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diff --git a/Doc/library/struct.rst b/Doc/library/struct.rst index 9ba3ce4..4b1ba70 100644 --- a/Doc/library/struct.rst +++ b/Doc/library/struct.rst @@ -151,7 +151,11 @@ Format Characters ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Format characters have the following meaning; the conversion between C and -Python values should be obvious given their types: +Python values should be obvious given their types. The 'Standard size' column +refers to the size of the packed value in bytes when using standard size; that +is, when the format string starts with one of ``'<'``, ``'>'``, ``'!'`` or +``'='``. When using native size, the size of the packed value is +platform-dependent. +--------+-------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+ | Format | C Type | Python type | Standard size | Notes | |