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@@ -14,36 +14,54 @@ them is constrained. The type is specified at object creation time by using a
:dfn:`type code`, which is a single character. The following type codes are
defined:
-+-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
-| Type code | C Type | Python Type | Minimum size in bytes |
-+===========+================+===================+=======================+
-| ``'b'`` | signed char | int | 1 |
-+-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
-| ``'B'`` | unsigned char | int | 1 |
-+-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
-| ``'u'`` | Py_UNICODE | Unicode character | 2 (see note) |
-+-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
-| ``'h'`` | signed short | int | 2 |
-+-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
-| ``'H'`` | unsigned short | int | 2 |
-+-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
-| ``'i'`` | signed int | int | 2 |
-+-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
-| ``'I'`` | unsigned int | int | 2 |
-+-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
-| ``'l'`` | signed long | int | 4 |
-+-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
-| ``'L'`` | unsigned long | int | 4 |
-+-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
-| ``'f'`` | float | float | 4 |
-+-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
-| ``'d'`` | double | float | 8 |
-+-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
-
-.. note::
-
- The ``'u'`` typecode corresponds to Python's unicode character. On narrow
- Unicode builds this is 2-bytes, on wide builds this is 4-bytes.
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+| Type code | C Type | Python Type | Minimum size in bytes | Notes |
++===========+====================+===================+=======================+=======+
+| ``'b'`` | signed char | int | 1 | |
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+| ``'B'`` | unsigned char | int | 1 | |
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+| ``'u'`` | Py_UNICODE | Unicode character | 2 | \(1) |
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+| ``'h'`` | signed short | int | 2 | |
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+| ``'H'`` | unsigned short | int | 2 | |
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+| ``'i'`` | signed int | int | 2 | |
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+| ``'I'`` | unsigned int | int | 2 | |
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+| ``'l'`` | signed long | int | 4 | |
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+| ``'L'`` | unsigned long | int | 4 | |
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+| ``'q'`` | signed long long | int | 8 | \(2) |
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+| ``'Q'`` | unsigned long long | int | 8 | \(2) |
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+| ``'f'`` | float | float | 4 | |
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+| ``'d'`` | double | float | 8 | |
++-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
+
+Notes:
+
+(1)
+ The ``'u'`` type code corresponds to Python's obsolete unicode character
+ (:c:type:`Py_UNICODE` which is :c:type:`wchar_t`). Depending on the
+ platform, it can be 16 bits or 32 bits.
+
+ ``'u'`` will be removed together with the rest of the :c:type:`Py_UNICODE`
+ API.
+
+ .. deprecated-removed:: 3.3 4.0
+
+(2)
+ The ``'q'`` and ``'Q'`` type codes are available only if
+ the platform C compiler used to build Python supports C :c:type:`long long`,
+ or, on Windows, :c:type:`__int64`.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.3
The actual representation of values is determined by the machine architecture
(strictly speaking, by the C implementation). The actual size can be accessed