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Author SHA1 Message Date
Fred Drake 8b8fe288b3 Close an improperly-closed verbatim environment.
This closes SF patch #496215.

Add a little more detail to the example that had not been closed.

Bugfix: this should be made part of 2.2.1.
2001-12-26 16:53:48 +00:00
Fred Drake 54e6294197 A number of small adjustments. 2001-12-11 19:40:16 +00:00
Tim Peters f582b82fe9 SF bug #491415 PyDict_UpdateFromSeq2() unused
PyDict_UpdateFromSeq2():  removed it.
PyDict_MergeFromSeq2():  made it public and documented it.
PyDict_Merge() docs:  updated to reveal <wink> that the second
argument can be any mapping object.
2001-12-11 18:51:08 +00:00
Fred Drake 32a3587345 Document that PyString_FromString() cannot take NULL as a parameter.
This closes SF bug #489872.
2001-12-06 20:38:15 +00:00
Fred Drake 551ffae30c Clarify that the Python runtime may behave mysteriously when an exception
is not handled properly.
This closes SF bug #485153.
2001-12-03 17:56:09 +00:00
Fred Drake 3570551d6f Remove most references to __members__ and __methods__, leaving only one pair
of references that now state that these attributes have been removed,
directing the reader to the dir() function.
This closes SF bug #456420.
2001-12-03 17:32:27 +00:00
Fred Drake f07125ee53 PyErr_Format() does not return a new reference; it always returns NULL.
This closes SF bug #488387.
2001-12-03 16:36:43 +00:00
Fred Drake 454af89712 Update the signature of PyFile_WriteString(). 2001-11-29 22:42:59 +00:00
Fred Drake c37b65ee10 Clean up some markup cruft. A number of the macros that take no
parameters (like \UNIX) are commonly entered using an empty group to
separate the markup from a following inter-word space; this is not
needed when the next character is punctuation, or the markup is the
last thing in the enclosing group.  These cases were marked
inconsistently; the empty group is now *only* used when needed.
2001-11-28 07:26:15 +00:00
Fred Drake cd8474e6a2 Add documentation for the PyCell* APIs. 2001-11-26 21:29:17 +00:00
Fred Drake 50ecc15d05 Add omitted word for clarity. 2001-11-17 06:39:18 +00:00
Thomas Heller bfeeeee851 Fix obvious typos. 2001-11-12 07:46:31 +00:00
Fred Drake 94ead57dc3 Added version annotations, remove hard tabs. 2001-11-09 23:34:26 +00:00
Jeremy Hylton 89c3a22a27 Add PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(), which returns true if its argument
supports the single-segment readable buffer interface.

Add documentation for this and other PyObject_XXXBuffer() calls.
2001-11-09 21:59:42 +00:00
Fred Drake 1b58bff8a0 More refcount information. 2001-10-29 17:43:14 +00:00
Fred Drake b0c079e3e5 PyObject_CallFunctionObArgs() ---> PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs()
PyObject_CallMethodObArgs() ---> PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs()
2001-10-28 02:39:03 +00:00
Fred Drake c44e9eca66 Added docs for PyObject_CallFunctionObArgs() and PyObject_CallMethodObArgs().
Minor cleanups & markup consistency fixes.
2001-10-26 16:38:38 +00:00
Fred Drake 81c7aa2c7b Added refcount data for PyObject_CallFunctionObArgs() and
PyObject_CallMethodObArgs().
2001-10-26 16:29:22 +00:00
Tim Peters 1fc240e851 Generalize dictionary() to accept a sequence of 2-sequences. At the
outer level, the iterator protocol is used for memory-efficiency (the
outer sequence may be very large if fully materialized); at the inner
level, PySequence_Fast() is used for time-efficiency (these should
always be sequences of length 2).

dictobject.c, new functions PyDict_{Merge,Update}FromSeq2.  These are
wholly analogous to PyDict_{Merge,Update}, but process a sequence-of-2-
sequences argument instead of a mapping object.  For now, I left these
functions file static, so no corresponding doc changes.  It's tempting
to change dict.update() to allow a sequence-of-2-seqs argument too.

Also changed the name of dictionary's keyword argument from "mapping"
to "x".  Got a better name?  "mapping_or_sequence_of_pairs" isn't
attractive, although more so than "mosop" <wink>.

abstract.h, abstract.tex:  Added new PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE function,
much faster than going thru the all-purpose PySequence_Size.

libfuncs.tex:
- Document dictionary().
- Fiddle tuple() and list() to admit that their argument is optional.
- The long-winded repetitions of "a sequence, a container that supports
  iteration, or an iterator object" is getting to be a PITA.  Many
  months ago I suggested factoring this out into "iterable object",
  where the definition of that could include being explicit about
  generators too (as is, I'm not sure a reader outside of PythonLabs
  could guess that "an iterator object" includes a generator call).
- Please check my curly braces -- I'm going blind <0.9 wink>.

abstract.c, PySequence_Tuple():  When PyObject_GetIter() fails, leave
its error msg alone now (the msg it produces has improved since
PySequence_Tuple was generalized to accept iterable objects, and
PySequence_Tuple was also stomping on the msg in cases it shouldn't
have even before PyObject_GetIter grew a better msg).
2001-10-26 05:06:50 +00:00
Fred Drake 847c51a181 Slightly better conformance to the Python C style guide. 2001-10-25 15:53:44 +00:00
Fred Drake c84f2c5068 Documentation for the new PyArg_UnpackTuple() function. 2001-10-23 21:10:18 +00:00
Fred Drake 5bf1ecd503 Update the description of PyTrace_EXCEPT. 2001-10-16 19:23:55 +00:00
Fred Drake 0fae49fc7b Added documentation for the functions listed in marshal.h.
Prompted by Jim Ahlstrom.  This closes SF patch #470614.
2001-10-14 04:45:51 +00:00
Fred Drake 3adf79e3e2 Break the Python/C API manual into smaller files by chapter. This manual
has grown beyond what font-lock will work with using the default (X)Emacs
settings.

