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1 files changed, 28 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/string.rst b/Doc/c-api/string.rst
index 0ecfa2347f..4ff0e14ae7 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/string.rst
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ These functions raise :exc:`TypeError` when expecting a string parameter and are
called with a non-string parameter.
.. note::
- These functions have been renamed to PyBytes_* in Python 3.x. The PyBytes
- names are also available in 2.6.
+
+ These functions have been renamed to PyBytes_* in Python 3.x. Unless
+ otherwise noted, the PyBytes functions available in 3.x are aliased to their
+ PyString_* equivalents to help porting.
.. index:: object: string
@@ -219,6 +221,10 @@ called with a non-string parameter.
reference-count-neutral; you own the object after the call if and only if you
owned it before the call.)
+ .. note::
+
+ This function is not available in 3.x and does not have a PyBytes alias.
+
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_InternFromString(const char *v)
@@ -227,6 +233,10 @@ called with a non-string parameter.
been interned, or a new ("owned") reference to an earlier interned string object
with the same value.
+ .. note::
+
+ This function is not available in 3.x and does not have a PyBytes alias.
+
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_Decode(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
@@ -236,6 +246,10 @@ called with a non-string parameter.
The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec registry. Return
*NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
+ .. note::
+
+ This function is not available in 3.x and does not have a PyBytes alias.
+
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_AsDecodedObject(PyObject *str, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
@@ -245,6 +259,10 @@ called with a non-string parameter.
The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec registry. Return *NULL*
if an exception was raised by the codec.
+ .. note::
+
+ This function is not available in 3.x and does not have a PyBytes alias.
+
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_Encode(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
@@ -254,6 +272,10 @@ called with a non-string parameter.
:meth:`encode` method. The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec
registry. Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
+ .. note::
+
+ This function is not available in 3.x and does not have a PyBytes alias.
+
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_AsEncodedObject(PyObject *str, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
@@ -262,3 +284,7 @@ called with a non-string parameter.
parameters of the same name in the string :meth:`encode` method. The codec to be
used is looked up using the Python codec registry. Return *NULL* if an exception
was raised by the codec.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ This function is not available in 3.x and does not have a PyBytes alias.