Renaming to OutputBuffer sounds like a good idea.

On Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 7:55 PM Ma Lin <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:

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> Ma Lin <malincns@163.com> added the comment:
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> Found a backward incompatible behavior.
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> Before the patch, in 64-bit build, zlib module allows the initial size >
> UINT32_MAX.
> It creates a bytes object, and uses a sliding window to deal with the
> UINT32_MAX limit:
> https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/v3.9.4/Modules/zlibmodule.c#L183
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> After the patch, when init_size > UINT32_MAX, it raises a ValueError.
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> PR 25738 fixes this backward incompatibility.
> If the initial size > UINT32_MAX, it clamps to UINT32_MAX, rather than
> raising an exception.
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> Moreover, if you don't mind, I would like to take this opportunity to
> rename the wrapper functions from Buffer_* to OutputBuffer_*, so that the
> readers can easily distinguish between input buffer and output buffer.
> If you don't think it's necessary, you may merge PR 25738 as is.
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