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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/bytes.rst b/Doc/c-api/bytes.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+.. highlightlang:: c
+
+.. _bytesobjects:
+
+Bytes Objects
+-------------
+
+These functions raise :exc:`TypeError` when expecting a bytes parameter and are
+called with a non-bytes parameter.
+
+.. index:: object: bytes
+
+
+.. ctype:: PyBytesObject
+
+ This subtype of :ctype:`PyObject` represents a Python bytes object.
+
+
+.. cvar:: PyTypeObject PyBytes_Type
+
+ .. index:: single: BytesType (in module types)
+
+ This instance of :ctype:`PyTypeObject` represents the Python bytes type; it
+ is the same object as ``bytes`` in the Python layer. .
+
+
+.. cfunction:: int PyBytes_Check(PyObject *o)
+
+ Return true if the object *o* is a bytes object or an instance of a subtype
+ of the bytes type.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: int PyBytes_CheckExact(PyObject *o)
+
+ Return true if the object *o* is a bytes object, but not an instance of a
+ subtype of the bytes type.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyBytes_FromString(const char *v)
+
+ Return a new bytes object with a copy of the string *v* as value on success,
+ and *NULL* on failure. The parameter *v* must not be *NULL*; it will not be
+ checked.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(const char *v, Py_ssize_t len)
+
+ Return a new bytes object with a copy of the string *v* as value and length
+ *len* on success, and *NULL* on failure. If *v* is *NULL*, the contents of
+ the bytes object are uninitialized.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyBytes_FromFormat(const char *format, ...)
+
+ Take a C :cfunc:`printf`\ -style *format* string and a variable number of
+ arguments, calculate the size of the resulting Python bytes object and return
+ a bytes object with the values formatted into it. The variable arguments
+ must be C types and must correspond exactly to the format characters in the
+ *format* string. The following format characters are allowed:
+
+ .. % XXX: This should be exactly the same as the table in PyErr_Format.
+ .. % One should just refer to the other.
+ .. % XXX: The descriptions for %zd and %zu are wrong, but the truth is complicated
+ .. % because not all compilers support the %z width modifier -- we fake it
+ .. % when necessary via interpolating PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T.
+
+ +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
+ | Format Characters | Type | Comment |
+ +===================+===============+================================+
+ | :attr:`%%` | *n/a* | The literal % character. |
+ +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
+ | :attr:`%c` | int | A single character, |
+ | | | represented as an C int. |
+ +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
+ | :attr:`%d` | int | Exactly equivalent to |
+ | | | ``printf("%d")``. |
+ +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
+ | :attr:`%u` | unsigned int | Exactly equivalent to |
+ | | | ``printf("%u")``. |
+ +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
+ | :attr:`%ld` | long | Exactly equivalent to |
+ | | | ``printf("%ld")``. |
+ +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
+ | :attr:`%lu` | unsigned long | Exactly equivalent to |
+ | | | ``printf("%lu")``. |
+ +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
+ | :attr:`%zd` | Py_ssize_t | Exactly equivalent to |
+ | | | ``printf("%zd")``. |
+ +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
+ | :attr:`%zu` | size_t | Exactly equivalent to |
+ | | | ``printf("%zu")``. |
+ +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
+ | :attr:`%i` | int | Exactly equivalent to |
+ | | | ``printf("%i")``. |
+ +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
+ | :attr:`%x` | int | Exactly equivalent to |
+ | | | ``printf("%x")``. |
+ +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
+ | :attr:`%s` | char\* | A null-terminated C character |
+ | | | array. |
+ +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
+ | :attr:`%p` | void\* | The hex representation of a C |
+ | | | pointer. Mostly equivalent to |
+ | | | ``printf("%p")`` except that |
+ | | | it is guaranteed to start with |
+ | | | the literal ``0x`` regardless |
+ | | | of what the platform's |
+ | | | ``printf`` yields. |
+ +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
+
+ An unrecognized format character causes all the rest of the format string to be
+ copied as-is to the result string, and any extra arguments discarded.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyBytes_FromFormatV(const char *format, va_list vargs)
+
+ Identical to :func:`PyBytes_FromFormat` except that it takes exactly two
+ arguments.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyBytes_Size(PyObject *o)
+
+ Return the length of the bytes in bytes object *o*.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyBytes_GET_SIZE(PyObject *o)
+
+ Macro form of :cfunc:`PyBytes_Size` but without error checking.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: char* PyBytes_AsString(PyObject *o)
+
+ Return a NUL-terminated representation of the contents of *o*. The pointer
+ refers to the internal buffer of *o*, not a copy. The data must not be
+ modified in any way, unless the string was just created using
+ ``PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, size)``. It must not be deallocated. If
+ *o* is not a string object at all, :cfunc:`PyBytes_AsString` returns *NULL*
+ and raises :exc:`TypeError`.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: char* PyBytes_AS_STRING(PyObject *string)
+
+ Macro form of :cfunc:`PyBytes_AsString` but without error checking.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: int PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(PyObject *obj, char **buffer, Py_ssize_t *length)
+
+ Return a NUL-terminated representation of the contents of the object *obj*
+ through the output variables *buffer* and *length*.
