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Fixes #117291

Currently, the docs only briefly mention value and raw attributes of a Array(c_char). This PR extends the note to inform users that reading a value might give a different value than was set beforehand iff null-bytes are part of this value.

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LGTM. 👍

@serhiy-storchaka serhiy-storchaka added needs backport to 3.13 bugs and security fixes needs backport to 3.14 bugs and security fixes needs backport to 3.15 pre-release feature fixes, bugs and security fixes labels May 31, 2026
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Thanks @prauscher for the PR, and @serhiy-storchaka for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.13, 3.14, 3.15.
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GH-150649 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.15 branch.

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GH-150650 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.14 branch.

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GH-150651 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.13 branch.

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[3.13] gh-117291: Explain usage of null bytes in Array(c_char).value (G…
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…H-117292) (GH-150651)

(cherry picked from commit 73d8e9a)

Co-authored-by: Patrick Rauscher <prauscher@prauscher.de>
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[3.15] gh-117291: Explain usage of null bytes in Array(c_char).value (G…
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…H-117292) (GH-150649)

(cherry picked from commit 73d8e9a)

Co-authored-by: Patrick Rauscher <prauscher@prauscher.de>
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[3.14] gh-117291: Explain usage of null bytes in Array(c_char).value (G…
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…H-117292) (GH-150650)

(cherry picked from commit 73d8e9a)

Co-authored-by: Patrick Rauscher <prauscher@prauscher.de>
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