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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst b/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst index b310fcb..efbaa52 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst @@ -27,12 +27,8 @@ not. The wrappers ensure that *str*[*size*-1] is always ``'\0'`` upon return. They never write more than *size* bytes (including the trailing ``'\0'``) into str. -Both functions require that ``str != NULL``, ``size > 0`` and ``format != -NULL``. - -If the platform doesn't have :c:func:`vsnprintf` and the buffer size needed to -avoid truncation exceeds *size* by more than 512 bytes, Python aborts with a -:c:func:`Py_FatalError`. +Both functions require that ``str != NULL``, ``size > 0``, ``format != NULL`` +and ``size < INT_MAX``. The return value (*rv*) for these functions should be interpreted as follows: @@ -48,8 +44,8 @@ The return value (*rv*) for these functions should be interpreted as follows: this case too, but the rest of *str* is undefined. The exact cause of the error depends on the underlying platform. -The following functions provide locale-independent string to number conversions. +The following functions provide locale-independent string to number conversions. .. c:function:: double PyOS_string_to_double(const char *s, char **endptr, PyObject *overflow_exception) |