From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:05:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix buffer_info() docstring to match reality.  See SF bug #444842.
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Fix buffer_info() docstring to match reality.  See SF bug #444842.
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diff --git a/Modules/arraymodule.c b/Modules/arraymodule.c
index de90da90e830..6168bb08c61c 100644
--- a/Modules/arraymodule.c
+++ b/Modules/arraymodule.c
@@ -880,7 +880,9 @@ static char buffer_info_doc [] =
 "buffer_info() -> (address, length)\n\
 \n\
 Return a tuple (address, length) giving the current memory address and\n\
-the length in bytes of the buffer used to hold array's contents.";
+the length in items of the buffer used to hold array's contents\n\
+The length should be multiplied by the itemsize attribute to calculate\n\
+the buffer length in bytes.";
 
 
 static PyObject *