[Python-checkins] r52079 - in python/branches/release25-maint: Doc/api/concrete.tex Misc/NEWS

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sat Sep 30 14:03:02 2006
New Revision: 52079

Modified:
   python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/api/concrete.tex
   python/branches/release25-maint/Misc/NEWS
Log:
Bug #1546052: clarify that PyString_FromString(AndSize) copies the
string pointed to by its parameter.
 (backport from rev. 52078)

Modified: python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/api/concrete.tex
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/api/concrete.tex	(original)
+++ python/branches/release25-maint/Doc/api/concrete.tex	Sat Sep 30 14:03:02 2006
@@ -602,15 +602,15 @@
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_FromString}{const char *v}
-  Return a new string object with the value \var{v} on success, and
-  \NULL{} on failure.  The parameter \var{v} must not be \NULL{}; it
-  will not be checked.
+  Return a new string object with a copy of the string \var{v} as value
+  on success, and \NULL{} on failure.  The parameter \var{v} must not be
+  \NULL{}; it will not be checked.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_FromStringAndSize}{const char *v,
                                                          Py_ssize_t len}
-  Return a new string object with the value \var{v} and length
-  \var{len} on success, and \NULL{} on failure.  If \var{v} is
+  Return a new string object with a copy of the string \var{v} as value
+  and length \var{len} on success, and \NULL{} on failure.  If \var{v} is
   \NULL{}, the contents of the string are uninitialized.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 

Modified: python/branches/release25-maint/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release25-maint/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/branches/release25-maint/Misc/NEWS	Sat Sep 30 14:03:02 2006
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@
 Documentation
 -------------
 
+- Bug #1546052: clarify that PyString_FromString(AndSize) copies the
+  string pointed to by its parameter.
+
 - Bug #1566663: remove obsolete example from datetime docs.
 
 - Bug #1541682: Fix example in the "Refcount details" API docs.