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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-09-01 12:33:24 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-09-01 12:33:24 (GMT)
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Remove versionadded and versionchanged directives, fold information into text where necessary.
-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/abstract.rst46
-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/concrete.rst272
-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst22
-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/init.rst24
-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/newtypes.rst51
-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/refcounting.rst7
-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/utilities.rst61
7 files changed, 41 insertions, 442 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/abstract.rst b/Doc/c-api/abstract.rst
index 1a1ff13..7b5de86 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/abstract.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/abstract.rst
@@ -170,10 +170,6 @@ Object Protocol
of the value of that attribute with *cls* will be used to determine the result
of this function.
- .. versionadded:: 2.1
-
- .. versionchanged:: 2.2
- Support for a tuple as the second argument added.
Subclass determination is done in a fairly straightforward way, but includes a
wrinkle that implementors of extensions to the class system may want to be aware
@@ -196,11 +192,6 @@ is considered sufficient for this determination.
``0``. If either *derived* or *cls* is not an actual class object (or tuple),
this function uses the generic algorithm described above.
- .. versionadded:: 2.1
-
- .. versionchanged:: 2.3
- Older versions of Python did not support a tuple as the second argument.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyCallable_Check(PyObject *o)
@@ -217,8 +208,6 @@ is considered sufficient for this determination.
success, or *NULL* on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
``callable_object(*args, **kw)``.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyObject_CallObject(PyObject *callable_object, PyObject *args)
@@ -257,8 +246,6 @@ is considered sufficient for this determination.
of parameters followed by *NULL*. Returns the result of the call on success, or
*NULL* on failure.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs(PyObject *o, PyObject *name, ..., NULL)
@@ -268,8 +255,6 @@ is considered sufficient for this determination.
of parameters followed by *NULL*. Returns the result of the call on success, or
*NULL* on failure.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: long PyObject_Hash(PyObject *o)
@@ -311,8 +296,6 @@ is considered sufficient for this determination.
Return true if the object *o* is of type *type* or a subtype of *type*. Both
parameters must be non-*NULL*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyObject_Length(PyObject *o)
Py_ssize_t PyObject_Size(PyObject *o)
@@ -408,8 +391,6 @@ Number Protocol
Return the floor of *o1* divided by *o2*, or *NULL* on failure. This is
equivalent to the "classic" division of integers.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyNumber_TrueDivide(PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2)
@@ -419,8 +400,6 @@ Number Protocol
numbers in base two. This function can return a floating point value when
passed two integers.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyNumber_Remainder(PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2)
@@ -536,8 +515,6 @@ Number Protocol
The operation is done *in-place* when *o1* supports it. This is the equivalent
of the Python statement ``o1 //= o2``.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyNumber_InPlaceTrueDivide(PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2)
@@ -547,8 +524,6 @@ Number Protocol
numbers in base two. This function can return a floating point value when
passed two integers. The operation is done *in-place* when *o1* supports it.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyNumber_InPlaceRemainder(PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2)
@@ -633,8 +608,6 @@ Number Protocol
Returns the *o* converted to a Python int or long on success or *NULL* with a
TypeError exception raised on failure.
- .. versionadded:: 2.5
-
.. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyNumber_AsSsize_t(PyObject *o, PyObject *exc)
@@ -646,16 +619,12 @@ Number Protocol
exception is cleared and the value is clipped to *PY_SSIZE_T_MIN* for a negative
integer or *PY_SSIZE_T_MAX* for a positive integer.
- .. versionadded:: 2.5
-
.. cfunction:: int PyIndex_Check(PyObject *o)
Returns True if *o* is an index integer (has the nb_index slot of the
tp_as_number structure filled in).
- .. versionadded:: 2.5
-
.. _sequence:
@@ -801,8 +770,6 @@ Sequence Protocol
Return the underlying array of PyObject pointers. Assumes that *o* was returned
by :cfunc:`PySequence_Fast` and *o* is not *NULL*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PySequence_ITEM(PyObject *o, Py_ssize_t i)
@@ -811,8 +778,6 @@ Sequence Protocol
:cfunc:`PySequence_Check(o)` is true and without adjustment for negative
indices.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE(PyObject *o)
@@ -906,11 +871,8 @@ Mapping Protocol
Iterator Protocol
=================
-.. versionadded:: 2.2
-
There are only a couple of functions specifically for working with iterators.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyIter_Check(PyObject *o)
Return true if the object *o* supports the iterator protocol.
@@ -965,8 +927,6 @@ Buffer Protocol
*buffer_len* to the buffer length. Returns ``-1`` and sets a :exc:`TypeError`
on error.
- .. versionadded:: 1.6
-
.. cfunction:: int PyObject_AsReadBuffer(PyObject *obj, const void **buffer, Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
@@ -975,16 +935,12 @@ Buffer Protocol
success, returns ``0``, sets *buffer* to the memory location and *buffer_len* to
the buffer length. Returns ``-1`` and sets a :exc:`TypeError` on error.
- .. versionadded:: 1.6
-
.. cfunction:: int PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(PyObject *o)
Returns ``1`` if *o* supports the single-segment readable buffer interface.
Otherwise returns ``0``.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: int PyObject_AsWriteBuffer(PyObject *obj, void **buffer, Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
@@ -993,5 +949,3 @@ Buffer Protocol
``0``, sets *buffer* to the memory location and *buffer_len* to the buffer
length. Returns ``-1`` and sets a :exc:`TypeError` on error.
