[3.12] gh-119467: Fix Py_buffer.format type and correct documentation typo (GH-119475) (#119603)

miss-islington · adiaholic · web-flow · commit 8d7e54af0d41 · 2024-05-27T12:22:23.000Z
gh-119467: Fix Py_buffer.format type and correct documentation typo (GH-119475) (cherry picked from commit 3b26cd8) Co-authored-by: Aditya Borikar <adityaborikar2@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst b/Doc/c-api/buffer.rst
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ a buffer, see :c:func:`PyObject_GetBuffer`.
       or a :c:macro:`PyBUF_WRITABLE` request, the consumer must disregard
       :c:member:`~Py_buffer.itemsize` and assume ``itemsize == 1``.
 
-   .. c:member:: const char *format
+   .. c:member:: char *format
 
-      A *NUL* terminated string in :mod:`struct` module style syntax describing
+      A *NULL* terminated string in :mod:`struct` module style syntax describing
       the contents of a single item. If this is ``NULL``, ``"B"`` (unsigned bytes)
       is assumed.
 
