From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 13:41:14 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added example use of pack_list() to help explain the pack_item
X-Git-Tag: v1.6a1~1577
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ad56dafd62baf60d6be28481154d1a69bb966ca3;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Added example use of pack_list() to help explain the pack_item
parameter.  Lack of clarity reported by Matthew Gallagher
<hew@hons.cs.usyd.edu.au>.
---

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libxdrlib.tex b/Doc/lib/libxdrlib.tex
index 3565eb77de40..57329d7994c9 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libxdrlib.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libxdrlib.tex
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ unsigned integer \code{1} is packed first, followed by the data value
 from the list.  \var{pack_item} is the function that is called to pack
 the individual item.  At the end of the list, an unsigned integer
 \code{0} is packed.
+
+For example, to pack a list of integers, the code might appear like
+this:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+import xdrlib
+p = xdrlib.Packer()
+p.pack_list([1, 2, 3], p.pack_int)
+\end{verbatim}
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}[Packer]{pack_farray}{n, array, pack_item}