From 4aa5f6f1f2b080bf1f17cfb97edb2ed9483e2e0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Dickinson Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:09:12 +0000 Subject: Issue #1789: clarify that the 'size' column in struct docs refers to standard size. --- Doc/library/struct.rst | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/struct.rst b/Doc/library/struct.rst index f76e4a1..b5fd432 100644 --- a/Doc/library/struct.rst +++ b/Doc/library/struct.rst @@ -156,7 +156,11 @@ Format Characters ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Format characters have the following meaning; the conversion between C and -Python values should be obvious given their types: +Python values should be obvious given their types. The 'Standard size' column +refers to the size of the packed value in bytes when using standard size; that +is, when the format string starts with one of ``'<'``, ``'>'``, ``'!'`` or +``'='``. When using native size, the size of the packed value is +platform-dependent. +--------+-------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+ | Format | C Type | Python type | Standard size | Notes | -- cgit v0.12