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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2017-06-23 13:11:12 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-06-23 13:11:12 (GMT)
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bpo-21071: struct.Struct.format type is now str (#845)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/struct.rst b/Doc/library/struct.rst
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@@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ The :mod:`struct` module also defines the following type:
The format string used to construct this Struct object.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.7
+ The format string type is now :class:`str` instead of :class:`bytes`.
+
.. attribute:: size
The calculated size of the struct (and hence of the bytes object produced
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
index 8c1636b..580da62 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
@@ -429,6 +429,9 @@ Changes in the Python API
``makedirs()``.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`19930`.)
+* The :attr:`struct.Struct.format` type is now :class:`str` instead of
+ :class:`bytes`. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`21071`.)
+
CPython bytecode changes
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