From: fdrake at cnri.reston.va.us (Fred L. Drake)
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 13:18:38 GMT
Subject: Can't work this XDR out
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Matthew Robert Gallagher writes:
 > Whilst trying to pack a list xdr packer asks for
 > 
 > (list, pack_item)
 > 
 > what is the pack_item can't work this out as there are no examples

Matthew,
  pack_item will typically be another method from the same packer
object.  For example, to pack a list of ints, use this:

	import xdrlib
	p = xdrlib.Packer()
	p.pack_list([1, 2, 3], p.pack_int)

  I hope this helps.  I'll add an example to the documentation.


  -Fred

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