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diff --git a/Doc/library/codecs.rst b/Doc/library/codecs.rst index e734fee..1971136 100644 --- a/Doc/library/codecs.rst +++ b/Doc/library/codecs.rst @@ -787,9 +787,9 @@ Encodings and Unicode --------------------- Strings are stored internally as sequences of codepoints (to be precise -as :ctype:`Py_UNICODE` arrays). Depending on the way Python is compiled (either +as :c:type:`Py_UNICODE` arrays). Depending on the way Python is compiled (either via :option:`--without-wide-unicode` or :option:`--with-wide-unicode`, with the -former being the default) :ctype:`Py_UNICODE` is either a 16-bit or 32-bit data +former being the default) :c:type:`Py_UNICODE` is either a 16-bit or 32-bit data type. Once a string object is used outside of CPU and memory, CPU endianness and how these arrays are stored as bytes become an issue. Transforming a string object into a sequence of bytes is called encoding and recreating the |