[doc] No Argument Clinic documentation on how to specify a return converter

[brettcannon]

BPO	20459
Nosy	@larryhastings, @furkanonder

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title = '[doc] No Argument Clinic documentation on how to specify a return converter'
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Linked PRs

• gh-64658: Expand Argument Clinic return converter docs #104175
• [3.11] gh-64658: Expand Argument Clinic return converter docs (#104175) #104198

[brettcannon]

There's no actual example of using a return converter so it's not obvious how to specify one. Is it specifying an argument of 'return'?

[furkanonder]

I couldn't understand your problem.Can you explain more?

[erlend-aasland]

Return converter example added, and the list of return converters updated in...:

• gh-64658: Expand Argument Clinic return converter docs #104175
• [3.11] gh-64658: Expand Argument Clinic return converter docs (#104175) #104198