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gh-107600: docs: Update ctypes.ArgumentError error message #107601

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Doc/library/ctypes.rst
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Expand Up @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ from within *IDLE* or *PythonWin*::
>>> printf(b"%f bottles of beer\n", 42.5)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ArgumentError: argument 2: TypeError: Don't know how to convert parameter 2
ctypes.ArgumentError: argument 2: TypeError: Don't know how to convert parameter 2
>>>

As has been mentioned before, all Python types except integers, strings, and
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>>> printf(b"%d %d %d", 1, 2, 3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ArgumentError: argument 2: TypeError: wrong type
ctypes.ArgumentError: argument 2: TypeError: 'int' object cannot be interpreted as ctypes.c_char_p
>>> printf(b"%s %d %f\n", b"X", 2, 3)
X 2 3.000000
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