- .. versionadded:: 1.6
-
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/concrete.rst b/Doc/c-api/concrete.rst
index 0774c7e..8d913ca 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/concrete.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/concrete.rst
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ Type Objects
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.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: int PyType_HasFeature(PyObject *o, int feature)
@@ -76,24 +74,20 @@ Type Objects
Return true if the type object includes support for the cycle detector; this
tests the type flag :const:`Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.0
-
.. cfunction:: int PyType_IsSubtype(PyTypeObject *a, PyTypeObject *b)
Return true if *a* is a subtype of *b*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyType_GenericAlloc(PyTypeObject *type, Py_ssize_t nitems)
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
+ XXX: Document.
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyType_GenericNew(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
+ XXX: Document.
.. cfunction:: int PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *type)
@@ -103,8 +97,6 @@ Type Objects
from a type's base class. Return ``0`` on success, or return ``-1`` and sets an
exception on error.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. _noneobject:
@@ -128,9 +120,8 @@ same reason.
.. cmacro:: Py_RETURN_NONE
- Properly handle returning :cdata:`Py_None` from within a C function.
-
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
+ Properly handle returning :cdata:`Py_None` from within a C function (that is,
+ increment the reference count of None and return it.)
.. _numericobjects:
@@ -167,17 +158,12 @@ Plain Integer Objects
Return true if *o* is of type :cdata:`PyInt_Type` or a subtype of
:cdata:`PyInt_Type`.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.2
- Allowed subtypes to be accepted.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyInt_CheckExact(PyObject *o)
Return true if *o* is of type :cdata:`PyInt_Type`, but not a subtype of
:cdata:`PyInt_Type`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyInt_FromString(char *str, char **pend, int base)
@@ -212,8 +198,6 @@ Plain Integer Objects
Create a new integer object with a value of *ival*. If the value exceeds
``LONG_MAX``, a long integer object is returned.
- .. versionadded:: 2.5
-
.. cfunction:: long PyInt_AsLong(PyObject *io)
@@ -234,8 +218,6 @@ Plain Integer Objects
:ctype:`PyLongObject`, if it is not already one, and then return its value as
unsigned long. This function does not check for overflow.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. cfunction:: unsigned PY_LONG_LONG PyInt_AsUnsignedLongLongMask(PyObject *io)
@@ -243,8 +225,6 @@ Plain Integer Objects
:ctype:`PyLongObject`, if it is not already one, and then return its value as
unsigned long long, without checking for overflow.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyInt_AsSsize_t(PyObject *io)
@@ -252,8 +232,6 @@ Plain Integer Objects
:ctype:`PyLongObject`, if it is not already one, and then return its value as
:ctype:`Py_ssize_t`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.5
-
.. cfunction:: long PyInt_GetMax()
@@ -278,8 +256,6 @@ are available, however.
Return true if *o* is of type :cdata:`PyBool_Type`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. cvar:: PyObject* Py_False
@@ -298,24 +274,18 @@ are available, however.
Return :const:`Py_False` from a function, properly incrementing its reference
count.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cmacro:: Py_RETURN_TRUE
Return :const:`Py_True` from a function, properly incrementing its reference
count.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyBool_FromLong(long v)
Return a new reference to :const:`Py_True` or :const:`Py_False` depending on the
truth value of *v*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. _longobjects:
@@ -343,17 +313,12 @@ Long Integer Objects
Return true if its argument is a :ctype:`PyLongObject` or a subtype of
:ctype:`PyLongObject`.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.2
- Allowed subtypes to be accepted.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyLong_CheckExact(PyObject *p)
Return true if its argument is a :ctype:`PyLongObject`, but not a subtype of
:ctype:`PyLongObject`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyLong_FromLong(long v)
@@ -405,18 +370,12 @@ Long Integer Objects
radix must be in the range [2, 36]; if it is out of range, :exc:`ValueError`
will be raised.
- .. versionadded:: 1.6
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyLong_FromVoidPtr(void *p)
Create a Python integer or long integer from the pointer *p*. The pointer value
can be retrieved from the resulting value using :cfunc:`PyLong_AsVoidPtr`.
-
- .. versionadded:: 1.5.2
-
- .. versionchanged:: 2.5
- If the integer is larger than LONG_MAX, a positive long integer is returned.
+ If the integer is larger than LONG_MAX, a positive long integer is returned.
.. cfunction:: long PyLong_AsLong(PyObject *pylong)
@@ -445,8 +404,6 @@ Long Integer Objects
Return a C :ctype:`long long` from a Python long integer. If *pylong* cannot be
represented as a :ctype:`long long`, an :exc:`OverflowError` will be raised.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: unsigned PY_LONG_LONG PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong(PyObject *pylong)
@@ -455,24 +412,18 @@ Long Integer Objects
will be raised if the value is positive, or a :exc:`TypeError` will be raised if
the value is negative.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: unsigned long PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask(PyObject *io)
Return a C :ctype:`unsigned long` from a Python long integer, without checking
for overflow.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. cfunction:: unsigned PY_LONG_LONG PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLongMask(PyObject *io)
Return a C :ctype:`unsigned long long` from a Python long integer, without
checking for overflow.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. cfunction:: double PyLong_AsDouble(PyObject *pylong)
@@ -488,10 +439,7 @@ Long Integer Objects
is only assured to produce a usable :ctype:`void` pointer for values created
with :cfunc:`PyLong_FromVoidPtr`.
- .. versionadded:: 1.5.2
-
- .. versionchanged:: 2.5
- For values outside 0..LONG_MAX, both signed and unsigned integers are acccepted.
+ For values outside 0..LONG_MAX, both signed and unsigned integers are acccepted.
