[Python-checkins] r67456 - python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/c-api/arg.rst

christian.heimes python-checkins at python.org
Sun Nov 30 22:12:34 CET 2008


Author: christian.heimes
Date: Sun Nov 30 22:12:34 2008
New Revision: 67456

Log:
w# requires Py_ssize_t, not int.
This documentation bug has cost me several hours of debugging :/

Modified:
   python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/c-api/arg.rst

Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/c-api/arg.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/c-api/arg.rst	Sun Nov 30 22:12:34 2008
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
    or use ``w#`` instead.  Only single-segment buffer objects are accepted;
    :exc:`TypeError` is raised for all others.
 
-``w#`` (read-write character buffer) [char \*, int]
+``w#`` (read-write character buffer) [char \*, Py_ssize_t]
    Like ``s#``, but accepts any object which implements the read-write buffer
    interface.  The :ctype:`char \*` variable is set to point to the first byte of
    the buffer, and the :ctype:`int` is set to the length of the buffer.  Only


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