Byte Array Objects¶
New in version 2.6.
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PyTypeObject
PyByteArray_Type¶ This instance of
PyTypeObjectrepresents the Python bytearray type; it is the same object asbytearrayin the Python layer.
Type check macros¶
Direct API functions¶
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PyObject*
PyByteArray_FromObject(PyObject *o)¶ Return a new bytearray object from any object, o, that implements the buffer protocol.
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PyObject*
PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize(const char *string, Py_ssize_t len)¶ Create a new bytearray object from string and its length, len. On failure, NULL is returned.
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PyObject*
PyByteArray_Concat(PyObject *a, PyObject *b)¶ Concat bytearrays a and b and return a new bytearray with the result.
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Py_ssize_t
PyByteArray_Size(PyObject *bytearray)¶ Return the size of bytearray after checking for a NULL pointer.
Macros¶
These macros trade safety for speed and they don’t check pointers.
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char*
PyByteArray_AS_STRING(PyObject *bytearray)¶ Macro version of
PyByteArray_AsString().
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Py_ssize_t
PyByteArray_GET_SIZE(PyObject *bytearray)¶ Macro version of
PyByteArray_Size().
