<!-- ##### SECTION Title ##### -->Pack<!-- ##### SECTION Short_Description ##### -->Byte packing and unpacking functions<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### --><para>The pack module provides functions for converting data into bytes("packing") and converting bytes to data ("unpacking").  For example,two integers and a string may be packed into a buffer to be transferedover the network.  These functions are similar to the ones in Pythonand Perl.</para><!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### --><para></para><!-- ##### FUNCTION gnet_pack ##### --><para></para>@format: @buffer: @length: @Varargs: @Returns: <!-- # Unused Parameters # -->@len: <!-- ##### FUNCTION gnet_pack_strdup ##### --><para></para>@format: @bufferp: @Varargs: @Returns: <!-- # Unused Parameters # -->@buffer: <!-- ##### FUNCTION gnet_vpack ##### --><para></para>@format: @buffer: @length: @args: @Returns: <!-- # Unused Parameters # -->@len: <!-- ##### FUNCTION gnet_calcsize ##### --><para></para>@format: @Varargs: @Returns: <!-- ##### FUNCTION gnet_vcalcsize ##### --><para></para>@format: @args: @Returns: <!-- ##### FUNCTION gnet_unpack ##### --><para></para>@format: @buffer: @length: @Varargs: @Returns: <!-- # Unused Parameters # -->@len: <!-- ##### FUNCTION gnet_vunpack ##### --><para></para>@format: @buffer: @length: @args: @Returns: <!-- # Unused Parameters # -->@len: