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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-01-28 06:39:35 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-01-28 06:39:35 (GMT)
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Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
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@@ -3694,6 +3694,36 @@ set.
\end{cfuncdesc}
+\subsection{Instance Objects \label{instanceObjects}}
+
+\obindex{instance}
+There are very few functions specific to instance objects.
+
+\begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyInstance_Type}
+ Type object for class instances.
+\end{cvardesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyInstance_Check}{PyObject *obj}
+ Returns true if \var{obj} is an instance.
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyInstance_New}{PyObject *class,
+ PyObject *arg,
+ PyObject *kw}
+ Create a new instance of a specific class. The parameters \var{arg}
+ and \var{kw} are used as the positional and keyword parameters to
+ the object's constructor.
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyInstance_NewRaw}{PyObject *class,
+ PyObject *dict}
+ Create a new instance of a specific class without calling it's
+ constructor. \var{class} is the class of new object. The
+ \var{dict} parameter will be used as the object's \member{__dict__};
+ if \NULL, a new dictionary will be created for the instance.
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+
\subsection{Module Objects \label{moduleObjects}}
\obindex{module}
@@ -4737,8 +4767,6 @@ Py_BuildValue
DL_IMPORT
-Py*_Check
-
_Py_NoneStruct