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Describe workaround for PyRange_New()'s removal

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Andrew M. Kuchling 2006-06-26 12:43:43 +00:00
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@ -2276,7 +2276,12 @@ the code can now be compiled with a {\Cpp} compiler without errors.
\item The \cfunction{PyRange_New()} function was removed. It was
never documented, never used in the core code, and had dangerously lax
error checking.
error checking. In the unlikely case that your extensions were using
it, you can replace it by something like the following:
\begin{verbatim}
range = PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject*) &PyRange_Type, "lll",
start, stop, step);
\end{verbatim}
\end{itemize}
@ -2408,7 +2413,7 @@ freed with the corresponding family's \cfunction{*_Free()} function.
The author would like to thank the following people for offering
suggestions, corrections and assistance with various drafts of this
article: Nick Coghlan, Phillip J. Eby, "Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve, Kent
article: Nick Coghlan, Phillip J. Eby, Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve, Kent
Johnson, Martin von~L\"owis, Fredrik Lundh, Gustavo Niemeyer, James
Pryor, Mike Rovner, Scott Weikart, Barry Warsaw, Thomas Wouters.