[Python-checkins] r87784 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/arg.rst

[antoine.pitrou]

Author: antoine.pitrou
Date: Thu Jan  6 08:16:31 2011
New Revision: 87784

Log:
Issue #10840: make it explicit that "s*" and friends provide contiguous memory.



Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/arg.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/arg.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/arg.rst	Thu Jan  6 08:16:31 2011
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@
 Strings and buffers
 -------------------
 
-These formats do not expect you to provide raw storage for the returned string
-or bytes.  Also, you won't have to release any memory yourself, except with
-the ``es``, ``es#``, ``et`` and ``et#`` formats.
+These formats allow to access an object as a contiguous chunk of memory.
+You don't have to provide raw storage for the returned unicode or bytes
+area.  Also, you won't have to release any memory yourself, except with the
+``es``, ``es#``, ``et`` and ``et#`` formats.
 
 However, when a :c:type:`Py_buffer` structure gets filled, the underlying
 buffer is locked so that the caller can subsequently use the buffer even