible object holding the associated data. Note that
+ bytes-like object holding the associated data. Note that
some systems (in particular, systems without :func:`CMSG_SPACE`)
might support sending only one control message per call. The
*flags* argument defaults to 0 and has the same meaning as for
<http://www.openssl.org/docs/ssl/SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations.html>`_.
The *cadata* object, if present, is either an ASCII string of one or more
- PEM-encoded certificates or a bytes-like object of DER-encoded
+ PEM-encoded certificates or a :term:`bytes-like object` of DER-encoded
certificates. Like with *capath* extra lines around PEM-encoded
certificates are ignored but at least one certificate must be present.
Coercion is done in the following way:
- 1. bytes, bytearray and other char buffer compatible objects are decoded
+ 1. bytes, bytearray and other bytes-like objects are decoded
under the assumptions that they contain data using the UTF-8
encoding. Decoding is done in "strict" mode.
def recv_bytes_into(self, buf, offset=0):
"""
- Receive bytes data into a writeable buffer-like object.
+ Receive bytes data into a writeable bytes-like object.
Return the number of bytes read.
"""
self._check_closed()
Py_ssize_t n;
if (buffer->itemsize != 1) {
PyBuffer_Release(buffer);
- PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "string/buffer of bytes required.");
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "a bytes-like object is required");
return NULL;
}
n = buffer->len;
if (n % itemsize != 0) {
PyBuffer_Release(buffer);
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
- "string length not a multiple of item size");
+ "bytes length not a multiple of item size");
return NULL;
}
n = n / itemsize;
for (; ndatabufs < ndataparts; ndatabufs++) {
if (!PyArg_Parse(PySequence_Fast_GET_ITEM(data_fast, ndatabufs),
"y*;sendmsg() argument 1 must be an iterable of "
- "buffer-compatible objects",
+ "bytes-like objects",
&databufs[ndatabufs]))
goto finally;
iovs[ndatabufs].iov_base = databufs[ndatabufs].buf;
Send normal and ancillary data to the socket, gathering the\n\
non-ancillary data from a series of buffers and concatenating it into\n\
a single message. The buffers argument specifies the non-ancillary\n\
-data as an iterable of buffer-compatible objects (e.g. bytes objects).\n\
+data as an iterable of bytes-like objects (e.g. bytes objects).\n\
The ancdata argument specifies the ancillary data (control messages)\n\
as an iterable of zero or more tuples (cmsg_level, cmsg_type,\n\
cmsg_data), where cmsg_level and cmsg_type are integers specifying the\n\
protocol level and protocol-specific type respectively, and cmsg_data\n\
-is a buffer-compatible object holding the associated data. The flags\n\
+is a bytes-like object holding the associated data. The flags\n\
argument defaults to 0 and has the same meaning as for send(). If\n\
address is supplied and not None, it sets a destination address for\n\
the message. The return value is the number of bytes of non-ancillary\n\
/* Here is the general case. Do a pre-pass to figure out the total
* amount of space we'll need (sz), and see whether all arguments are
- * buffer-compatible.
+ * bytes-like.
*/
for (i = 0, nbufs = 0; i < seqlen; i++) {
Py_ssize_t itemlen;
item = PySequence_Fast_GET_ITEM(seq, i);
if (_getbuffer(item, &buffers[i]) < 0) {
PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
- "sequence item %zd: expected bytes, bytearray, "
- "or an object with the buffer interface, %.80s found",
+ "sequence item %zd: expected a bytes-like object, "
+ "%.80s found",
i, Py_TYPE(item)->tp_name);
goto error;
}
/* Retrieve a bytes buffer view through the PEP 3118 buffer interface */
if (PyObject_GetBuffer(obj, &buffer, PyBUF_SIMPLE) < 0) {
PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
- "coercing to str: need bytes, bytearray "
- "or buffer-like object, %.80s found",
+ "coercing to str: need a bytes-like object, %.80s found",
Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_name);
return NULL;
}
/* XXX WAAAAH! 's', 'y', 'z', 'u', 'Z', 'e', 'w' codes all
need to be cleaned up! */
- case 'y': {/* any buffer-like object, but not PyUnicode */
+ case 'y': {/* any bytes-like object */
void **p = (void **)va_arg(*p_va, char **);
char *buf;
Py_ssize_t count;
break;
}
- case 's': /* text string */
- case 'z': /* text string or None */
+ case 's': /* text string or bytes-like object */
+ case 'z': /* text string, bytes-like object or None */
{
if (*format == '*') {
/* "s*" or "z*" */
arg, msgbuf, bufsize);
PyBuffer_FillInfo(p, arg, sarg, len, 1, 0);
}
- else { /* any buffer-like object */
+ else { /* any bytes-like object */
char *buf;
if (getbuffer(arg, p, &buf) < 0)
return converterr(buf, arg, msgbuf, bufsize);
arg, msgbuf, bufsize);
}
format++;
- } else if (*format == '#') { /* any buffer-like object */
+ } else if (*format == '#') { /* a string or read-only bytes-like object */
/* "s#" or "z#" */
void **p = (void **)va_arg(*p_va, char **);
FETCH_SIZE;
*p = sarg;
STORE_SIZE(len);
}
- else { /* any buffer-like object */
+ else { /* read-only bytes-like object */
/* XXX Really? */
char *buf;
Py_ssize_t count = convertbuffer(arg, p, &buf);
{
Py_UNICODE **p = va_arg(*p_va, Py_UNICODE **);
- if (*format == '#') { /* any buffer-like object */
+ if (*format == '#') {
/* "s#" or "Z#" */
FETCH_SIZE;
w_object(co->co_lnotab, p);
}
else if (PyObject_CheckBuffer(v)) {
- /* Write unknown buffer-style objects as a string */
+ /* Write unknown bytes-like objects as a byte string */
Py_buffer view;
if (PyObject_GetBuffer(v, &view, PyBUF_SIMPLE) != 0) {
w_byte(TYPE_UNKNOWN, p);
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