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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/ctypes.rst | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/ctypes/__init__.py | 8 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst index 9482497..e64e2f6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst @@ -2072,13 +2072,13 @@ Utility functions Does the same as the C ``sizeof`` operator. -.. function:: string_at(address, size=-1) +.. function:: string_at(ptr, size=-1) - This function returns the C string starting at memory address *address* as a bytes - object. If size is specified, it is used as size, otherwise the string is assumed + Return the byte string at *void \*ptr*. + If *size* is specified, it is used as size, otherwise the string is assumed to be zero-terminated. - .. audit-event:: ctypes.string_at address,size ctypes.string_at + .. audit-event:: ctypes.string_at ptr,size ctypes.string_at .. function:: WinError(code=None, descr=None) @@ -2094,14 +2094,14 @@ Utility functions alias of :exc:`OSError`. -.. function:: wstring_at(address, size=-1) +.. function:: wstring_at(ptr, size=-1) - This function returns the wide character string starting at memory address - *address* as a string. If *size* is specified, it is used as the number of + Return the wide-character string at *void \*ptr*. + If *size* is specified, it is used as the number of characters of the string, otherwise the string is assumed to be zero-terminated. - .. audit-event:: ctypes.wstring_at address,size ctypes.wstring_at + .. audit-event:: ctypes.wstring_at ptr,size ctypes.wstring_at .. _ctypes-data-types: diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py index 95353ba..6cedee7 100644 --- a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py +++ b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py @@ -519,9 +519,9 @@ def cast(obj, typ): _string_at = PYFUNCTYPE(py_object, c_void_p, c_int)(_string_at_addr) def string_at(ptr, size=-1): - """string_at(addr[, size]) -> string + """string_at(ptr[, size]) -> string - Return the string at addr.""" + Return the byte string at void *ptr.""" return _string_at(ptr, size) try: @@ -531,9 +531,9 @@ except ImportError: else: _wstring_at = PYFUNCTYPE(py_object, c_void_p, c_int)(_wstring_at_addr) def wstring_at(ptr, size=-1): - """wstring_at(addr[, size]) -> string + """wstring_at(ptr[, size]) -> string - Return the string at addr.""" + Return the wide-character string at void *ptr.""" return _wstring_at(ptr, size) |