Note that memory returned by PyBuffer_New is not specifically aligned.

nascheme · nascheme · commit 277616ea3da8 · 2004-06-08T02:58:50.000Z
Closes SF bug #472568. git-svn-id: http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk@36121 6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771
diff --git a/Doc/api/concrete.tex b/Doc/api/concrete.tex
@@ -1565,7 +1565,9 @@ \subsection{Buffer Objects \label{bufferObjects}}
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyBuffer_New}{int size}
   Returns a new writable buffer object that maintains its own memory
   buffer of \var{size} bytes.  \exception{ValueError} is returned if
-  \var{size} is not zero or positive.
+  \var{size} is not zero or positive.  Note that the memory buffer (as
+  returned by \cfunction{PyObject_AsWriteBuffer()}) is not specifically
+  aligned.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 
