xdrlib2 -- A toolkit for the XDR standard

The xdrlib2 module is an alternative for the xdrlib package in Python's standard library. The differences with the xdrlib package are:

• xdrlib2 implements :rfc:4506, which obsoletes :rfc:1832, which in turn replaced :rfc:1014. The standard library's xdrlib package on the other hand only partially implements the obsolete :rfc:1014.
• xdrlib2 offers a compiler that can convert XDR specifications files to Python modules with the appropriate type definitions. This allows users of the xdrlib2 to directly use the high-level XDR data structures defined in the specifications. That is not possible with xdrlib, because that deals only with basic integer, float, and list types.
• xdrlib2 is extensible. Users can define their own variant of the language, define type definitions and compile these specifications into corresponding Python modules.

Installation

pip install xdrlib2

This installs the xdrlib2 library. One of the things it installs is an executable called xdrc. This executable can be used to compile XDR specification files into corresponding Python modules.