[3.12] gh-119467: Fix Py_buffer.format type and correct documentation typo (GH-119475...

gh-119467: Fix Py_buffer.format type and correct documentation typo (GH-119475)
(cherry picked from commit 3b26cd8ca0e6c65e4b61effea9aa44d06e926797)

Co-authored-by: Aditya Borikar <adityaborikar2@gmail.com>

diff --git a/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst b/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst
index 1e1cabdf242bd133b2328bd3474721f522939185..9500fe465c7d94ba994052346e535c8309b5b76e 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ a buffer, see :c:func:`PyObject_GetBuffer`.
       or a :c:macro:`PyBUF_WRITABLE` request, the consumer must disregard
       :c:member:`~Py_buffer.itemsize` and assume ``itemsize == 1``.
 
-   .. c:member:: const char *format
+   .. c:member:: char *format
 
-      A *NUL* terminated string in :mod:`struct` module style syntax describing
+      A *NULL* terminated string in :mod:`struct` module style syntax describing
       the contents of a single item. If this is ``NULL``, ``"B"`` (unsigned bytes)
       is assumed.