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| author | Ben Reynwar <ben@reynwar.net> | 2013-05-19 02:55:33 -0700 |
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| committer | Ben Reynwar <ben@reynwar.net> | 2013-05-19 02:55:33 -0700 |
| commit | bb01988e75d50d82cbb44c1a49c86c1d08f05665 (patch) | |
| tree | 0528dac14476d37f2cde7374a8fcb3428f879c69 /gnuradio-runtime/python/pmt/__init__.py | |
| parent | e4f0319eced22c112f7e6a4cc45bc2036d285332 (diff) | |
| parent | 0fa219774dcf9141ae91204f948c029b05673f3f (diff) | |
Merged in next_docs branch.
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| -rw-r--r-- | gnuradio-runtime/python/pmt/__init__.py | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnuradio-runtime/python/pmt/__init__.py b/gnuradio-runtime/python/pmt/__init__.py index 0d995c24a4..00940e4cc1 100644 --- a/gnuradio-runtime/python/pmt/__init__.py +++ b/gnuradio-runtime/python/pmt/__init__.py @@ -22,7 +22,21 @@ # The presence of this file turns this directory into a Python package ''' -The GNU Radio Utility Etcetera Library's Polymorphic Types for Python. +Polymorphic Types. + +The type can really be used to store anything, but also has simple +conversion methods for common data types such as bool, long, or a +vector. + +The polymorphic type simplifies message passing between blocks, as all +of the data is of the same type, including the message. Tags also use +PMTs as data type, so a stream tag can be of any logical data type. In +a sense, PMTs are a way to extend C++' strict typing with something +more flexible. + +The PMT library supports the following major types: +bool, symbol (string), integer, real, complex, null, pair, list, +vector, dict, uniform_vector, any (boost::any cast) ''' import os |