Bug #1546052: clarify that PyString_FromString(AndSize) copies the

string pointed to by its parameter.
 (backport from rev. 52078)

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/api/concrete.tex b/Doc/api/concrete.tex
index 34221ad..764c6aa 100644
--- a/Doc/api/concrete.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/concrete.tex
@@ -602,15 +602,15 @@ parameter and are called with a non-string parameter.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_FromString}{const char *v}
-  Return a new string object with the value \var{v} on success, and
-  \NULL{} on failure.  The parameter \var{v} must not be \NULL{}; it
-  will not be checked.
+  Return a new string object with a copy of the string \var{v} as value
+  on success, and \NULL{} on failure.  The parameter \var{v} must not be
+  \NULL{}; it will not be checked.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_FromStringAndSize}{const char *v,
                                                          Py_ssize_t len}
-  Return a new string object with the value \var{v} and length
-  \var{len} on success, and \NULL{} on failure.  If \var{v} is
+  Return a new string object with a copy of the string \var{v} as value
+  and length \var{len} on success, and \NULL{} on failure.  If \var{v} is
   \NULL{}, the contents of the string are uninitialized.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c3cf131..424820d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ Tests
 Documentation
 -------------
 
+- Bug #1546052: clarify that PyString_FromString(AndSize) copies the
+  string pointed to by its parameter.
+
 - Bug #1566663: remove obsolete example from datetime docs.
 
 - Bug #1541682: Fix example in the "Refcount details" API docs.