From 9aa97e835d8994c4369b4e395f8f49fd59263dec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 22:02:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor wording changes, plus correct a typo. --- Doc/ext/newtypes.tex | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/ext/newtypes.tex b/Doc/ext/newtypes.tex index 3e246f75df5..12e728ba50b 100644 --- a/Doc/ext/newtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/ext/newtypes.tex @@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ object - it just contains the refcount and a pointer to the object's ``type object''. This is where the action is; the type object determines which (C) functions get called when, for instance, an attribute gets looked up on an object or it is multiplied by another -object. I call these C functions ``type methods'' to distinguish them -from things like \code{[].append} (which I will call ``object -methods'' when I get around to them). +object. These C functions are called ``type methods'' to distinguish +them from things like \code{[].append} (which we call ``object +methods''). So, if you want to define a new object type, you need to create a new type object. @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ definition above. The remaining fields will be filled with zeros by the C compiler, and it's common practice to not specify them explicitly unless you need them. -This is so important that I'm going to pick the top of it apart still +This is so important that we're going to pick the top of it apart still further: \begin{verbatim} @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ This is so that Python knows how much memory to allocate when you call \end{verbatim} This has to do with variable length objects like lists and strings. -Ignore for now... +Ignore this for now. Now we get into the type methods, the things that make your objects different from the others. Of course, the Noddy object doesn't @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ the deallocation function. noddy_noddy_dealloc, /* tp_dealloc */ \end{verbatim} -From here, all the type methods are \NULL, so I won't go over them yet +From here, all the type methods are \NULL, so we'll go over them later --- that's for the next section! Everything else in the file should be familiar, except for this line @@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ The \member{tp_str} handler is to \function{str()} what the is, it is called when Python code calls \function{str()} on an instance of your object. It's implementation is very similar to the \member{tp_repr} function, but the resulting string is intended for -human consumption. It \member{tp_str} is not specified, the +human consumption. If \member{tp_str} is not specified, the \member{tp_repr} handler is used instead. Here is a simple example: