Add padding note to footnote of Format Characters

slateny · slateny · commit 2583485457a6 · 2022-10-26T08:31:51.000-07:00
diff --git a/Doc/library/struct.rst b/Doc/library/struct.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ The module defines the following exception and functions:
    write the packed bytes into the writable buffer *buffer* starting at
    position *offset*.  Note that *offset* is a required argument.
 
-
 .. function:: unpack(format, buffer)
 
    Unpack from the buffer *buffer* (presumably packed by ``pack(format, ...)``)
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ platform-dependent.
 +--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
 | Format | C Type                   | Python type        | Standard size  | Notes      |
 +========+==========================+====================+================+============+
-| ``x``  | pad byte                 | no value           |                |            |
+| ``x``  | pad byte                 | no value           |                | \(7)       |
 +--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
 | ``c``  | :c:expr:`char`           | bytes of length 1  | 1              |            |
 +--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
@@ -291,6 +290,9 @@ Notes:
    operations. See the Wikipedia page on the `half-precision floating-point
    format <half precision format_>`_ for more information.
 
+(7)
+   For padding, ``x`` inserts null bytes.
+
 
 A format character may be preceded by an integral repeat count.  For example,
 the format string ``'4h'`` means exactly the same as ``'hhhh'``.
