Issue #2396: backport the memoryview object.
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index c19462c..5ca6e42 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -680,6 +680,13 @@
Added support for the optional *key* argument.
+.. function:: memoryview(obj)
+ :noindex:
+
+ Return a "memory view" object created from the given argument. See
+ :ref:`typememoryview` for more information.
+
+
.. function:: min(iterable[, args...][key])
With a single argument *iterable*, return the smallest item of a non-empty