merge with 3.3

2013-10-06 10:51:07 +02:00 · 2013-10-06 10:51:07 +02:00 · 38552a6661
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--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
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@ -198,7 +198,9 @@ argument values::
   >>>

 There are, however, enough ways to crash Python with :mod:`ctypes`, so you
-should be careful anyway.
+should be careful anyway.  The :mod:`faulthandler` module can be helpful in
+debugging crashes (e.g. from segmentation faults produced by erroneous C library
+calls).

 ``None``, integers, bytes objects and (unicode) strings are the only native
 Python objects that can directly be used as parameters in these function calls.