From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 01:53:36 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Redo PR 785 -- Add cross reference links (GH-11319) X-Git-Tag: v3.8.0a1~199 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=56edf3a4b145d80684a9e4ba7411a6778d830140;p=python Redo PR 785 -- Add cross reference links (GH-11319) --- diff --git a/Doc/library/binascii.rst b/Doc/library/binascii.rst index a4efef8465..89ecddc778 100644 --- a/Doc/library/binascii.rst +++ b/Doc/library/binascii.rst @@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ The :mod:`binascii` module defines the following functions: *data* is converted into the corresponding 2-digit hex representation. The returned bytes object is therefore twice as long as the length of *data*. + Similar functionality (but returning a text string) is also conveniently + accessible using the :meth:`bytes.hex` method. .. function:: a2b_hex(hexstr) unhexlify(hexstr) @@ -161,6 +163,9 @@ The :mod:`binascii` module defines the following functions: of hexadecimal digits (which can be upper or lower case), otherwise an :exc:`Error` exception is raised. + Similar functionality (accepting only text string arguments, but more + liberal towards whitespace) is also accessible using the + :meth:`bytes.fromhex` class method. .. exception:: Error