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Document behavior when CDLL is called with None as an argument on POSIX systems

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Description

BPO 27329

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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2016-06-16.04:38:10.383>
labels = ['ctypes', 'type-feature', 'docs']
title = 'Document behavior when CDLL is called  with None as an argument on POSIX systems'
updated_at = <Date 2016-06-16.04:48:22.898>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/JeffreyEsquivelSibaja'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2016-06-16.04:48:22.898>
actor = 'martin.panter'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation', 'ctypes']
creation = <Date 2016-06-16.04:38:10.383>
creator = 'Jeffrey Esquivel Sibaja'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 27329
keywords = []
message_count = 1.0
messages = ['268641']
nosy_count = 2.0
nosy_names = ['docs@python', 'Jeffrey Esquivel Sibaja']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue27329'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.5', 'Python 3.6']

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Research direction

Start at the ctypes.CDLL entry point and inspect its existing documentation for POSIX argument handling. Confirm the documented behavior when None is passed, then update the appropriate ctypes documentation and verify the resulting API documentation describes the behavior clearly.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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