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Author eryksun
Recipients JelleZijlstra, docs@python, eryksun, shreyanavigyan, talhayon1
Date 2021-04-12.21:56:43
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> If that's the problem then why not change all of them to use the 
> name "address" or "addr" to avoid confusion and make it clear 
> simple. What is your view?

Change them all to refer to `ptr`. It's not worth introducing a breaking change:

    >>> ctypes.string_at(ptr=b'spam')
    b'spam'
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