ctypes documentation not effective

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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

The issue names ctypes documentation but provides no files, tests, or concrete documentation target. Start by reviewing the ctypes documentation and the linked BPO issue to determine what is ineffective. Done requires an agreed documentation change and evidence that it addresses the reported problem.

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Description

3.10 3.8 (EOL) 3.9 (EOL) docs pending topic-ctypes type-feature
BPO 2774
Nosy @theller, @birkenfeld

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2008-05-06.16:38:37.452>
labels = ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', 'ctypes', 'type-feature', 'docs']
title = 'ctypes documentation not effective'
updated_at = <Date 2020-10-22.19:49:44.499>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/janssen'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2020-10-22.19:49:44.499>
actor = 'iritkatriel'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation', 'ctypes']
creation = <Date 2008-05-06.16:38:37.452>
creator = 'janssen'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 2774
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['66319', '86421']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['theller', 'georg.brandl', 'janssen', 'docs@python']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue2774'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

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