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1 \section{Standard module \sectcode{xdrlib}}
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2 \stmodindex{xdrlib}
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3 \index{XDR}
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5 \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module xdrlib)}
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8 The \code{xdrlib} module supports the External Data Representation
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9 Standard as described in RFC 1014, written by Sun Microsystems,
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10 Inc. June 1987. It supports most of the data types described in the
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11 RFC, although some, most notably \code{float} and \code{double} are
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12 only supported on those operating systems that provide an XDR
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13 library.
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15 The \code{xdrlib} module defines two classes, one for packing
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17 representation. There are also two exception classes.
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20 \subsection{Packer Objects}
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22 \code{Packer} is the class for packing data into XDR representation.
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23 The \code{Packer} class is instantiated with no arguments.
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25 \begin{funcdesc}{get_buffer}{}
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26 Returns the current pack buffer as a string.
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27 \end{funcdesc}
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29 \begin{funcdesc}{reset}{}
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30 Resets the pack buffer to the empty string.
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31 \end{funcdesc}
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33 In general, you can pack any of the most common XDR data types by
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34 calling the appropriate \code{pack_\var{type}} method. Each method
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35 takes a single argument, the value to pack. The following simple data
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36 type packing methods are supported: \code{pack_uint}, \code{pack_int},
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37 \code{pack_enum}, \code{pack_bool}, \code{pack_uhyper},
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38 and \code{pack_hyper}.
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40 The following methods pack floating point numbers, however they
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41 require C library support. Without the optional C built-in module,
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42 both of these methods will raise an \code{xdrlib.ConversionError}
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43 exception. See the note at the end of this chapter for details.
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45 \begin{funcdesc}{pack_float}{value}
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46 Packs the single-precision floating point number \var{value}.
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47 \end{funcdesc}
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49 \begin{funcdesc}{pack_double}{value}
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50 Packs the double-precision floating point number \var{value}.
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51 \end{funcdesc}
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53 The following methods support packing strings, bytes, and opaque data:
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55 \begin{funcdesc}{pack_fstring}{n\, s}
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56 Packs a fixed length string, \var{s}. \var{n} is the length of the
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57 string but it is \emph{not} packed into the data buffer. The string
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58 is padded with null bytes if necessary to guaranteed 4 byte alignment.
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59 \end{funcdesc}
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61 \begin{funcdesc}{pack_fopaque}{n\, data}
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62 Packs a fixed length opaque data stream, similarly to
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63 \code{pack_fstring}.
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64 \end{funcdesc}
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69 with \code{pack_fstring}.
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70 \end{funcdesc}
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75 \end{funcdesc}
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77 \begin{funcdesc}{pack_bytes}{bytes}
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78 Packs a variable length byte stream, similarly to \code{pack_string}.
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79 \end{funcdesc}
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81 The following methods support packing arrays and lists:
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83 \begin{funcdesc}{pack_list}{list\, pack_item}
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84 Packs a \var{list} of homogeneous items. This method is useful for
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89 the individual item. At the end of the list, an unsigned integer
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90 \code{0} is packed.
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91 \end{funcdesc}
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93 \begin{funcdesc}{pack_farray}{n\, array\, pack_item}
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94 Packs a fixed length list (\var{array}) of homogeneous items. \var{n}
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98 pack each element.
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99 \end{funcdesc}
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101 \begin{funcdesc}{pack_array}{list\, pack_item}
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112 \begin{funcdesc}{__init__}{data}
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114 \var{data}.
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125 \begin{funcdesc}{set_position}{position}
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195 \begin{funcdesc}{unpack_farray}{n\, unpack_item}
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