+
+ If *length* is *NULL*, the resulting buffer may not contain NUL characters;
+ if it does, the function returns ``-1`` and a :exc:`TypeError` is raised.
+
+ The buffer refers to an internal string buffer of *obj*, not a copy. The data
+ must not be modified in any way, unless the string was just created using
+ ``PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, size)``. It must not be deallocated. If
+ *string* is not a string object at all, :cfunc:`PyBytes_AsStringAndSize`
+ returns ``-1`` and raises :exc:`TypeError`.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: void PyBytes_Concat(PyObject **bytes, PyObject *newpart)
+
+ Create a new bytes object in *\*bytes* containing the contents of *newpart*
+ appended to *bytes*; the caller will own the new reference. The reference to
+ the old value of *bytes* will be stolen. If the new string cannot be
+ created, the old reference to *bytes* will still be discarded and the value
+ of *\*bytes* will be set to *NULL*; the appropriate exception will be set.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: void PyBytes_ConcatAndDel(PyObject **bytes, PyObject *newpart)
+
+ Create a new string object in *\*bytes* containing the contents of *newpart*
+ appended to *bytes*. This version decrements the reference count of
+ *newpart*.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: int _PyBytes_Resize(PyObject **bytes, Py_ssize_t newsize)
+
+ A way to resize a bytes object even though it is "immutable". Only use this
+ to build up a brand new bytes object; don't use this if the bytes may already
+ be known in other parts of the code. It is an error to call this function if
+ the refcount on the input bytes object is not one. Pass the address of an
+ existing bytes object as an lvalue (it may be written into), and the new size
+ desired. On success, *\*bytes* holds the resized bytes object and ``0`` is
+ returned; the address in *\*bytes* may differ from its input value. If the
+ reallocation fails, the original bytes object at *\*bytes* is deallocated,
+ *\*bytes* is set to *NULL*, a memory exception is set, and ``-1`` is
+ returned.
+
+
+.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyBytes_Format(PyObject *format, PyObject *args)
+
+ Return a new bytes object from *format* and *args*. Analogous to ``format %
+ args``. The *args* argument must be a tuple.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/concrete.rst b/Doc/c-api/concrete.rst
index a0dfe21..733a0bc 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/concrete.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/concrete.rst
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ intrinsic to the Python language.
.. toctree::
- string.rst
+ bytes.rst
unicode.rst
buffer.rst
tuple.rst
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/string.rst b/Doc/c-api/string.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 56fcd80..0000000
--- a/Doc/c-api/string.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,245 +0,0 @@
-.. highlightlang:: c
-
-.. _stringobjects:
-
-String Objects
---------------
-
-These functions raise :exc:`TypeError` when expecting a string parameter and are
-called with a non-string parameter.
-
-.. index:: object: string
-
-
-.. ctype:: PyStringObject
-
- This subtype of :ctype:`PyObject` represents a Python string object.
-
-
-.. cvar:: PyTypeObject PyString_Type
-
- .. index:: single: StringType (in module types)
-
- This instance of :ctype:`PyTypeObject` represents the Python string type; it is
- the same object as ``str`` and ``types.StringType`` in the Python layer. .
