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authorCharles Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com>2020-09-03 14:26:18 -0600
committerCharles Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com>2020-09-03 17:14:37 -0600
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DOC: Add compatibility release note for gh-17241
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+The first element of the ``__array_interface__["data"]`` tuple must be an integer
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+This has been the documented interface for many years, but there was still
+code that would accept a byte string representation of the pointer address.
+That code has been removed, passing the address as a byte string will now
+raise an error.