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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/ctypes.rst4
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c2
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index fce5913..df39c28 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -1815,8 +1815,6 @@ Utility functions
termination character. An integer can be passed as second argument which allows
to specify the size of the array if the length of the bytes should not be used.
- If the first parameter is a string, it is converted into a bytes object
- according to ctypes conversion rules.
.. function:: create_unicode_buffer(init_or_size, size=None)
@@ -1833,8 +1831,6 @@ Utility functions
allows to specify the size of the array if the length of the string should not
be used.
- If the first parameter is a bytes object, it is converted into an unicode string
- according to ctypes conversion rules.
.. function:: DllCanUnloadNow()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5e2c47e..7005518 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ Tests
Extension Modules
-----------------
+- Issue #13840: The error message produced by ctypes.create_string_buffer
+ when given a Unicode string has been fixed.
+
- Issue #9975: socket: Fix incorrect use of flowinfo and scope_id. Patch by
Vilmos Nebehaj.
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
index 8f378e2..8be5958 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ CharArray_set_value(CDataObject *self, PyObject *value)
if (!PyBytes_Check(value)) {
PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
- "str/bytes expected instead of %s instance",
+ "bytes expected instead of %s instance",
Py_TYPE(value)->tp_name);
return -1;
} else