Fix format_trace_id and format_span_id docstrings #4570
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Description
The two docstrings I updated are incorrect and confused me while implementing otel spec. Per other docs, it looks like trace ID and span ID are intended to be 16-bytes and 8-bytes, respectively. The behavior of the
format
method in Python as implemented is to create a length N hexstring, which corresponds to N/2 bytes of data.Fixes # (issue)
Type of change
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I originally found this docstring by linking from the Python SDK documentation here
How Has This Been Tested?
N/A - documentation fix
Does This PR Require a Contrib Repo Change?
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