Issue #4129: more int -> Py_ssize_t documentation.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/string.rst b/Doc/c-api/string.rst
index 359b4c5..c7d27a3 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/string.rst
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@
Macro form of :cfunc:`PyString_Size` but without error checking.
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+ This macro returned an :ctype:`int` type. This might require changes in
+ your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
.. cfunction:: char* PyString_AsString(PyObject *string)
@@ -182,6 +186,10 @@
*string* and operates on that. If *string* is not a string object at all,
:cfunc:`PyString_AsStringAndSize` returns ``-1`` and raises :exc:`TypeError`.
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+ This function used an :ctype:`int *` type for *length*. This might
+ require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
.. cfunction:: void PyString_Concat(PyObject **string, PyObject *newpart)
@@ -261,6 +269,10 @@
This function is not available in 3.x and does not have a PyBytes alias.
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+ This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+ changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_AsDecodedObject(PyObject *str, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
@@ -287,6 +299,10 @@
This function is not available in 3.x and does not have a PyBytes alias.
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+ This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+ changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_AsEncodedObject(PyObject *str, const char *encoding, const char *errors)