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Author SHA1 Message Date
Victor Stinner
882d8096c2
bpo-46906: Add PyFloat_Pack8() to the C API (GH-31657)
Add new functions to pack and unpack C double (serialize and
deserialize):

* PyFloat_Pack2(), PyFloat_Pack4(), PyFloat_Pack8()
* PyFloat_Unpack2(), PyFloat_Unpack4(), PyFloat_Unpack8()

Document these functions and add unit tests.

Rename private functions and move them from the internal C API
to the public C API:

* _PyFloat_Pack2() => PyFloat_Pack2()
* _PyFloat_Pack4() => PyFloat_Pack4()
* _PyFloat_Pack8() => PyFloat_Pack8()
* _PyFloat_Unpack2() => PyFloat_Unpack2()
* _PyFloat_Unpack4() => PyFloat_Unpack4()
* _PyFloat_Unpack8() => PyFloat_Unpack8()

Replace the "unsigned char*" type with "char*" which is more common
and easy to use.
2022-03-12 00:10:02 +01:00
Victor Stinner
0a883a76cd
bpo-35134: Add Include/cpython/floatobject.h (GH-28957)
Split Include/floatobject.h into sub-files: add
Include/cpython/floatobject.h and
Include/internal/pycore_floatobject.h.
2021-10-14 23:41:06 +02:00