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authorqqwqqw689 <114795525+qqwqqw689@users.noreply.github.com>2024-02-13 14:23:10 (GMT)
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gh-113437: Update documentation about PyUnicode_AsWideChar() function (GH-113455)
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@@ -854,7 +854,12 @@ wchar_t Support
Copy the Unicode object contents into the :c:type:`wchar_t` buffer *wstr*. At most
*size* :c:type:`wchar_t` characters are copied (excluding a possibly trailing
null termination character). Return the number of :c:type:`wchar_t` characters
- copied or ``-1`` in case of an error. Note that the resulting :c:expr:`wchar_t*`
+ copied or ``-1`` in case of an error.
+
+ When *wstr* is ``NULL``, instead return the *size* that would be required
+ to store all of *unicode* including a terminating null.
+
+ Note that the resulting :c:expr:`wchar_t*`
string may or may not be null-terminated. It is the responsibility of the caller
to make sure that the :c:expr:`wchar_t*` string is null-terminated in case this is
required by the application. Also, note that the :c:expr:`wchar_t*` string