Document BytesIO buffer size
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Description
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26827055/python-how-to-get-bytesio-allocated-memory-length
The length of the data stored in a BytesIO object can be accessed in several ways. The best way seems to be getbuffer().nbytes. But it's not documented here
https://docs.python.org/3/library/io.html#io.BytesIO
Only here, the gigantic built-in types page https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#memoryview.nbytes
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Research direction
Start at the BytesIO documentation page linked in the issue and compare its current text with the getbuffer().nbytes information on the memoryview page. Document how to obtain the length of data stored in a BytesIO object, then verify that the BytesIO documentation clearly covers this usage.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100