.. _floatobjects:
@@ -520,17 +468,12 @@ Floating Point Objects
Return true if its argument is a :ctype:`PyFloatObject` or a subtype of
:ctype:`PyFloatObject`.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.2
- Allowed subtypes to be accepted.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyFloat_CheckExact(PyObject *p)
Return true if its argument is a :ctype:`PyFloatObject`, but not a subtype of
:ctype:`PyFloatObject`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyFloat_FromString(PyObject *str)
@@ -646,17 +589,12 @@ Complex Numbers as Python Objects
Return true if its argument is a :ctype:`PyComplexObject` or a subtype of
:ctype:`PyComplexObject`.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.2
- Allowed subtypes to be accepted.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyComplex_CheckExact(PyObject *p)
Return true if its argument is a :ctype:`PyComplexObject`, but not a subtype of
:ctype:`PyComplexObject`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyComplex_FromCComplex(Py_complex v)
@@ -682,10 +620,9 @@ Complex Numbers as Python Objects
Return the :ctype:`Py_complex` value of the complex number *op*.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.6
- If *op* is not a Python complex number object but has a :meth:`__complex__`
- method, this method will first be called to convert *op* to a Python complex
- number object.
+ If *op* is not a Python complex number object but has a :meth:`__complex__`
+ method, this method will first be called to convert *op* to a Python complex
+ number object.
.. _sequenceobjects:
@@ -729,17 +666,12 @@ called with a non-string parameter.
Return true if the object *o* is a string object or an instance of a subtype of
the string type.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.2
- Allowed subtypes to be accepted.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyString_CheckExact(PyObject *o)
Return true if the object *o* is a string object, but not an instance of a
subtype of the string type.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyString_FromString(const char *v)
@@ -763,9 +695,9 @@ called with a non-string parameter.
must correspond exactly to the format characters in the *format* string. The
following format characters are allowed:
- .. % This should be exactly the same as the table in PyErr_Format.
+ .. % XXX: This should be exactly the same as the table in PyErr_Format.
.. % One should just refer to the other.
- .. % The descriptions for %zd and %zu are wrong, but the truth is complicated
+ .. % XXX: The descriptions for %zd and %zu are wrong, but the truth is complicated
.. % because not all compilers support the %z width modifier -- we fake it
.. % when necessary via interpolating PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T.
.. % %u, %lu, %zu should have "new in Python 2.5" blurbs.
@@ -1011,17 +943,12 @@ access internal read-only data of Unicode objects:
Return true if the object *o* is a Unicode object or an instance of a Unicode
subtype.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.2
- Allowed subtypes to be accepted.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyUnicode_CheckExact(PyObject *o)
Return true if the object *o* is a Unicode object, but not an instance of a
subtype.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(PyObject *o)
@@ -1162,16 +1089,12 @@ APIs:
*NULL*, the return value might be a shared object. Therefore, modification of
the resulting Unicode object is only allowed when *u* is *NULL*.
- .. versionadded:: 3.0
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject *PyUnicode_FromString(const char *u)
Create a Unicode object from an UTF-8 encoded null-terminated char buffer
*u*.
- .. versionadded:: 3.0
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_FromFormat(const char *format, ...)
@@ -1247,16 +1170,12 @@ APIs:
An unrecognized format character causes all the rest of the format string to be
copied as-is to the result string, and any extra arguments discarded.
- .. versionadded:: 3.0
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_FromFormatV(const char *format, va_list vargs)
Identical to :func:`PyUnicode_FromFormat` except that it takes exactly two
arguments.
- .. versionadded:: 3.0
-
.. cfunction:: Py_UNICODE* PyUnicode_AsUnicode(PyObject *unicode)
@@ -1390,8 +1309,6 @@ These are the UTF-8 codec APIs:
treated as an error. Those bytes will not be decoded and the number of bytes
that have been decoded will be stored in *consumed*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeUTF8(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors)
@@ -1434,8 +1351,6 @@ These are the UTF-32 codec APIs:
Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
- .. versionadded:: 2.6
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF32Stateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors, int *byteorder, Py_ssize_t *consumed)
@@ -1445,8 +1360,6 @@ These are the UTF-32 codec APIs:
by four) as an error. Those bytes will not be decoded and the number of bytes
that have been decoded will be stored in *consumed*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.6
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeUTF32(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors, int byteorder)
@@ -1466,8 +1379,6 @@ These are the UTF-32 codec APIs:
Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
- .. versionadded:: 2.6
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsUTF32String(PyObject *unicode)
@@ -1475,8 +1386,6 @@ These are the UTF-32 codec APIs:
string always starts with a BOM mark. Error handling is "strict". Return
*NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
- .. versionadded:: 2.6
-
These are the UTF-16 codec APIs:
@@ -1514,8 +1423,6 @@ These are the UTF-16 codec APIs:
split surrogate pair) as an error. Those bytes will not be decoded and the
number of bytes that have been decoded will be stored in *consumed*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeUTF16(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors, int byteorder)
@@ -1674,9 +1581,6 @@ characters to different code points.
Byte values greater that the length of the string and U+FFFE "characters" are
treated as "undefined mapping".
- .. versionchanged:: 2.4
- Allowed unicode string as mapping argument.
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeCharmap(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, PyObject *mapping, const char *errors)
@@ -1728,8 +1632,6 @@ the user settings on the machine running the codec.
trailing lead byte and the number of bytes that have been decoded will be stored
in *consumed*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.5
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeMBCS(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors)
@@ -2032,17 +1934,12 @@ Tuple Objects
Return true if *p* is a tuple object or an instance of a subtype of the tuple
type.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.2
- Allowed subtypes to be accepted.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyTuple_CheckExact(PyObject *p)
Return true if *p* is a tuple object, but not an instance of a subtype of the
tuple type.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyTuple_New(Py_ssize_t len)
@@ -2055,8 +1952,6 @@ Tuple Objects
are initialized to the subsequent *n* C arguments pointing to Python objects.
