The PyObject_AsReadBuffer and PyObject_AsWriteBuffer
functions are documented incorrectly in the Python/C
API Reference Manual for both Python 2.3 and the
current development documentation.

Section 6.6 ("Buffer Protocol") state the following
prototypes:

    - int PyObject_AsReadBuffer(PyObject *obj, const
char **buffer, int *buffer_len)
    - int PyObject_AsWriteBuffer(PyObject *obj, char
**buffer, int *buffer_len)

while Include/abstract.h define them as follows:

    - int PyObject_AsReadBuffer(PyObject *obj, const
void **buffer, int *buffer_len)
    - int PyObject_AsWriteBuffer(PyObject *obj, void
**buffer, int *buffer_len);

In each case, "char **buffer" should be changed to
"void **buffer". I've included a patch against Python
2.3.3 in diff -u format that fixes this. It modifies
Doc/api/abstract.tex.

Thanks,
Timothy Stranex

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Fixed in both CVS HEAD and the 2.3 maintenance branch.  Thanks!