-
-
-.. cfunction:: int PyString_Check(PyObject *o)
-
- Return true if the object *o* is a string object or an instance of a subtype of
- the string type.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: int PyString_CheckExact(PyObject *o)
-
- Return true if the object *o* is a string object, but not an instance of a
- subtype of the string type.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_FromString(const char *v)
-
- Return a new string object with a copy of the string *v* as value on success,
- and *NULL* on failure. The parameter *v* must not be *NULL*; it will not be
- checked.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_FromStringAndSize(const char *v, Py_ssize_t len)
-
- Return a new string object with a copy of the string *v* as value and length
- *len* on success, and *NULL* on failure. If *v* is *NULL*, the contents of the
- string are uninitialized.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_FromFormat(const char *format, ...)
-
- Take a C :cfunc:`printf`\ -style *format* string and a variable number of
- arguments, calculate the size of the resulting Python string and return a string
- with the values formatted into it. The variable arguments must be C types and
- must correspond exactly to the format characters in the *format* string. The
- following format characters are allowed:
-
- .. % XXX: This should be exactly the same as the table in PyErr_Format.
- .. % One should just refer to the other.
- .. % XXX: The descriptions for %zd and %zu are wrong, but the truth is complicated
- .. % because not all compilers support the %z width modifier -- we fake it
- .. % when necessary via interpolating PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T.
-
- +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
- | Format Characters | Type | Comment |
- +===================+===============+================================+
- | :attr:`%%` | *n/a* | The literal % character. |
- +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
- | :attr:`%c` | int | A single character, |
- | | | represented as an C int. |
- +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
- | :attr:`%d` | int | Exactly equivalent to |
- | | | ``printf("%d")``. |
- +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
- | :attr:`%u` | unsigned int | Exactly equivalent to |
- | | | ``printf("%u")``. |
- +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
- | :attr:`%ld` | long | Exactly equivalent to |
- | | | ``printf("%ld")``. |
- +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
- | :attr:`%lu` | unsigned long | Exactly equivalent to |
- | | | ``printf("%lu")``. |
- +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
- | :attr:`%zd` | Py_ssize_t | Exactly equivalent to |
- | | | ``printf("%zd")``. |
- +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
- | :attr:`%zu` | size_t | Exactly equivalent to |
- | | | ``printf("%zu")``. |
- +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
- | :attr:`%i` | int | Exactly equivalent to |
- | | | ``printf("%i")``. |
- +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
- | :attr:`%x` | int | Exactly equivalent to |
- | | | ``printf("%x")``. |
- +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
- | :attr:`%s` | char\* | A null-terminated C character |
- | | | array. |
- +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
- | :attr:`%p` | void\* | The hex representation of a C |
- | | | pointer. Mostly equivalent to |
- | | | ``printf("%p")`` except that |
- | | | it is guaranteed to start with |
- | | | the literal ``0x`` regardless |
- | | | of what the platform's |
- | | | ``printf`` yields. |
- +-------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
-
- An unrecognized format character causes all the rest of the format string to be
- copied as-is to the result string, and any extra arguments discarded.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_FromFormatV(const char *format, va_list vargs)
-
- Identical to :func:`PyString_FromFormat` except that it takes exactly two
- arguments.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyString_Size(PyObject *string)
-
- Return the length of the string in string object *string*.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyString_GET_SIZE(PyObject *string)
-
- Macro form of :cfunc:`PyString_Size` but without error checking.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: char* PyString_AsString(PyObject *string)
-
- Return a NUL-terminated representation of the contents of *string*. The pointer
- refers to the internal buffer of *string*, not a copy. The data must not be
- modified in any way, unless the string was just created using
- ``PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, size)``. It must not be deallocated. If
- *string* is a Unicode object, this function computes the default encoding of
- *string* and operates on that. If *string* is not a string object at all,
- :cfunc:`PyString_AsString` returns *NULL* and raises :exc:`TypeError`.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: char* PyString_AS_STRING(PyObject *string)
-
- Macro form of :cfunc:`PyString_AsString` but without error checking. Only
- string objects are supported; no Unicode objects should be passed.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: int PyString_AsStringAndSize(PyObject *obj, char **buffer, Py_ssize_t *length)
-
- Return a NUL-terminated representation of the contents of the object *obj*
- through the output variables *buffer* and *length*.