``PyTuple_Pack(2, a, b)`` is equivalent to ``Py_BuildValue("(OO)", a, b)``.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyTuple_Size(PyObject *p)
@@ -2119,9 +2014,6 @@ Tuple Objects
``*p`` is destroyed. On failure, returns ``-1`` and sets ``*p`` to *NULL*, and
raises :exc:`MemoryError` or :exc:`SystemError`.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.2
- Removed unused third parameter, *last_is_sticky*.
-
.. _listobjects:
@@ -2149,17 +2041,12 @@ List Objects
Return true if *p* is a list object or an instance of a subtype of the list
type.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.2
- Allowed subtypes to be accepted.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyList_CheckExact(PyObject *p)
Return true if *p* is a list object, but not an instance of a subtype of the
list type.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyList_New(Py_ssize_t len)
@@ -2306,17 +2193,12 @@ Dictionary Objects
Return true if *p* is a dict object or an instance of a subtype of the dict
type.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.2
- Allowed subtypes to be accepted.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDict_CheckExact(PyObject *p)
Return true if *p* is a dict object, but not an instance of a subtype of the
dict type.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDict_New()
@@ -2329,8 +2211,6 @@ Dictionary Objects
normally used to create a proxy to prevent modification of the dictionary for
non-dynamic class types.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: void PyDict_Clear(PyObject *p)
@@ -2343,15 +2223,11 @@ Dictionary Objects
return ``1``, otherwise return ``0``. On error, return ``-1``. This is
equivalent to the Python expression ``key in p``.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDict_Copy(PyObject *p)
Return a new dictionary that contains the same key-value pairs as *p*.
- .. versionadded:: 1.6
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDict_SetItem(PyObject *p, PyObject *key, PyObject *val)
@@ -2471,16 +2347,12 @@ Dictionary Objects
if there is not a matching key in *a*. Return ``0`` on success or ``-1`` if an
exception was raised.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDict_Update(PyObject *a, PyObject *b)
This is the same as ``PyDict_Merge(a, b, 1)`` in C, or ``a.update(b)`` in
Python. Return ``0`` on success or ``-1`` if an exception was raised.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDict_MergeFromSeq2(PyObject *a, PyObject *seq2, int override)
@@ -2495,8 +2367,6 @@ Dictionary Objects
if override or key not in a:
a[key] = value
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. _otherobjects:
@@ -2533,17 +2403,12 @@ change in future releases of Python.
Return true if its argument is a :ctype:`PyFileObject` or a subtype of
:ctype:`PyFileObject`.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.2
- Allowed subtypes to be accepted.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyFile_CheckExact(PyObject *p)
Return true if its argument is a :ctype:`PyFileObject`, but not a subtype of
:ctype:`PyFileObject`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyFile_FromString(char *filename, char *mode)
@@ -2598,8 +2463,6 @@ change in future releases of Python.
Set the file's encoding for Unicode output to *enc*. Return 1 on success and 0
on failure.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. cfunction:: int PyFile_SoftSpace(PyObject *p, int newflag)
@@ -2801,17 +2664,12 @@ There are only a few functions special to module objects.
Return true if *p* is a module object, or a subtype of a module object.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.2
- Allowed subtypes to be accepted.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyModule_CheckExact(PyObject *p)
Return true if *p* is a module object, but not a subtype of
:cdata:`PyModule_Type`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyModule_New(const char *name)
@@ -2863,8 +2721,6 @@ There are only a few functions special to module objects.
be used from the module's initialization function. This steals a reference to
*value*. Return ``-1`` on error, ``0`` on success.
- .. versionadded:: 2.0
-
.. cfunction:: int PyModule_AddIntConstant(PyObject *module, const char *name, long value)
@@ -2872,8 +2728,6 @@ There are only a few functions special to module objects.
used from the module's initialization function. Return ``-1`` on error, ``0`` on
success.
- .. versionadded:: 2.0
-
.. cfunction:: int PyModule_AddStringConstant(PyObject *module, const char *name, const char *value)
@@ -2881,8 +2735,6 @@ There are only a few functions special to module objects.
used from the module's initialization function. The string *value* must be
null-terminated. Return ``-1`` on error, ``0`` on success.
- .. versionadded:: 2.0
-
.. _iterator-objects:
@@ -2902,15 +2754,11 @@ sentinel value is returned.
one-argument form of the :func:`iter` built-in function for built-in sequence
types.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: int PySeqIter_Check(op)
Return true if the type of *op* is :cdata:`PySeqIter_Type`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PySeqIter_New(PyObject *seq)
@@ -2918,23 +2766,17 @@ sentinel value is returned.
iteration ends when the sequence raises :exc:`IndexError` for the subscripting
operation.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cvar:: PyTypeObject PyCallIter_Type
Type object for iterator objects returned by :cfunc:`PyCallIter_New` and the
two-argument form of the :func:`iter` built-in function.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: int PyCallIter_Check(op)
Return true if the type of *op* is :cdata:`PyCallIter_Type`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyCallIter_New(PyObject *callable, PyObject *sentinel)
@@ -2943,8 +2785,6 @@ sentinel value is returned.
return the next item in the iteration. When *callable* returns a value equal to
*sentinel*, the iteration will be terminated.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. _descriptor-objects:
@@ -2954,38 +2794,27 @@ Descriptor Objects
"Descriptors" are objects that describe some attribute of an object. They are
found in the dictionary of type objects.
