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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2011-08-09 21:07:01 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2011-08-09 21:07:01 (GMT)
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note mutating tp_dict is bad (closes #12719)
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@@ -745,6 +745,11 @@ type objects) *must* have the :attr:`ob_size` field.
This field is not inherited by subtypes (though the attributes defined in here
are inherited through a different mechanism).
+ .. warning::
+
+ It is not safe to use :c:func:`PyDict_SetItem` on or otherwise modify
+ :attr:`tp_dict` with the dictionary C-API.
+
.. c:member:: descrgetfunc PyTypeObject.tp_descr_get