Commit 2d34cd3e authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Minor nit fixes based on suggestions from Ka-Ping Yee <ping@lfw.org>.

Added "See also" section with relevant RFC references.
parent 25407882
\section{\module{xdrlib} --- \section{\module{xdrlib} ---
Encode and decode XDR data.} Encode and decode XDR data}
\declaremodule{standard}{xdrlib}
\declaremodule{standard}{xdrlib}
\modulesynopsis{Encoders and decoders for the External Data \modulesynopsis{Encoders and decoders for the External Data
Representation (XDR).} Representation (XDR).}
\index{XDR} \index{XDR}
\index{External Data Representation} \index{External Data Representation}
The \module{xdrlib} module supports the External Data Representation The \module{xdrlib} module supports the External Data Representation
Standard as described in \rfc{1014}, written by Sun Microsystems, Standard as described in \rfc{1014}, written by Sun Microsystems,
Inc. June 1987. It supports most of the data types described in the Inc. June 1987. It supports most of the data types described in the
...@@ -30,6 +29,17 @@ values from a string buffer. The input buffer is given as ...@@ -30,6 +29,17 @@ values from a string buffer. The input buffer is given as
\end{classdesc} \end{classdesc}
\begin{seealso}
\seerfc{1014}{XDR: External Data Representation Standard}{This RFC
defined the encoding of data which was XDR at the time
this module was originally written. It has
appearantly been obsoleted by \rfc{1832}.}
\seerfc{1832}{XDR: External Data Representation Standard}{Newer RFC
that provides a revised definition of XDR.}
\end{seealso}
\subsection{Packer Objects \label{xdr-packer-objects}} \subsection{Packer Objects \label{xdr-packer-objects}}
\class{Packer} instances have the following methods: \class{Packer} instances have the following methods:
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