+.. XXX document these!
.. cvar:: PyTypeObject PyProperty_Type
The type object for the built-in descriptor types.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewGetSet(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyGetSetDef *getset)
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewMember(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMemberDef *meth)
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewMethod(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMethodDef *meth)
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewWrapper(PyTypeObject *type, struct wrapperbase *wrapper, void *wrapped)
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewClassMethod(PyTypeObject *type, PyMethodDef *method)
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDescr_IsData(PyObject *descr)
@@ -2993,13 +2822,9 @@ found in the dictionary of type objects.
false if it describes a method. *descr* must be a descriptor object; there is
no error checking.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyWrapper_New(PyObject *, PyObject *)
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. _slice-objects:
@@ -3054,8 +2879,6 @@ Slice Objects
Returns 0 on success and -1 on error with exception set.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. _weakrefobjects:
@@ -3072,22 +2895,16 @@ as much as it can.
Return true if *ob* is either a reference or proxy object.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: int PyWeakref_CheckRef(ob)
Return true if *ob* is a reference object.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: int PyWeakref_CheckProxy(ob)
Return true if *ob* is a proxy object.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyWeakref_NewRef(PyObject *ob, PyObject *callback)
@@ -3100,8 +2917,6 @@ as much as it can.
weakly-referencable object, or if *callback* is not callable, ``None``, or
*NULL*, this will return *NULL* and raise :exc:`TypeError`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyWeakref_NewProxy(PyObject *ob, PyObject *callback)
@@ -3114,24 +2929,18 @@ as much as it can.
is not a weakly-referencable object, or if *callback* is not callable,
``None``, or *NULL*, this will return *NULL* and raise :exc:`TypeError`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyWeakref_GetObject(PyObject *ref)
Return the referenced object from a weak reference, *ref*. If the referent is
no longer live, returns ``None``.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(PyObject *ref)
Similar to :cfunc:`PyWeakref_GetObject`, but implemented as a macro that does no
error checking.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. _cobjects:
@@ -3305,111 +3114,84 @@ used by the following macros.
Type-check macros:
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDate_Check(PyObject *ob)
Return true if *ob* is of type :cdata:`PyDateTime_DateType` or a subtype of
:cdata:`PyDateTime_DateType`. *ob* must not be *NULL*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDate_CheckExact(PyObject *ob)
Return true if *ob* is of type :cdata:`PyDateTime_DateType`. *ob* must not be
*NULL*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDateTime_Check(PyObject *ob)
Return true if *ob* is of type :cdata:`PyDateTime_DateTimeType` or a subtype of
:cdata:`PyDateTime_DateTimeType`. *ob* must not be *NULL*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDateTime_CheckExact(PyObject *ob)
Return true if *ob* is of type :cdata:`PyDateTime_DateTimeType`. *ob* must not
be *NULL*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyTime_Check(PyObject *ob)
Return true if *ob* is of type :cdata:`PyDateTime_TimeType` or a subtype of
:cdata:`PyDateTime_TimeType`. *ob* must not be *NULL*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyTime_CheckExact(PyObject *ob)
Return true if *ob* is of type :cdata:`PyDateTime_TimeType`. *ob* must not be
*NULL*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDelta_Check(PyObject *ob)
Return true if *ob* is of type :cdata:`PyDateTime_DeltaType` or a subtype of
:cdata:`PyDateTime_DeltaType`. *ob* must not be *NULL*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDelta_CheckExact(PyObject *ob)
Return true if *ob* is of type :cdata:`PyDateTime_DeltaType`. *ob* must not be
*NULL*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyTZInfo_Check(PyObject *ob)
Return true if *ob* is of type :cdata:`PyDateTime_TZInfoType` or a subtype of
:cdata:`PyDateTime_TZInfoType`. *ob* must not be *NULL*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyTZInfo_CheckExact(PyObject *ob)
Return true if *ob* is of type :cdata:`PyDateTime_TZInfoType`. *ob* must not be
*NULL*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
Macros to create objects:
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDate_FromDate(int year, int month, int day)
Return a ``datetime.date`` object with the specified year, month and day.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDateTime_FromDateAndTime(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int minute, int second, int usecond)
Return a ``datetime.datetime`` object with the specified year, month, day, hour,
minute, second and microsecond.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyTime_FromTime(int hour, int minute, int second, int usecond)
Return a ``datetime.time`` object with the specified hour, minute, second and
microsecond.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDelta_FromDSU(int days, int seconds, int useconds)
@@ -3418,116 +3200,88 @@ Macros to create objects:
number of microseconds and seconds lie in the ranges documented for
``datetime.timedelta`` objects.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
Macros to extract fields from date objects. The argument must be an instance of
:cdata:`PyDateTime_Date`, including subclasses (such as
:cdata:`PyDateTime_DateTime`). The argument must not be *NULL*, and the type is
not checked:
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDateTime_GET_YEAR(PyDateTime_Date *o)
Return the year, as a positive int.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDateTime_GET_MONTH(PyDateTime_Date *o)
Return the month, as an int from 1 through 12.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDateTime_GET_DAY(PyDateTime_Date *o)
Return the day, as an int from 1 through 31.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
Macros to extract fields from datetime objects. The argument must be an
instance of :cdata:`PyDateTime_DateTime`, including subclasses. The argument
must not be *NULL*, and the type is not checked:
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDateTime_DATE_GET_HOUR(PyDateTime_DateTime *o)
Return the hour, as an int from 0 through 23.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDateTime_DATE_GET_MINUTE(PyDateTime_DateTime *o)
Return the minute, as an int from 0 through 59.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDateTime_DATE_GET_SECOND(PyDateTime_DateTime *o)
