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used for communication with a device. A typical driver will create the buffer in the |
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constructor and use it in its I/O methods which will be called repeatedly. |
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The MicroPython libraries typically provide optional support for pre-allocated buffers. |
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For example the ``uart.readinto()`` method allows two options for its argument, an integer |
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or a buffer. If an integer is supplied it will read up to that number of bytes and |
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return the outcome: this implies that a buffer is created with a corresponding |
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memory allocation. Providing a pre-allocated buffer as the argument avoids this. See |
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the code fragment in :ref:`Caching object references <Caching>` below. |
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The MicroPython libraries typically provide support for pre-allocated buffers. For |
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example, objects which support stream interface (e.g., file or UART) provide ``read()`` |
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method which allocate new buffer for read data, but also a ``readinto()`` method |
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to read data into an existing buffer. |
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Floating Point |
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