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[3.11] gh-65002: Make note that null bytes are used to pad bytes (GH-98635) #98804

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+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
| 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 | |
+--------+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------+------------+
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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'``.
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