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gh-65002: Make note that null bytes are used to pad bytes (GH-98635)

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@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ 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 +291,9 @@ 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'``.