Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								992fe5a83e 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Updates from Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@leburg.com> for the Unicode support.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2000-06-16 21:04:15 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								1c2d06acaf 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Added reference count information for PySequence_List().  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2000-06-16 20:00:04 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								a8455abcf8 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().  
							
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							Added a bit more documentation in the chapter on building extension types,
including Py_FindMethod() documentation.
Several minor consistency nits were fixed. 
							
						 
						
							2000-06-16 19:58:42 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								8520cc2328 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Added reference count information for Py_FindMethod().  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2000-04-10 19:38:24 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								7357770153 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Yet another markup nit:  functions that are part of the Python/C API  
							
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							are still C functions, and should be marked. 
							
						 
						
							2000-04-10 18:50:14 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								37f41565a8 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								PyErr_Format():  
							
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							Remove statement that the return value is always NULL; this is
        generated by the formatting. 
							
						 
						
							2000-04-10 18:46:22 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Jeremy Hylton 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								98605b54b4 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								document PyErr_Format  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2000-04-10 18:40:57 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								8394595f3b 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Add to the comment a description of the "null" value for returned  
							
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							PyObject* values. 
							
						 
						
							2000-04-10 18:29:21 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								db2764d941 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								The reference count field for PyErr_NoMemory() and  
							
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							PyErr_SetFromErrno() should be "null". 
							
						 
						
							2000-04-10 18:25:09 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								a4cd2611f4 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:  
							
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							API documentation for Unicode support from C. 
							
						 
						
							2000-04-06 14:10:29 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								659ebfa79e 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.  
							
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							Hopefully I got all this right! 
							
						 
						
							2000-04-03 15:42:13 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								eb725cd045 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Merged changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2000-04-03 15:06:40 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								ddc6c276b7 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Improve explanation of reference counts for PyString_Concat().  
							
							
							
						 
						
							2000-03-31 18:22:38 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Jeremy Hylton 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								a12c7a7620 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Add PyDict_Copy() function to C API for dicts.  It returns a new  
							
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							dictionary that contains the same key/value pairs as p. 
							
						 
						
							2000-03-30 22:27:31 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								310ee61f20 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Missed a couple of program options that had been marked by \code.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1999-11-09 17:31:42 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								be48646cfa 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Use \citetitle and \programopt as appropriate.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1999-11-09 17:03:03 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								805bf1b330 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Added note that Skip created the initial version of this file.  
							
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							Fixed up a few of his ??? comments. 
							
						 
						
							1999-10-20 16:03:38 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								7b7dc6b49d 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Initial version as provided by Skip Montanaro <skip@mojam.com>.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1999-10-20 15:06:24 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								c924b8d976 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Clarified start parameter to Py_CompileString, documented  
							
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							Py_eval_input, Py_file_input, and Py_single_input.
Problems reported by Aaron Brancotti <aaron@icona.it>. 
							
						 
						
							1999-08-23 18:57:25 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								58c5a2a53c 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Started documentation on buffer objects & types.  Very preliminary.  
							
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							Greg Stein:  Please help with this; it's your baby! 
							
						 
						
							1999-08-04 13:13:24 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								32bc45f737 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Removed PyMapping_Clear() -- it was wishful thinking and serves no  
							
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							great purpose. 
							
						 
						
							1999-08-02 20:49:37 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								dab44682c2 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								PyCObject_FromVoidPtr():  Clarify that the destr function will only be  
							
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							called on destruction is non-NULL. 
							
						 
						
							1999-05-13 18:41:14 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								0041a94e74 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Fill in a few holes in the "Very High Level" chapter.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1999-04-29 04:20:46 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								127ed0a71e 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Updated list of standard exceptions in section 4.1.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1999-02-17 23:09:05 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								66b989c805 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Be explicit about the reference count of the original value of the  
							
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							first parameter to PyString_Concat(). 
							
						 
						
							1999-02-15 20:15:39 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								efd146c916 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Markup nits.  
							
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							Added section on module objects; described functions in
moduleobject.c. 
							
