[Python-checkins] gh-107600: Docs: Update ctypes.ArgumentError error message (#107601)

erlend-aasland webhook-mailer at python.org
Fri Aug 4 10:34:08 EDT 2023


https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/09a8cc79846ce0870e51fa8e7c449e153832fe4b
commit: 09a8cc79846ce0870e51fa8e7c449e153832fe4b
branch: main
author: Tomas R <tomas.roun8 at gmail.com>
committer: erlend-aasland <erlend.aasland at protonmail.com>
date: 2023-08-04T16:34:04+02:00
summary:

gh-107600: Docs: Update ctypes.ArgumentError error message (#107601)

files:
M Doc/library/ctypes.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index c253a45e1a8b5..ea7873a885172 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ from within *IDLE* or *PythonWin*::
    >>> printf(b"%f bottles of beer\n", 42.5)
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
-   ArgumentError: argument 2: TypeError: Don't know how to convert parameter 2
+   ctypes.ArgumentError: argument 2: TypeError: Don't know how to convert parameter 2
    >>>
 
 As has been mentioned before, all Python types except integers, strings, and
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ prototype for a C function), and tries to convert the arguments to valid types::
    >>> printf(b"%d %d %d", 1, 2, 3)
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
-   ArgumentError: argument 2: TypeError: wrong type
+   ctypes.ArgumentError: argument 2: TypeError: 'int' object cannot be interpreted as ctypes.c_char_p
    >>> printf(b"%s %d %f\n", b"X", 2, 3)
    X 2 3.000000
    13



More information about the Python-checkins mailing list