Return the second, as an int from 0 through 59.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDateTime_DATE_GET_MICROSECOND(PyDateTime_DateTime *o)
Return the microsecond, as an int from 0 through 999999.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
Macros to extract fields from time objects. The argument must be an instance of
:cdata:`PyDateTime_Time`, including subclasses. The argument must not be *NULL*,
and the type is not checked:
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDateTime_TIME_GET_HOUR(PyDateTime_Time *o)
Return the hour, as an int from 0 through 23.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDateTime_TIME_GET_MINUTE(PyDateTime_Time *o)
Return the minute, as an int from 0 through 59.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDateTime_TIME_GET_SECOND(PyDateTime_Time *o)
Return the second, as an int from 0 through 59.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int PyDateTime_TIME_GET_MICROSECOND(PyDateTime_Time *o)
Return the microsecond, as an int from 0 through 999999.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
Macros for the convenience of modules implementing the DB API:
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDateTime_FromTimestamp(PyObject *args)
Create and return a new ``datetime.datetime`` object given an argument tuple
suitable for passing to ``datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp()``.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDate_FromTimestamp(PyObject *args)
Create and return a new ``datetime.date`` object given an argument tuple
suitable for passing to ``datetime.date.fromtimestamp()``.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. _setobjects:
@@ -3541,8 +3295,6 @@ Set Objects
object: set
object: frozenset
-.. versionadded:: 2.5
-
This section details the public API for :class:`set` and :class:`frozenset`
objects. Any functionality not listed below is best accessed using the either
the abstract object protocol (including :cfunc:`PyObject_CallMethod`,
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
index 68ac090..2148463 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
@@ -257,8 +257,6 @@ in various ways. There is a separate error indicator for each thread.
Similar to :cfunc:`PyErr_SetFromWindowsErr`, with an additional parameter
specifying the exception type to be raised. Availability: Windows.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyErr_SetFromWindowsErrWithFilename(int ierr, const char *filename)
@@ -272,8 +270,6 @@ in various ways. There is a separate error indicator for each thread.
Similar to :cfunc:`PyErr_SetFromWindowsErrWithFilename`, with an additional
parameter specifying the exception type to be raised. Availability: Windows.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. cfunction:: void PyErr_BadInternalCall()
@@ -399,7 +395,7 @@ the variables:
+------------------------------------+----------------------------+----------+
| C Name | Python Name | Notes |
+====================================+============================+==========+
-| :cdata:`PyExc_BaseException` | :exc:`BaseException` | (1), (4) |
+| :cdata:`PyExc_BaseException` | :exc:`BaseException` | \(1) |
+------------------------------------+----------------------------+----------+
| :cdata:`PyExc_Exception` | :exc:`Exception` | \(1) |
+------------------------------------+----------------------------+----------+
@@ -497,19 +493,3 @@ Notes:
(3)
Only defined on Windows; protect code that uses this by testing that the
preprocessor macro ``MS_WINDOWS`` is defined.
-
-(4)
- .. versionadded:: 2.5
-
-
-Deprecation of String Exceptions
-================================
-
-.. index:: single: BaseException (built-in exception)
-
-All exceptions built into Python or provided in the standard library are derived
-from :exc:`BaseException`.
-
-String exceptions are still supported in the interpreter to allow existing code
-to run unmodified, but this will also change in a future release.
-
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 2509e0b..0058e10 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ Initialization, Finalization, and Threads
*initsigs* is 0, it skips initialization registration of signal handlers, which
might be useful when Python is embedded.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: int Py_IsInitialized()
@@ -290,8 +288,6 @@ Initialization, Finalization, and Threads
was built from. This number is a string because it may contain a trailing 'M'
if Python was built from a mixed revision source tree.
- .. versionadded:: 2.5
-
.. cfunction:: const char* Py_GetPlatform()
@@ -570,8 +566,6 @@ supports the creation of additional interpreters (using
avoid calls to the locking API when running single-threaded. This function is
not available when thread support is disabled at compile time.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: void PyEval_AcquireLock()
@@ -719,10 +713,6 @@ created.
is available. If this function returns *NULL*, no exception has been raised and
the caller should assume no current thread state is available.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.3
- Previously this could only be called when a current thread is active, and *NULL*
- meant that an exception was raised.
-
.. cfunction:: int PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(long id, PyObject *exc)
@@ -734,8 +724,6 @@ created.
zero if the thread id isn't found. If *exc* is :const:`NULL`, the pending
exception (if any) for the thread is cleared. This raises no exceptions.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. cfunction:: PyGILState_STATE PyGILState_Ensure()
@@ -758,8 +746,6 @@ created.
When the function returns, the current thread will hold the GIL. Failure is a
fatal error.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. cfunction:: void PyGILState_Release(PyGILState_STATE)
@@ -771,8 +757,6 @@ created.
Every call to :cfunc:`PyGILState_Ensure` must be matched by a call to
:cfunc:`PyGILState_Release` on the same thread.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. _profiling:
@@ -908,29 +892,21 @@ These functions are only intended to be used by advanced debugging tools.
Return the interpreter state object at the head of the list of all such objects.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyInterpreterState* PyInterpreterState_Next(PyInterpreterState *interp)
Return the next interpreter state object after *interp* from the list of all
such objects.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyThreadState * PyInterpreterState_ThreadHead(PyInterpreterState *interp)
Return the a pointer to the first :ctype:`PyThreadState` object in the list of
threads associated with the interpreter *interp*.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyThreadState* PyThreadState_Next(PyThreadState *tstate)
Return the next thread state object after *tstate* from the list of all such
objects belonging to the same :ctype:`PyInterpreterState` object.
