1 files changed, 23 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/docs/examples/tutorial/string/c_func.pyx b/docs/examples/tutorial/string/c_func.pyx
index a456b815b..4763f2671 100644
--- a/docs/examples/tutorial/string/c_func.pyx
+++ b/docs/examples/tutorial/string/c_func.pyx
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
-from libc.stdlib cimport malloc
-from libc.string cimport strcpy, strlen
-
-cdef char* hello_world = 'hello world'
-cdef Py_ssize_t n = strlen(hello_world)
-
-
-cdef char* c_call_returning_a_c_string():
-    cdef char* c_string = <char *> malloc((n + 1) * sizeof(char))
-    if not c_string:
-        raise MemoryError()
-    strcpy(c_string, hello_world)
-    return c_string
-
-
-cdef void get_a_c_string(char** c_string_ptr, Py_ssize_t *length):
-    c_string_ptr[0] = <char *> malloc((n + 1) * sizeof(char))
-    if not c_string_ptr[0]:
-        raise MemoryError()
-
-    strcpy(c_string_ptr[0], hello_world)
-    length[0] = n
+from libc.stdlib cimport malloc
+from libc.string cimport strcpy, strlen
+
+cdef char* hello_world = 'hello world'
+cdef Py_ssize_t n = strlen(hello_world)
+
+
+cdef char* c_call_returning_a_c_string():
+    cdef char* c_string = <char *> malloc((n + 1) * sizeof(char))
+    if not c_string:
+        return NULL  # malloc failed
+
+    strcpy(c_string, hello_world)
+    return c_string
+
+
+cdef void get_a_c_string(char** c_string_ptr, Py_ssize_t *length):
+    c_string_ptr[0] = <char *> malloc((n + 1) * sizeof(char))
+    if not c_string_ptr[0]:
+        return  # malloc failed
+
+    strcpy(c_string_ptr[0], hello_world)
+    length[0] = n