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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2002-11-18 16:27:16 (GMT)
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Comment on PyNumber_Check().
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- PyNumber_Check() now returns true for string and unicode objects.
This is a result of these types having a partially defined
- tp_as_number slot.
+ tp_as_number slot. (This is not a feature, but an indication that
+ PyNumber_check() is not very useful to determine numeric behavior.
+ It may be deprecated.)
- The string object's layout has changed: the pointer member
ob_sinterned has been replaced by an int member ob_sstate. On some