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/newtypes.rst b/Doc/c-api/newtypes.rst
index 09091e1..f8386b6 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/newtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/newtypes.rst
@@ -67,49 +67,41 @@ Allocating Objects on the Heap
.. cfunction:: PyObject* Py_InitModule(char *name, PyMethodDef *methods)
- Create a new module object based on a name and table of functions, returning the
- new module object.
-
- .. versionchanged:: 2.3
- Older versions of Python did not support *NULL* as the value for the *methods*
- argument.
+ Create a new module object based on a name and table of functions, returning
+ the new module object; the *methods* argument can be *NULL* if no methods are
+ to be defined for the module.
.. cfunction:: PyObject* Py_InitModule3(char *name, PyMethodDef *methods, char *doc)
- Create a new module object based on a name and table of functions, returning the
- new module object. If *doc* is non-*NULL*, it will be used to define the
- docstring for the module.
-
- .. versionchanged:: 2.3
- Older versions of Python did not support *NULL* as the value for the *methods*
- argument.
+ Create a new module object based on a name and table of functions, returning
+ the new module object. The *methods* argument can be *NULL* if no methods
+ are to be defined for the module. If *doc* is non-*NULL*, it will be used to
+ define the docstring for the module.
.. cfunction:: PyObject* Py_InitModule4(char *name, PyMethodDef *methods, char *doc, PyObject *self, int apiver)
- Create a new module object based on a name and table of functions, returning the
- new module object. If *doc* is non-*NULL*, it will be used to define the
- docstring for the module. If *self* is non-*NULL*, it will passed to the
- functions of the module as their (otherwise *NULL*) first parameter. (This was
- added as an experimental feature, and there are no known uses in the current
- version of Python.) For *apiver*, the only value which should be passed is
- defined by the constant :const:`PYTHON_API_VERSION`.
+ Create a new module object based on a name and table of functions, returning
+ the new module object. The *methods* argument can be *NULL* if no methods
+ are to be defined for the module. If *doc* is non-*NULL*, it will be used to
+ define the docstring for the module. If *self* is non-*NULL*, it will passed
+ to the functions of the module as their (otherwise *NULL*) first parameter.
+ (This was added as an experimental feature, and there are no known uses in
+ the current version of Python.) For *apiver*, the only value which should be
+ passed is defined by the constant :const:`PYTHON_API_VERSION`.
.. note::
Most uses of this function should probably be using the :cfunc:`Py_InitModule3`
instead; only use this if you are sure you need it.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.3
- Older versions of Python did not support *NULL* as the value for the *methods*
- argument.
-
.. cvar:: PyObject _Py_NoneStruct
Object which is visible in Python as ``None``. This should only be accessed
- using the ``Py_None`` macro, which evaluates to a pointer to this object.
+ using the :cmacro:`Py_None` macro, which evaluates to a pointer to this
+ object.
.. _common-structs:
@@ -263,6 +255,7 @@ convention flags can be combined with a binding flag.
:ctype:`PyObject\*` parameter representing the single argument.
+.. XXX deprecated, should be removed
.. data:: METH_OLDARGS
This calling convention is deprecated. The method must be of type
@@ -286,8 +279,6 @@ method.
instance of the type. This is used to create *class methods*, similar to what
is created when using the :func:`classmethod` built-in function.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
.. data:: METH_STATIC
@@ -297,8 +288,6 @@ method.
of the type. This is used to create *static methods*, similar to what is
created when using the :func:`staticmethod` built-in function.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
One other constant controls whether a method is loaded in place of another
definition with the same method name.
@@ -314,8 +303,6 @@ definition with the same method name.
object and will co-exist with the slot. This is helpful because calls to
PyCFunctions are optimized more than wrapper object calls.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* Py_FindMethod(PyMethodDef table[], PyObject *ob, char *name)
@@ -1718,8 +1705,6 @@ must name its arguments exactly *visit* and *arg*:
return 0;
}
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
The :attr:`tp_clear` handler must be of the :ctype:`inquiry` type, or *NULL* if
the object is immutable.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/refcounting.rst b/Doc/c-api/refcounting.rst
index 9dc357f..e75ff73 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/refcounting.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/refcounting.rst
@@ -61,12 +61,11 @@ objects.
It is a good idea to use this macro whenever decrementing the value of a
variable that might be traversed during garbage collection.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
The following functions are for runtime dynamic embedding of Python:
-``Py_IncRef(PyObject \*o)``, `Py_DecRef(PyObject \*o)``. They are
-simply exported function versions of :cfunc:`Py_XINCREF` and
-:cfunc:`Py_XDECREF`, respectively.
+``Py_IncRef(PyObject \*o)``, `Py_DecRef(PyObject \*o)``. They are simply
+exported function versions of :cfunc:`Py_XINCREF` and :cfunc:`Py_XDECREF`,
+respectively.
The following functions or macros are only for use within the interpreter core:
:cfunc:`_Py_Dealloc`, :cfunc:`_Py_ForgetReference`, :cfunc:`_Py_NewReference`,
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/utilities.rst b/Doc/c-api/utilities.rst
index 71e9560..35bfe86 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/utilities.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/utilities.rst
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ Importing Modules
.. index::
single: package variable; __all__
single: __all__ (package variable)
+ single: modules (in module sys)
This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyImport_ImportModuleEx` below,
leaving the *globals* and *locals* arguments set to *NULL*. When the *name*
@@ -135,11 +136,6 @@ Importing Modules
to find out. Starting with Python 2.4, a failing import of a module no longer
leaves the module in ``sys.modules``.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.4
- failing imports remove incomplete module objects.
