#19411: Clarify that b2a_hex/hexlify returns a bytes object.

Initial patch by Vajrasky Kok.
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R David Murray 2013-11-03 13:21:38 -05:00
parent 0de4d3e3eb
commit 5fdb64b5a0
2 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ The :mod:`binascii` module defines the following functions:
Return the hexadecimal representation of the binary *data*. Every byte of
*data* is converted into the corresponding 2-digit hex representation. The
resulting string is therefore twice as long as the length of *data*.
returned bytes object is therefore twice as long as the length of *data*.
.. function:: a2b_hex(hexstr)

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@ -1129,7 +1129,8 @@ binascii_hexlify(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
PyDoc_STRVAR(doc_hexlify,
"b2a_hex(data) -> s; Hexadecimal representation of binary data.\n\
\n\
This function is also available as \"hexlify()\".");
The return value is a bytes object. This function is also\n\
available as \"hexlify()\".");
static int