[Python-checkins] gh-65002: Make note that null bytes are used to pad bytes (#98635)
ambv
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Fri Oct 28 06:21:34 EDT 2022
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8cd21c2c5d34a5c5e857782da58d773f29ff8821
commit: 8cd21c2c5d34a5c5e857782da58d773f29ff8821
branch: main
author: Stanley <46876382+slateny at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: ambv <lukasz at langa.pl>
date: 2022-10-28T12:21:28+02:00
summary:
gh-65002: Make note that null bytes are used to pad bytes (#98635)
files:
M Doc/library/struct.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/struct.rst b/Doc/library/struct.rst
index d12a5732fa4a..620f50376beb 100644
--- a/Doc/library/struct.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/struct.rst
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ platform-dependent.
+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
| Format | C Type | Python type | Standard size | Notes |
+========+==========================+====================+================+============+
-| ``x`` | pad byte | no value | | |
+| ``x`` | pad byte | no value | | \(7) |
+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
| ``c`` | :c:expr:`char` | bytes of length 1 | 1 | |
+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ Notes:
operations. See the Wikipedia page on the `half-precision floating-point
format <half precision format_>`_ for more information.
+(7)
+ For padding, ``x`` inserts null bytes.
+
A format character may be preceded by an integral repeat count. For example,
the format string ``'4h'`` means exactly the same as ``'hhhh'``.
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