cpython/Doc/c-api/type.rst
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  r60364 | neal.norwitz | 2008-01-27 19:09:48 +0100 (Sun, 27 Jan 2008) | 4 lines

  Update the comment and remove the close.  If we close we can't flush anymore.
  We might still need to close after the for loop if flushing 6! times still
  doesn't cause the signal/exception.
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  r60365 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-27 19:14:43 +0100 (Sun, 27 Jan 2008) | 2 lines

  Remove effectless expression statement.
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  r60367 | neal.norwitz | 2008-01-27 19:19:04 +0100 (Sun, 27 Jan 2008) | 1 line

  Try to handle socket.errors properly in is_unavailable
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  r60370 | christian.heimes | 2008-01-27 20:01:45 +0100 (Sun, 27 Jan 2008) | 1 line

  Change isbasestring function as discussed on the cvs list a while ago
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  r60372 | neal.norwitz | 2008-01-27 21:03:13 +0100 (Sun, 27 Jan 2008) | 3 lines

  socket.error doesn't have a headers attribute like ProtocolError.
  Handle that situation where we catch socket.errors.
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  r60375 | georg.brandl | 2008-01-27 21:25:12 +0100 (Sun, 27 Jan 2008) | 2 lines

  Add refcounting extension to build config.
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  r60377 | jeffrey.yasskin | 2008-01-28 00:08:46 +0100 (Mon, 28 Jan 2008) | 6 lines

  Moved Rational._binary_float_to_ratio() to float.as_integer_ratio() because
  it's useful outside of rational numbers.

  This is my first C code that had to do anything significant. Please be more
  careful when looking over it.
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  r60378 | christian.heimes | 2008-01-28 00:34:59 +0100 (Mon, 28 Jan 2008) | 1 line

  Added clear cache methods to clear the internal type lookup cache for ref leak test runs.
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.. highlightlang:: c
.. _typeobjects:
Type Objects
------------
.. index:: object: type
.. ctype:: PyTypeObject
The C structure of the objects used to describe built-in types.
.. cvar:: PyObject* PyType_Type
.. index:: single: TypeType (in module types)
This is the type object for type objects; it is the same object as ``type`` and
``types.TypeType`` in the Python layer.
.. cfunction:: int PyType_Check(PyObject *o)
Return true if the object *o* is a type object, including instances of types
derived from the standard type object. Return false in all other cases.
.. cfunction:: int PyType_CheckExact(PyObject *o)
Return true if the object *o* is a type object, but not a subtype of the
standard type object. Return false in all other cases.
.. cfunction:: unsigned int PyType_ClearCache(void)
Clears the internal lookup cache. Return the current version tag.
.. versionadded:: 2.6
.. cfunction:: int PyType_HasFeature(PyObject *o, int feature)
Return true if the type object *o* sets the feature *feature*. Type features
are denoted by single bit flags.
.. cfunction:: int PyType_IS_GC(PyObject *o)
Return true if the type object includes support for the cycle detector; this
tests the type flag :const:`Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC`.
.. cfunction:: int PyType_IsSubtype(PyTypeObject *a, PyTypeObject *b)
Return true if *a* is a subtype of *b*.
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyType_GenericAlloc(PyTypeObject *type, Py_ssize_t nitems)
XXX: Document.
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyType_GenericNew(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
XXX: Document.
.. cfunction:: int PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *type)
Finalize a type object. This should be called on all type objects to finish
their initialization. This function is responsible for adding inherited slots
from a type's base class. Return ``0`` on success, or return ``-1`` and sets an
exception on error.