[Python-checkins] gh-107659: Improve wording of the description of `ctypes.pointer` and `ctypes.POINTER` (#107769)

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Sun Aug 20 06:54:09 EDT 2023


https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/beffb30dc7a07044f4198245d049ddda1f4b24db
commit: beffb30dc7a07044f4198245d049ddda1f4b24db
branch: main
author: Tomas R <tomas.roun8 at gmail.com>
committer: kumaraditya303 <kumaraditya at python.org>
date: 2023-08-20T10:54:06Z
summary:

gh-107659: Improve wording of the description of `ctypes.pointer` and `ctypes.POINTER` (#107769)

Co-authored-by: Adam Turner <9087854+AA-Turner at users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Kumar Aditya <kumaraditya at python.org>

files:
M Doc/library/ctypes.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index 474359a5cd98b..8af609d53ff4b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -2029,17 +2029,17 @@ Utility functions
    specifying an address, or a ctypes instance.
 
 
-.. function:: POINTER(type)
+.. function:: POINTER(type, /)
 
-   This factory function creates and returns a new ctypes pointer type. Pointer
-   types are cached and reused internally, so calling this function repeatedly is
-   cheap. *type* must be a ctypes type.
+   Create and return a new ctypes pointer type. Pointer types are cached and
+   reused internally, so calling this function repeatedly is cheap.
+   *type* must be a ctypes type.
 
 
-.. function:: pointer(obj)
+.. function:: pointer(obj, /)
 
-   This function creates a new pointer instance, pointing to *obj*. The returned
-   object is of the type ``POINTER(type(obj))``.
+   Create a new pointer instance, pointing to *obj*.
+   The returned object is of the type ``POINTER(type(obj))``.
 
    Note: If you just want to pass a pointer to an object to a foreign function
    call, you should use ``byref(obj)`` which is much faster.



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