						 
						
							1999-02-15 15:30:45 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								d1dbf633ed 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Header for PyObject_DelItem() mentioned non-existing 3rd argument.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1999-01-22 20:10:49 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								2f8592cbea 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Ignore the byproducts of SGML/XML conversions for now.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-12-01 18:58:28 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								a096a2e6a2 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Warn that AddModule doesn't import the module.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-11-02 17:02:42 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								0a0f11b6d4 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								PyMapping_SetItemString() returns int, not an object.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-10-16 17:43:53 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								ed9dcc10f8 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Clarify that the Python interpreter lock need *not* be held by  
							
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							PyInterpreterState_New() and PyThreadState_New() -- but that you may
use it to serialize calls to them. 
							
						 
						
							1998-08-07 18:28:03 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								9f86b662d1 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Update to use a separate page for front matter.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-07-28 21:55:19 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								a937d14898 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Fred's right -- we need PyList_SET_ITEM().  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-04-24 18:22:02 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								f8830d1de5 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.  
							
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							I suppose we really do need a markup guide.  -sigh- 
							
						 
						
							1998-04-23 14:06:01 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								4447513e94 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-04-21 15:30:01 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Guido van Rossum 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								3c4378bd9b 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Some patches by Drew Csillag; plus a few of my own uncommitted changes.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-04-14 20:21:10 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								003d8da779 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Typo: (and often severly limited) -- severely  
							
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							Typo: (but not to the tuple or list into which the item it put!) -- is put
Thanks, AMK! 
							
						 
						
							1998-04-13 00:53:42 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								c94d9348ca 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								In descriptions of Py_GetPrefix() and Py_GetExecPrefix(), make sure the  
							
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							"--" at the start of the configure options isn't collapsed to "-" when the
HTML is generated. 
							
						 
						
							1998-04-12 02:39:13 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								2de75ec245 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Don't assume that \version expands to the 3-character major.minor number; it  
							
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							is the full release version name ("1.5.1beta1", for instance). 
							
						 
						
							1998-04-09 14:12:11 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								7e9d3148d1 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Capitalize "Python" for consistency.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-04-03 05:02:28 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								c6fa34e4d0 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Markup consistency & nits.  
							
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							Fix typo in a C code example:  KeyError is spelled PyExc_KeyError in C; the
"K" is upper case!
Some index entries.
On function signatures, always use parameter names.  Make return types match
what's in the header files.  When the return type is a pointer, always omit
the space between te type name and the "*"; leaving it in results in
	type * func(..)
and having two spaces there just looks terrible. 
							
						 
						
							1998-04-02 06:47:24 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								f3aa0e0627 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Revert the index stuff to work better with LaTeX2HTML.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-03-17 06:23:13 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								7d20ffe245 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Adjust the index inclusion for the new index support.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-03-09 16:39:22 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								6659c30b67 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Convert LaTeX support to create a new class of documents.  HTML generation  
							
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							now requires LaTeX2HTML 98.1p1 or newer (& and is still in progress).
This means that doing things to change the formatting of the manuals (at the
"normal user" level, like A4 paper), can happen in just one place, rather
than in each document file. 
							
						 
						
							1998-03-03 22:02:19 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								f39ed67fa2 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Added \label{}s for logical addressing.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-02-26 22:01:23 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								b92dce38e7 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								PyFile_FromFile() description:  make sure the closing brace for the arguments  
							
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							comes after the arguments are complete. 
							
						 
						
							1998-02-25 15:40:22 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								7baf3d4ea7 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Fixed typo reported by Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@imag.fr>.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-02-20 00:45:52 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								9d20ac36a9 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Removed various "(New in 1.5a?!)" constructs.  Other notes pertaining to  
							
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							versioning remain intact. 
							
						 
						
							1998-02-16 15:27:08 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								4de05a90be 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent  
							
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							with the other example of a structure description (struct _frozen).
Added index entries for the modules referenced in the document. 
							
						 
						
							1998-02-16 14:25:26 +00:00 
							
								 
							
							
								 
							
						 
					 
				
					
						
							
								
								
									Fred Drake 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
							
							
								
							
							
								53fb7723ee 
								
							 
						 
						
							
							
								
								Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.  
							
							
							
						 
						
							1998-02-16 06:23:20 +00:00