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bpo-20803: doc: clarify that struct.pack_into writes 0x00 for pad bytes #28047

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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion Doc/library/struct.rst
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Expand Up @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ The module defines the following exception and functions:
Pack the values *v1*, *v2*, ... according to the format string *format* and
write the packed bytes into the writable buffer *buffer* starting at
position *offset*. Note that *offset* is a required argument.

.. note::
'x' padding inserts null bytes to pad bytes.
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Please add this as a footnote to the Format characters table instead. The pad byte is the first one listed there.


.. function:: unpack(format, buffer)

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