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#16518: Bring error messages in harmony with docs ("bytes-like object")

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Some time ago we changed the docs to consistently use the term 'bytes-like
object' in all the contexts where bytes, bytearray, memoryview, etc are used.
This patch (by Ezio Melotti) completes that work by changing the error
messages that previously reported that certain types did "not support the
buffer interface" to instead say that a bytes-like object is required.  (The
glossary entry for bytes-like object references the discussion of the buffer
protocol in the docs.)
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R David Murray 2014-10-05 11:47:01 -04:00
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commit 861470c836
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@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(compare_digest__doc__,
"Return 'a == b'. This function uses an approach designed to prevent\n"
"timing analysis, making it appropriate for cryptography.\n"
"a and b must both be of the same type: either str (ASCII only),\n"
"or any type that supports the buffer protocol (e.g. bytes).\n"
"or any bytes-like object.\n"
"\n"
"Note: If a and b are of different lengths, or if an error occurs,\n"
"a timing attack could theoretically reveal information about the\n"