From 47d673d81fc315069c14f9438ebe61fb70ef1ccc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikita Sobolev <mail@sobolevn.me>
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 12:33:48 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] gh-99502: mention bytes-like objects as input in
 `secrets.compare_digest` (GH-99512)

Now it is in sync with https://docs.python.org/3/library/hmac.html#hmac.compare_digest
It is the same function, just re-exported. So, I guess they should mention the same input types.
---
 Doc/library/secrets.rst | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/secrets.rst b/Doc/library/secrets.rst
index dc8e5f46fb581e..4405dfc0535973 100644
--- a/Doc/library/secrets.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/secrets.rst
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ Other functions
 
 .. function:: compare_digest(a, b)
 
-   Return ``True`` if strings *a* and *b* are equal, otherwise ``False``,
+   Return ``True`` if strings or
+   :term:`bytes-like objects <bytes-like object>`
+   *a* and *b* are equal, otherwise ``False``,
    using a "constant-time compare" to reduce the risk of
    `timing attacks <https://codahale.com/a-lesson-in-timing-attacks/>`_.
    See :func:`hmac.compare_digest` for additional details.