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gh-110383: Added explanation in Doc about array data types range. Based on GNU docs #113708

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Expand Up @@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ defined:
+-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
| ``'H'`` | unsigned short | int | 2 | |
+-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
| ``'i'`` | signed int | int | 2 | |
| ``'i'`` | signed int | int | 2 | \(2) |
+-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
| ``'I'`` | unsigned int | int | 2 | |
| ``'I'`` | unsigned int | int | 2 | \(2) |
+-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
| ``'l'`` | signed long | int | 4 | |
| ``'l'`` | signed long | int | 4 | \(2) |
+-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
| ``'L'`` | unsigned long | int | 4 | |
| ``'L'`` | unsigned long | int | 4 | \(2) |
+-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
| ``'q'`` | signed long long | int | 8 | |
| ``'q'`` | signed long long | int | 8 | \(2) |
+-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
| ``'Q'`` | unsigned long long | int | 8 | |
| ``'Q'`` | unsigned long long | int | 8 | \(2) |
+-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
| ``'f'`` | float | float | 4 | |
+-----------+--------------------+-------------------+-----------------------+-------+
Expand All @@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ Notes:
.. deprecated-removed:: 3.3 3.16
Please migrate to ``'w'`` typecode.

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As of 2024, 'h', 'i', 'l', and 'q' are usually 2, 4, 4 on Windows else 8, and 8 bytes.

encukou May 30, 2024

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This note talks about h, so if it's kept, the \(2) should be added to the h & H lines in the table.

But, maybe this PR should be closed without merging. If you're wrinting cross-platform code you shouldn't rely on “common” values; if not you can use itemsize to find values that are actually right for your platform.


The actual representation of values is determined by the machine architecture
(strictly speaking, by the C implementation). The actual size can be accessed
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