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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2011-07-13 19:02:22 (GMT)
committerAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2011-07-13 19:02:22 (GMT)
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Make it clear that PyNumber_AsSsize_t() returns -1 on error.
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/number.rst b/Doc/c-api/number.rst
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@@ -249,7 +249,9 @@ Number Protocol
.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyNumber_AsSsize_t(PyObject *o, PyObject *exc)
Returns *o* converted to a Py_ssize_t value if *o* can be interpreted as an
- integer. If *o* can be converted to a Python int but the attempt to
+ integer. If the call fails, an exception is raised and -1 is returned.
+
+ If *o* can be converted to a Python int but the attempt to
convert to a Py_ssize_t value would raise an :exc:`OverflowError`, then the
*exc* argument is the type of exception that will be raised (usually
:exc:`IndexError` or :exc:`OverflowError`). If *exc* is *NULL*, then the