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diff --git a/Doc/library/binascii.rst b/Doc/library/binascii.rst index a4efef8..89ecddc 100644 --- a/Doc/library/binascii.rst +++ b/Doc/library/binascii.rst @@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ The :mod:`binascii` module defines the following functions: *data* is converted into the corresponding 2-digit hex representation. The returned bytes object is therefore twice as long as the length of *data*. + Similar functionality (but returning a text string) is also conveniently + accessible using the :meth:`bytes.hex` method. .. function:: a2b_hex(hexstr) unhexlify(hexstr) @@ -161,6 +163,9 @@ The :mod:`binascii` module defines the following functions: of hexadecimal digits (which can be upper or lower case), otherwise an :exc:`Error` exception is raised. + Similar functionality (accepting only text string arguments, but more + liberal towards whitespace) is also accessible using the + :meth:`bytes.fromhex` class method. .. exception:: Error |