Indentation of the description has been made consistent, and a number of
smaller markup adjustments have been made as well.
2001-10-12 19:01:43 +00:00
Fred Drake bf88b68f38 Add documentation for the public API for weak reference objects. 2001-10-05 22:03:58 +00:00
Fred Drake 6f3d82693a Expand the documentation of the low-level tracing/profiling interface.
This reflects what is currently in CVS, which may change before 2.2 is final.
2001-10-03 21:52:51 +00:00
Greg Ward e22871e9ed Typo fix. 2001-09-26 18:12:49 +00:00
Fred Drake f244b2e47c Add more signature information and some descriptions for the new APIs
introduced in Python 2.2.
Add documentation for the slice object interface (not complete).
Added version annotations for several of the Python 2.2 APIs already
documented.
2001-09-24 15:31:50 +00:00
Fred Drake 23a78cf1c1 Add more reference count information. 2001-09-24 15:29:47 +00:00
Fred Drake d61d0d3f6d Added API information for the PyCallIter_*() and PySeqIter_*() functions.
Added signatures for some new PyType_*() functions.
2001-09-23 02:05:26 +00:00
Fred Drake f47d8ef683 Document all the Py*_CheckExact() functions.
Document many more of the PyLong_{As,From}*() functions.
2001-09-20 19:18:52 +00:00
Fred Drake 9c75ff785a Fix parameter for PyInt_Check().
Add refcount information for other recently documented APIs.
2001-09-06 18:06:46 +00:00
Fred Drake f8d7a5d391 Document the PyMethod_* type object, functions, and macros. 2001-09-06 17:12:44 +00:00
Fred Drake 396ca574dd Document the rule that Python.h must be included before any standard
headers.  This is the final checkin for SF bug #458768.
2001-09-06 16:30:30 +00:00
Martin v. Löwis 7c82a3e0fc Patch #449815: Set filesystemencoding based on CODESET. 2001-09-05 17:09:48 +00:00
Tim Peters 7eea37e831 At Guido's suggestion, here's a new C API function, PyObject_Dir(), like
__builtin__.dir().  Moved the guts from bltinmodule.c to object.c.
2001-09-04 22:08:56 +00:00
Neil Schemenauer 55cdc88c09 Update documentation for GC API. Closes SF patch #421893. 2001-08-30 15:24:17 +00:00
Barry Warsaw 8c64a54f75 Refcount info for PyString_FromFormat() and PyString_FromFormatV().
Closes SF patch #455666.
2001-08-28 02:32:04 +00:00
Barry Warsaw c86aa57f58 Documentation for PyString_FromFormat() and PyString_FromFormatV().
Closes SF patch #455666.
2001-08-28 02:31:28 +00:00
Fred Drake 0e40c3d012 Document PyTuple_GET_SIZE(), removing confusing sentence from PyDict_Copy()
description.

This fixes SF bug #453111.
2001-08-20 16:48:59 +00:00
Martin v. Löwis e3eb1f2b23 Patch #427190: Implement and use METH_NOARGS and METH_O. 2001-08-16 13:15:00 +00:00
Fred Drake 680cabb225 Add "exceptions" to the list of fundamental modules
created by Py_Initialize().

This closes SF bug #450621.
2001-08-14 15:32:16 +00:00
Fred Drake 11ee90289c Added documentation for PyDict_Update() and PyDict_Merge(). 2001-08-10 21:31:12 +00:00
Fred Drake 024ef6f493 Remove the bogus flags parameter from the PyFile_WriteString() signature;
it has no such parameter.

This closes SF bug #449761.
2001-08-10 14:27:38 +00:00
Fred Drake 0197858f62 Added documentation for PyNumber_*FloorDivide(), PyNumber_*TrueDivide(),
PyInterpreterState_*Head(), PyInterpreterState_Next(), and
PyThreadState_Next().

Wrapped some long lines, added some others.
2001-08-08 19:14:53 +00:00
Fred Drake 03590c6bdc Reference counting information for PyNumber_*FloorDivide() and
PyNumber_*TrueDivide().
2001-08-08 18:50:18 +00:00
Fred Drake f90490ef94 Move away from apply() to using extended call syntax for some example
fragments when discussing equivalence of thhe C API to what a Python
programmer sees.

Added descriptions of PyEval_SetProfile() and PyEval_SetTrace().
2001-08-02 18:00:28 +00:00
Fred Drake 88fdaa7c9e Typo: PyArgs_ParseTuple --> PyArg_ParseTuple
Moved the PyArg_Parse*(), Py_BuildValue() functions to the Utilities
chapter, added a minimal description and reference to the Extending
manual for Py_BuildValue().
2001-07-20 20:56:11 +00:00
Fred Drake 6d988559a3 Added information on Py_BuildValue(). 2001-07-20 20:55:31 +00:00
Fred Drake 68db730324 Adding what's done of the documentation for the new profiling &
tracing interface.  Incomplete, but better to check it in since I've
been including it in my updates.
2001-07-17 19:48:30 +00:00