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bstring: Use "byte object" rather than "byte string
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Authored by emaste on Thu, Nov 21, 12:55 AM.

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"String" suggests null-terminated strings, while the functions described
in this page operate on sets of bytes of a specified length.

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emaste created this revision.
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Thu, Nov 21, 1:57 AM

We should probably mention that these were called “byte strings” in older versions of the man page so people looking for “byte string” find this man page.