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@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ overwritten by a byte-array value. For \fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR,
to the value from which to extract an array of bytes.
.AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
Interpreter to use for error reporting.
-.AP "Tcl_Size | int" *numBytesPtr out
+.AP int *numBytesPtr out
Points to space where the number of bytes in the array may be written.
Caller may pass NULL when it does not need this information.
.BE
@@ -153,11 +153,7 @@ and any string representation is invalidated.
.PP
On success, both \fBTcl_GetBytesFromObj\fR and \fBTcl_GetByteArrayFromObj\fR
write the number of bytes in the byte-array value of \fIobjPtr\fR
-to the space pointed to by \fInumBytesPtr\fR. This space may be of type
-\fBTcl_Size\fR or of type \fBint\fR. In Tcl 8, the largest number of
-bytes possible is \fBINT_MAX\fR, so either type can receive the value.
-In codebases meant to migrate to Tcl 9, the option to write to a space
-of type \fBTcl_Size\fR may aid in the migration.
+to the space pointed to by \fInumBytesPtr\fR.
.PP
\fBTcl_SetByteArrayLength\fR enables a caller to change the size of a
byte-array in the internal representation of an unshared \fIobjPtr\fR to