[Python-checkins] doc: Clarify os.urandom return type (#30282)

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Wed Jan 19 16:22:32 EST 2022


https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4b99803b861e58eb476a7a30e2e8aacdec5df104
commit: 4b99803b861e58eb476a7a30e2e8aacdec5df104
branch: main
author: Florian Bruhin <me at the-compiler.org>
committer: gvanrossum <gvanrossum at gmail.com>
date: 2022-01-19T13:22:15-08:00
summary:

doc: Clarify os.urandom return type (#30282)

Other descriptions in the same file also use 'bytestring' to refer to bytes objects

files:
M Doc/library/os.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index eb3035344455f..234ea3238ef99 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -4879,7 +4879,7 @@ Random numbers
 
 .. function:: urandom(size)
 
-   Return a string of *size* random bytes suitable for cryptographic use.
+   Return a bytestring of *size* random bytes suitable for cryptographic use.
 
    This function returns random bytes from an OS-specific randomness source.  The
    returned data should be unpredictable enough for cryptographic applications,



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