[issue43803] ctypes string_at/wstring_at - bad argument name used in docs and in docstring

[Shreyan Avigyan]

Shreyan Avigyan <shreyan.avigyan at gmail.com> added the comment:

> I'd favor updating them all to say "ptr", because changing the name of the runtime parameter would risk breaking users' code.

I also certainly agree with that. Moreover, the documentation and docstring uses the name "address" and "addr" respectively which are misleading because it is asking for ctypes.c_char_p or ctypes.c_wchar_p which are C pointer types, it is not asking for the address of instances of ctypes.c_char_p or ctypes.c_wchar_p. Therefore a change in the documentation and docstring is required.

Note - If this issue is confirmed then I'll submit a PR to apply the change as described in this issue.

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assignee:  -> docs at python
components: +Documentation
nosy: +docs at python, shreyanavigyan
title: ctypes string_at/wstring_at bad argument name -> ctypes string_at/wstring_at - bad argument name used in docs and in docstring

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