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authorGregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>2009-02-01 00:19:42 +0000
committerGregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>2009-02-01 00:19:42 +0000
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#documentation update for issue4903 -
svn merge -c68535 http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk svn merge -c69159 http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/binascii.rst6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/binascii.rst b/Doc/library/binascii.rst
index ece0819843..23939de1cd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/binascii.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/binascii.rst
@@ -120,17 +120,17 @@ The :mod:`binascii` module defines the following functions:
To generate the same numeric value across all Python versions and
platforms use crc32(data) & 0xffffffff. If you are only using
the checksum in packed binary format this is not necessary as the
- return value will have the correct 32bit binary representation
+ return value is the correct 32bit binary representation
regardless of sign.
.. versionchanged:: 2.6
- The return value will always be in the range [-2**31, 2**31-1]
+ The return value is in the range [-2**31, 2**31-1]
regardless of platform. In the past the value would be signed on
some platforms and unsigned on others. Use & 0xffffffff on the
value if you want it to match 3.0 behavior.
.. versionchanged:: 3.0
- The return value will always be unsigned and in the range [0, 2**32-1]
+ The return value is unsigned and in the range [0, 2**32-1]
regardless of platform.