# total padding = sizeof(pad0) * nmemb
length += " * %d" % field.type.nmemb
- if field.type.is_list:
- # no such case in the protocol, cannot be tested and therefore ignored for now
- raise Exception('list with fixed number of elemens unhandled in _unserialize()')
+ elif field.type.is_list:
+ # list with fixed number of elements
+ # length of array = sizeof(arrayElementType) * nmemb
+ length += " * %d" % field.type.nmemb
+ # use memcpy because C cannot assign whole arrays with operator=
+ value = ' memcpy(%s, xcb_tmp, %s);' % (abs_field_name, length)
+
elif 'serialize' == context:
value = ' xcb_parts[xcb_parts_idx].iov_base = (char *) '