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Document that the null character '\0' terminates a struct format spec #79895

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BPO 35714
Nosy @mdickinson, @stevendaprano, @serhiy-storchaka, @mr-nfamous, @ZackerySpytz, @miss-islington, @iritkatriel
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  • bpo-35714: Reject null characters in struct format strings #16928
  • [3.9] bpo-35714: Reject null characters in struct format strings (GH-16928) #20373
  • [3.8] bpo-35714: Reject null characters in struct format strings (GH-16928) #20374
  • [3.7] bpo-35714: Reject null characters in struct format strings (GH-16928) #20375
  • [3.6] bpo-35714: Reject null characters in struct format strings (GH-16928) #20376
  • [3.8] bpo-35714: Reject null characters in struct format strings (GH-16928) #20419
  • [3.7] [3.8] bpo-35714: Reject null characters in struct format strings (GH-16928) (GH-20419) #20420
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
    closed_at = <Date 2021-06-19.09:17:15.207>
    created_at = <Date 2019-01-10.22:42:10.256>
    labels = ['3.7', '3.8', 'type-bug', 'library', 'docs']
    title = "Document that the null character '\\0' terminates a struct format spec"
    updated_at = <Date 2021-06-19.09:17:15.207>
    user = 'https://github.com/mr-nfamous'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-06-19.09:17:15.207>
    actor = 'mark.dickinson'
    assignee = 'docs@python'
    closed = True
    closed_date = <Date 2021-06-19.09:17:15.207>
    closer = 'mark.dickinson'
    components = ['Documentation', 'Library (Lib)']
    creation = <Date 2019-01-10.22:42:10.256>
    creator = 'bup'
    dependencies = []
    files = []
    hgrepos = []
    issue_num = 35714
    keywords = ['patch']
    message_count = 12.0
    messages = ['333424', '333430', '333441', '355407', '355410', '369859', '369950', '369951', '369959', '369961', '396078', '396121']
    nosy_count = 8.0
    nosy_names = ['mark.dickinson', 'steven.daprano', 'docs@python', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'bup', 'ZackerySpytz', 'miss-islington', 'iritkatriel']
    pr_nums = ['16928', '20373', '20374', '20375', '20376', '20419', '20420']
    priority = 'normal'
    resolution = 'fixed'
    stage = 'resolved'
    status = 'closed'
    superseder = None
    type = 'behavior'
    url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue35714'
    versions = ['Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8']

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