[plum] Utility Reference: getbytes()

plum.getbytes(buffer, offset, nbytes=None, dump=None)

Get bytes from buffer.

Parameters:

• buffer (bytes-like (e.g. bytes, bytearray, memoryview) or binary file) – bytes buffer
• offset (int) – offset into bytes buffer
• nbytes (int) – bytes to consume (None returns remainder)
• dump (Dump) – bytes summary dump (None skips dump annotation)

Returns:

tuple of (requested bytes, offset)

Return type:

bytes-like, int, int or None