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author | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2010-06-29 20:09:12 +0000 |
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committer | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2010-06-29 20:09:12 +0000 |
commit | d5087417f07dc027fd0832796f71fa60e11ea034 (patch) | |
tree | 5111d959c9fcf5d70a0d4a944e29f5551651c653 | |
parent | e72b155eea4879d09d297bbb7db8071c4135297f (diff) | |
download | cpython-d5087417f07dc027fd0832796f71fa60e11ea034.tar.gz |
Issue #1789: clarify that the 'size' column in struct docs refers to standard size.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/struct.rst b/Doc/library/struct.rst index f76e4a1309..b5fd43278f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/struct.rst +++ b/Doc/library/struct.rst @@ -156,7 +156,11 @@ Format Characters ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Format characters have the following meaning; the conversion between C and -Python values should be obvious given their types: +Python values should be obvious given their types. The 'Standard size' column +refers to the size of the packed value in bytes when using standard size; that +is, when the format string starts with one of ``'<'``, ``'>'``, ``'!'`` or +``'='``. When using native size, the size of the packed value is +platform-dependent. +--------+-------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+ | Format | C Type | Python type | Standard size | Notes | |