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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2008-10-21 21:10:07 +0000
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2008-10-21 21:10:07 +0000
commit369e2057ea707df0fc08073b8836c55df4ce415c (patch)
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document 'y(#)' format codes for Py_BuildValue
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@@ -424,6 +424,14 @@ and the following format units are left untouched.
Convert a C string and its length to a Python object. If the C string pointer
is *NULL*, the length is ignored and ``None`` is returned.
+ ``y`` (bytes) [char \*, int]
+ This converts a C string to a Python :func:`bytes` object. If the C
+ string pointer is *NULL*, ``None`` is returned.
+
+ ``y#`` (bytes) [char \*, int]
+ This converts a C string and its lengths to a Python object. If the C
+ string pointer is *NULL*, ``None`` is returned.
+
``z`` (string or ``None``) [char \*]
Same as ``s``.