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@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ Note: The code samples in this tutorial use :mod:`doctest` to make sure that
they actually work. Since some code samples behave differently under Linux,
Windows, or Mac OS X, they contain doctest directives in comments.
-Note: Some code samples reference the ctypes :class:`c_int` type. This type is
-an alias for the :class:`c_long` type on 32-bit systems. So, you should not be
-confused if :class:`c_long` is printed if you would expect :class:`c_int` ---
-they are actually the same type.
-
+Note: Some code samples reference the ctypes :class:`c_int` type. On platforms
+where ``sizeof(long double) == sizeof(double)`` it is an alias to
+:class:`c_double`. So, you should not be confused if :class:`c_long` is
+printed if you would expect :class:`c_int` --- they are actually the same type.
.. _ctypes-loading-dynamic-link-libraries: