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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst index b28aa5f793..b4efbf00f7 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst @@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ Unless otherwise stated, buffers are not NUL-terminated. as *converter*. ``s*`` (:class:`str`, :class:`bytes`, :class:`bytearray` or buffer compatible object) [Py_buffer] - This format accepts Unicode objects as well as objects supporting the - buffer protocol. + This format accepts Unicode objects as well as :term:`bytes-like object`\ s. It fills a :c:type:`Py_buffer` structure provided by the caller. In this case the resulting C string may contain embedded NUL bytes. Unicode objects are converted to C strings using ``'utf-8'`` encoding. @@ -101,14 +100,14 @@ Unless otherwise stated, buffers are not NUL-terminated. contain embedded NUL bytes; if it does, a :exc:`TypeError` exception is raised. -``y*`` (:class:`bytes`, :class:`bytearray` or buffer compatible object) [Py_buffer] - This variant on ``s*`` doesn't accept Unicode objects, only objects - supporting the buffer protocol. **This is the recommended way to accept +``y*`` (:class:`bytes`, :class:`bytearray` or :term:`bytes-like object`) [Py_buffer] + This variant on ``s*`` doesn't accept Unicode objects, only + :term:`bytes-like object`\ s. **This is the recommended way to accept binary data.** ``y#`` (:class:`bytes`) [const char \*, int] - This variant on ``s#`` doesn't accept Unicode objects, only bytes-like - objects. + This variant on ``s#`` doesn't accept Unicode objects, only :term:`bytes-like + object`\ s. ``S`` (:class:`bytes`) [PyBytesObject \*] Requires that the Python object is a :class:`bytes` object, without |