Kill references to tp_print.

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Guido van Rossum 2007-08-07 20:01:32 +00:00
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@ -1151,23 +1151,16 @@ my_dealloc(PyObject *obj)
\subsection{Object Presentation}
In Python, there are three ways to generate a textual representation
of an object: the \function{repr()}\bifuncindex{repr} function (or
equivalent back-tick syntax), the \function{str()}\bifuncindex{str}
function, and the \keyword{print} statement. For most objects, the
\keyword{print} statement is equivalent to the \function{str()}
function, but it is possible to special-case printing to a
\ctype{FILE*} if necessary; this should only be done if efficiency is
identified as a problem and profiling suggests that creating a
temporary string object to be written to a file is too expensive.
In Python, there are two ways to generate a textual representation
of an object: the \function{repr()}\bifuncindex{repr} function, and
the \function{str()}\bifuncindex{str} function. (The
\keyword{print} function just calls \function{str()}.)
These handlers are all optional, and most types at most need to
implement the \member{tp_str} and \member{tp_repr} handlers.
These handlers are both optional.
\begin{verbatim}
reprfunc tp_repr;
reprfunc tp_str;
printfunc tp_print;
\end{verbatim}
The \member{tp_repr} handler should return a string object containing
@ -1750,7 +1743,7 @@ In order to learn how to implement any specific method for your new
data type, do the following: Download and unpack the Python source
distribution. Go the \file{Objects} directory, then search the
C source files for \code{tp_} plus the function you want (for
example, \code{tp_print} or \code{tp_compare}). You will find
example, \code{tp_compare}). You will find
examples of the function you want to implement.
When you need to verify that an object is an instance of the type