[Libguestfs] [libnbd PATCH 3/2] python: Slice pread_structured buffer from original

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 10:52:35AM -0500, Eric Blake wrote:
> And I really wish python didn't make it so hard to grab a slice of
> another object using C code.  Having to create 3 temporary PyObjects
> instead of having a utility C function that takes normal integers was
> annoying.

You can add hand-written utility functions to python/utils.c if that
makes things easier.  Note you will need to add a prototype for the
new function(s) to the generated code in python/methods.h.

See nbd_internal_py_get_string_list for an example of this.

Rich.

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