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r71898 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 16:24:30 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
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r71899 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 16:27:00 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 3 lines
The type for ppos has been Py_ssize_t since 2.5, reflect this in the
documentation.
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r71900 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 16:28:02 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
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r71910 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 19:59:03 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 4 lines
Issue #4129: Belatedly document which C API functions had their argument(s) or
return type changed from int or int * to Py_ssize_t or Py_ssize_t * as this
might cause problems on 64-bit platforms.
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r71915 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 20:46:03 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
Issue #4129: Document more int -> Py_ssize_t changes.
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r71917 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 20:57:32 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
Reference to an int type, whereas it's a Py_ssize_t as the synopsis states.
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
index 8a40f22..600fcac 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
@@ -278,10 +278,10 @@
``w#`` (read-write character buffer) [char \*, int]
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
- single-segment buffer objects are accepted; :exc:`TypeError` is raised for all
- others.
+ 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 single-segment buffer objects are accepted; :exc:`TypeError` is raised
+ for all others.
``(items)`` (tuple) [*matching-items*]
The object must be a Python sequence whose length is the number of format units
@@ -406,6 +406,10 @@
PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O:ref", &object, &callback)
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+ This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *min* and *max*. This might
+ require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
.. cfunction:: PyObject* Py_BuildValue(const char *format, ...)