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gh-107659: Improve wording of the description of ctypes.pointer and ctypes.POINTER (#107769)

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@ -2029,17 +2029,17 @@ Utility functions
specifying an address, or a ctypes instance.
.. function:: POINTER(type)
.. function:: POINTER(type, /)
This factory function creates and returns a new ctypes pointer type. Pointer
types are cached and reused internally, so calling this function repeatedly is
cheap. *type* must be a ctypes type.
Create and return a new ctypes pointer type. Pointer types are cached and
reused internally, so calling this function repeatedly is cheap.
*type* must be a ctypes type.
.. function:: pointer(obj)
.. function:: pointer(obj, /)
This function creates a new pointer instance, pointing to *obj*. The returned
object is of the type ``POINTER(type(obj))``.
Create a new pointer instance, pointing to *obj*.
The returned object is of the type ``POINTER(type(obj))``.
Note: If you just want to pass a pointer to an object to a foreign function
call, you should use ``byref(obj)`` which is much faster.