-
- The function accepts both string and Unicode objects as input. For Unicode
- objects it returns the default encoded version of the object. If *length* is
- *NULL*, the resulting buffer may not contain NUL characters; if it does, the
- function returns ``-1`` and a :exc:`TypeError` is raised.
-
- The buffer refers to an internal string buffer of *obj*, not a copy. The data
- must not be modified in any way, unless the string was just created using
- ``PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, size)``. It must not be deallocated. If
- *string* is a Unicode object, this function computes the default encoding of
- *string* and operates on that. If *string* is not a string object at all,
- :cfunc:`PyString_AsStringAndSize` returns ``-1`` and raises :exc:`TypeError`.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: void PyString_Concat(PyObject **string, PyObject *newpart)
-
- Create a new string object in *\*string* containing the contents of *newpart*
- appended to *string*; the caller will own the new reference. The reference to
- the old value of *string* will be stolen. If the new string cannot be created,
- the old reference to *string* will still be discarded and the value of
- *\*string* will be set to *NULL*; the appropriate exception will be set.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: void PyString_ConcatAndDel(PyObject **string, PyObject *newpart)
-
- Create a new string object in *\*string* containing the contents of *newpart*
- appended to *string*. This version decrements the reference count of *newpart*.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: int _PyString_Resize(PyObject **string, Py_ssize_t newsize)
-
- A way to resize a string object even though it is "immutable". Only use this to
- build up a brand new string object; don't use this if the string may already be
- known in other parts of the code. It is an error to call this function if the
- refcount on the input string object is not one. Pass the address of an existing
- string object as an lvalue (it may be written into), and the new size desired.
- On success, *\*string* holds the resized string object and ``0`` is returned;
- the address in *\*string* may differ from its input value. If the reallocation
- fails, the original string object at *\*string* is deallocated, *\*string* is
- set to *NULL*, a memory exception is set, and ``-1`` is returned.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_Format(PyObject *format, PyObject *args)
-
- Return a new string object from *format* and *args*. Analogous to ``format %
- args``. The *args* argument must be a tuple.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: void PyString_InternInPlace(PyObject **string)
-
- Intern the argument *\*string* in place. The argument must be the address of a
- pointer variable pointing to a Python string object. If there is an existing
- interned string that is the same as *\*string*, it sets *\*string* to it
- (decrementing the reference count of the old string object and incrementing the
- reference count of the interned string object), otherwise it leaves *\*string*
- alone and interns it (incrementing its reference count). (Clarification: even
- though there is a lot of talk about reference counts, think of this function as
- reference-count-neutral; you own the object after the call if and only if you
- owned it before the call.)
-
-
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_InternFromString(const char *v)
-
- A combination of :cfunc:`PyString_FromString` and
- :cfunc:`PyString_InternInPlace`, returning either a new string object that has
- been interned, or a new ("owned") reference to an earlier interned string object
- with the same value.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_Decode(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
-
- Create an object by decoding *size* bytes of the encoded buffer *s* using the
- codec registered for *encoding*. *encoding* and *errors* have the same meaning
- as the parameters of the same name in the :func:`unicode` built-in function.
- The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec registry. Return
- *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_AsDecodedObject(PyObject *str, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
-
- Decode a string object by passing it to the codec registered for *encoding* and
- return the result as Python object. *encoding* and *errors* have the same
- meaning as the parameters of the same name in the string :meth:`encode` method.
- The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec registry. Return *NULL*
- if an exception was raised by the codec.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_AsEncodedObject(PyObject *str, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
-
- Encode a string object using the codec registered for *encoding* and return the
- result as Python object. *encoding* and *errors* have the same meaning as the
- parameters of the same name in the string :meth:`encode` method. The codec to be
- used is looked up using the Python codec registry. Return *NULL* if an exception
- was raised by the codec.