Backport PR #15155: Documentation fix for issue #15132 PrimaryHDU.fro…

…mstring() accepts bytes not bytearray for data parameter
astropy · Aug 29, 2023 · 8590f0c · 8590f0c
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diff --git a/astropy/io/fits/hdu/base.py b/astropy/io/fits/hdu/base.py
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def fromstring(cls, data, checksum=False, ignore_missing_end=False, **kwargs):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        data : str, bytearray, memoryview, ndarray
+        data : str, bytes, memoryview, ndarray
             A byte string containing the HDU's header and data.
 
         checksum : bool, optional