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Expand Up @@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ The module defines the following exception and functions:
position *offset*. Note that *offset* is a required argument.
A negative *offset* counts from the end of *buffer*.

.. note::

This function only specifies the packed bytes written to *buffer*; it
does not guarantee the number, width, or ordering of the underlying
memory accesses used to write them, including for buffers backed by
memory-mapped I/O.


.. function:: unpack(format, buffer)

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