[Python-checkins] r73941 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/library/array.rst

Sat Jul 11 12:39:01 CEST 2009

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sat Jul 11 12:39:00 2009
New Revision: 73941
Log:
Merged revisions 73940 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk
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 r73940 | georg.brandl | 2009年07月11日 12:37:38 +0200 (Sa, 11 Jul 2009) | 1 line
 
 #6430: add note about size of "u" type.
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Modified:
 python/branches/py3k/ (props changed)
 python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/array.rst
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/array.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/array.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/array.rst	Sat Jul 11 12:39:00 2009
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 +-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
 | ``'B'`` | unsigned char | int | 1 |
 +-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
-| ``'u'`` | Py_UNICODE | Unicode character | 2 |
+| ``'u'`` | Py_UNICODE | Unicode character | 2 (see note) |
 +-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
 | ``'h'`` | signed short | int | 2 |
 +-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
 | ``'d'`` | double | float | 8 |
 +-----------+----------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
 
+.. note::
+
+ The ``'u'`` typecode corresponds to Python's unicode character. On narrow
+ Unicode builds this is 2-bytes, on wide builds this is 4-bytes.
+
 The actual representation of values is determined by the machine architecture
 (strictly speaking, by the C implementation). The actual size can be accessed
 through the :attr:`itemsize` attribute.
