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authorJesse Noller <jnoller@gmail.com>2009-01-18 03:11:38 (GMT)
committerJesse Noller <jnoller@gmail.com>2009-01-18 03:11:38 (GMT)
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Merge r68708 to py3k, fixes 4449
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@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ Shared :mod:`ctypes` Objects
It is possible to create shared objects using shared memory which can be
inherited by child processes.
-.. function:: Value(typecode_or_type[, *args, lock]])
+.. function:: Value(typecode_or_type, *args[, lock])
Return a :mod:`ctypes` object allocated from shared memory. By default the
return value is actually a synchronized wrapper for the object.
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ processes.
*typecode_or_type* determines the type of the returned object: it is either a
ctypes type or a one character typecode of the kind used by the :mod:`array`
- module. */*args* is passed on to the constructor for the type.
+ module. *\*args* is passed on to the constructor for the type.
Note that setting and getting the value is potentially non-atomic -- use
:func:`Value` instead to make sure that access is automatically synchronized
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ processes.
attributes which allow one to use it to store and retrieve strings -- see
documentation for :mod:`ctypes`.
-.. function:: Array(typecode_or_type, size_or_initializer[, *args[, lock]])
+.. function:: Array(typecode_or_type, size_or_initializer, *args[, lock])
The same as :func:`RawArray` except that depending on the value of *lock* a
process-safe synchronization wrapper may be returned instead of a raw ctypes