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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst index 6599d82..4f8591b 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst @@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ the format unit; the entry in (round) parentheses is the Python object type that matches the format unit; and the entry in [square] brackets is the type of the C variable(s) whose address should be passed. +These formats allow to access an object as a contiguous chunk of memory. +You don't have to provide raw storage for the returned unicode or bytes +area. Also, you won't have to release any memory yourself, except with the +``es``, ``es#``, ``et`` and ``et#`` formats. + ``s`` (string or Unicode) [const char \*] Convert a Python string or Unicode object to a C pointer to a character string. You must not provide storage for the string itself; a pointer to |