Add PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(), which returns true if its argument

supports the single-segment readable buffer interface.

Add documentation for this and other PyObject_XXXBuffer() calls.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Include/abstract.h b/Include/abstract.h
index 8ebc3cda5a..a7105099bb 100644
--- a/Include/abstract.h
+++ b/Include/abstract.h
@@ -468,6 +468,15 @@ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*/
 
        */
 
+     DL_IMPORT(int) PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(PyObject *obj);
+
+      /*  
+	  Checks whether an arbitrary object supports the (character,
+	  single segment) buffer interface.  Returns 1 on success, 0
+	  on failure.
+
+      */
+
      DL_IMPORT(int) PyObject_AsReadBuffer(PyObject *obj,
 					  const void **buffer,
 					  int *buffer_len);