-
- .. index:: single: modules (in module sys)
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyImport_ImportModuleEx(char *name, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals, PyObject *fromlist)
@@ -155,20 +151,16 @@ Importing Modules
when a submodule of a package was requested is normally the top-level package,
unless a non-empty *fromlist* was given.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.4
- failing imports remove incomplete module objects.
+ Failing imports remove incomplete module objects, like with
+ :cfunc:`PyImport_ImportModule`.
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyImport_Import(PyObject *name)
- .. index::
- module: rexec
- module: ihooks
-
This is a higher-level interface that calls the current "import hook function".
It invokes the :func:`__import__` function from the ``__builtins__`` of the
current globals. This means that the import is done using whatever import hooks
- are installed in the current environment, e.g. by :mod:`rexec` or :mod:`ihooks`.
+ are installed in the current environment.
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyImport_ReloadModule(PyObject *m)
@@ -213,9 +205,6 @@ Importing Modules
If *name* points to a dotted name of the form ``package.module``, any package
structures not already created will still not be created.
- .. versionchanged:: 2.4
- *name* is removed from ``sys.modules`` in error cases.
-
.. cfunction:: long PyImport_GetMagicNumber()
@@ -345,26 +334,19 @@ upon unmarshalling. *Py_MARSHAL_VERSION* indicates the current file format
Marshal a :ctype:`long` integer, *value*, to *file*. This will only write the
least-significant 32 bits of *value*; regardless of the size of the native
- :ctype:`long` type.
-
- .. versionchanged:: 2.4
- *version* indicates the file format.
+ :ctype:`long` type. *version* indicates the file format.
.. cfunction:: void PyMarshal_WriteObjectToFile(PyObject *value, FILE *file, int version)
Marshal a Python object, *value*, to *file*.
-
- .. versionchanged:: 2.4
- *version* indicates the file format.
+ *version* indicates the file format.
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyMarshal_WriteObjectToString(PyObject *value, int version)
Return a string object containing the marshalled representation of *value*.
-
- .. versionchanged:: 2.4
- *version* indicates the file format.
+ *version* indicates the file format.
The following functions allow marshalled values to be read back in.
@@ -557,8 +539,6 @@ variable(s) whose address should be passed.
Convert a Python integer to a tiny int without overflow checking, stored in a C
:ctype:`unsigned char`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
``h`` (integer) [short int]
Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`short int`.
@@ -566,8 +546,6 @@ variable(s) whose address should be passed.
Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`unsigned short int`, without overflow
checking.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
``i`` (integer) [int]
Convert a Python integer to a plain C :ctype:`int`.
@@ -575,8 +553,6 @@ variable(s) whose address should be passed.
Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`unsigned int`, without overflow
checking.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
``l`` (integer) [long int]
Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`long int`.
@@ -584,8 +560,6 @@ variable(s) whose address should be passed.
Convert a Python integer or long integer to a C :ctype:`unsigned long` without
overflow checking.
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
``L`` (integer) [PY_LONG_LONG]
Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`long long`. This format is only
available on platforms that support :ctype:`long long` (or :ctype:`_int64` on
@@ -596,13 +570,9 @@ variable(s) whose address should be passed.
without overflow checking. This format is only available on platforms that
support :ctype:`unsigned long long` (or :ctype:`unsigned _int64` on Windows).
- .. versionadded:: 2.3
-
``n`` (integer) [Py_ssize_t]
Convert a Python integer or long integer to a C :ctype:`Py_ssize_t`.
- .. versionadded:: 2.5
-
``c`` (string of length 1) [char]
Convert a Python character, represented as a string of length 1, to a C
:ctype:`char`.
@@ -677,13 +647,6 @@ variable(s) whose address should be passed.
in *items*. The C arguments must correspond to the individual format units in
*items*. Format units for sequences may be nested.
- .. note::
-
- Prior to Python version 1.5.2, this format specifier only accepted a tuple
- containing the individual parameters, not an arbitrary sequence. Code which
- previously caused :exc:`TypeError` to be raised here may now proceed without an
- exception. This is not expected to be a problem for existing code.
-
It is possible to pass Python long integers where integers are requested;
however no proper range checking is done --- the most significant bits are
silently truncated when the receiving field is too small to receive the value
@@ -798,8 +761,6 @@ return true, otherwise they return false and raise an appropriate exception.
PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O:ref", &object, &callback)
- .. versionadded:: 2.2
-
.. cfunction:: PyObject* Py_BuildValue(const char *format, ...)
@@ -898,8 +859,6 @@ return true, otherwise they return false and raise an appropriate exception.
``n`` (int) [Py_ssize_t]
Convert a C :ctype:`Py_ssize_t` to a Python integer or long integer.
- .. versionadded:: 2.5
-
``c`` (string of length 1) [char]
Convert a C :ctype:`int` representing a character to a Python string of length
1.
@@ -1010,8 +969,6 @@ The following functions provide locale-independent string to number conversions.
:cfunc:`PyOS_ascii_strtod` should typically be used for reading configuration
files or other non-user input that should be locale independent.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
See the Unix man page :manpage:`strtod(2)` for details.
@@ -1025,14 +982,10 @@ The following functions provide locale-independent string to number conversions.
The return value is a pointer to *buffer* with the converted string or NULL if
the conversion failed.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
.. cfunction:: double PyOS_ascii_atof(const char *nptr)
Convert a string to a :ctype:`double` in a locale-independent way.
- .. versionadded:: 2.4
-
See the Unix man page :manpage:`atof(2)` for details.