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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/struct.py | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/_struct.c | 14 |
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/struct.py b/Lib/struct.py index 3784c05..b022355 100644 --- a/Lib/struct.py +++ b/Lib/struct.py @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ from _struct import * from _struct import _clearcache +from _struct import __doc__ @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ Library Extension Modules ----------------- +- Issue #7078: Set struct.__doc__ from _struct.__doc__. + - Issue #6848: Fix curses module build failure on OS X 10.6. Tests diff --git a/Modules/_struct.c b/Modules/_struct.c index 3e0ab31..6a89d8c 100644 --- a/Modules/_struct.c +++ b/Modules/_struct.c @@ -1900,18 +1900,20 @@ static struct PyMethodDef module_functions[] = { PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc, "Functions to convert between Python values and C structs.\n\ Python bytes objects are used to hold the data representing the C struct\n\ -and also as format strings to describe the layout of data in the C struct.\n\ +and also as format strings (explained below) to describe the layout of data\n\ +in the C struct.\n\ \n\ The optional first format char indicates byte order, size and alignment:\n\ - @: native order, size & alignment (default)\n\ - =: native order, std. size & alignment\n\ - <: little-endian, std. size & alignment\n\ - >: big-endian, std. size & alignment\n\ - !: same as >\n\ + @: native order, size & alignment (default)\n\ + =: native order, std. size & alignment\n\ + <: little-endian, std. size & alignment\n\ + >: big-endian, std. size & alignment\n\ + !: same as >\n\ \n\ The remaining chars indicate types of args and must match exactly;\n\ these can be preceded by a decimal repeat count:\n\ x: pad byte (no data); c:char; b:signed byte; B:unsigned byte;\n\ + ?: _Bool (requires C99; if not available, char is used instead)\n\ h:short; H:unsigned short; i:int; I:unsigned int;\n\ l:long; L:unsigned long; f:float; d:double.\n\ Special cases (preceding decimal count indicates length):\n\ |