Add more signature information and some descriptions for the new APIs

introduced in Python 2.2.
Add documentation for the slice object interface (not complete).
Added version annotations for several of the Python 2.2 APIs already
documented.

1 files changed, 89 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/api/api.tex b/Doc/api/api.tex
index a727041..7262a5d 100644
--- a/Doc/api/api.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/api.tex
@@ -1690,6 +1690,7 @@ Python expression \code{type(\var{o})}.
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_TypeCheck}{PyObject *o, PyTypeObject *type}
 Return true if the object \var{o} is of type \var{type} or a subtype
 of \var{type}.  Both parameters must be non-\NULL.
+\versionadded{2.2}
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Length}{PyObject *o}
@@ -2339,14 +2340,21 @@ Returns true if the type object \var{o} sets the feature
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyType_IsSubtype}{PyTypeObject *a, PyTypeObject *b}
 Returns true if \var{a} is a subtype of \var{b}.
+\versionadded{2.2}
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyType_GenericAlloc}{PyTypeObject *type,
                                                   int nitems}
+\versionadded{2.2}
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyType_GenericNew}{PyTypeObject *type,
                                             PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds}
+\versionadded{2.2}
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyType_Ready}{PyTypeObject *type}
+\versionadded{2.2}
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 
@@ -3955,6 +3963,13 @@ Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyDictObject}.
 Returns a new empty dictionary, or \NULL{} on failure.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDictProxy_New}{PyObject *dict}
+Return a proxy object for a mapping which enforces read-only
+behavior.  This is normally used to create a proxy to prevent
+modification of the dictionary for non-dynamic class types.
+\versionadded{2.2}
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyDict_Clear}{PyObject *p}
 Empties an existing dictionary of all key-value pairs.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
@@ -4381,27 +4396,31 @@ returned.
   Type object for iterator objects returned by
   \cfunction{PySeqIter_New()} and the one-argument form of the
   \function{iter()} built-in function for built-in sequence types.
+  \versionadded{2.2}
 \end{cvardesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySeqIter_Check}{op}
   Return true if the type of \var{op} is \cdata{PySeqIter_Type}.
+  \versionadded{2.2}
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySeqIter_New}{PyObject *seq}
   Return an iterator that works with a general sequence object,
   \var{seq}.  The iteration ends when the sequence raises
   \exception{IndexError} for the subscripting operation.
+  \versionadded{2.2}
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
-
 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyCallIter_Type}
   Type object for iterator objects returned by
   \cfunction{PyCallIter_New()} and the two-argument form of the
   \function{iter()} built-in function.
+  \versionadded{2.2}
 \end{cvardesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyCallIter_Check}{op}
   Return true if the type of \var{op} is \cdata{PyCallIter_Type}.
+  \versionadded{2.2}
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyCallIter_New}{PyObject *callable,
@@ -4411,6 +4430,75 @@ returned.
   each call to it should return the next item in the iteration.  When
   \var{callable} returns a value equal to \var{sentinel}, the
   iteration will be terminated.
+  \versionadded{2.2}
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+
+\subsection{Descriptor Objects \label{descriptor-objects}}
+
+\begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyProperty_Type}
+  The type object for a descriptor.
+  \versionadded{2.2}
+\end{cvardesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDescr_NewGetSet}{PyTypeObject *type,
+					        PyGetSetDef *getset}
+  \versionadded{2.2}
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDescr_NewMember}{PyTypeObject *type,
+					        PyMemberDef *meth}
+  \versionadded{2.2}
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDescr_NewMethod}{PyTypeObject *type,
+                                                PyMethodDef *meth}
+  \versionadded{2.2}
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDescr_NewWrapper}{PyTypeObject *type,
+						 struct wrapperbase *wrapper,
+                                                 void *wrapped}
+  \versionadded{2.2}
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDescr_IsData}{PyObject *descr}
+  Returns true if the descriptor objects \var{descr} describes a data
+  attribute, or false if it describes a method.  \var{descr} must be a
+  descriptor object; there is no error checking.
+  \versionadded{2.2}
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyWrapper_New}{PyObject *, PyObject *}
+  \versionadded{2.2}
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+
+\subsection{Slice Objects \label{slice-objects}}
+
+\begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PySlice_Type}
+  The type object for slice objects.  This is the same as
+  \code{types.SliceType}.
+  \withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{SliceType}}
+\end{cvardesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySlice_Check}{PyObject *ob}
+  Returns true if \var{ob} is a slice object; \var{ob} must not be
+  \NULL.
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySlice_New}{PyObject *start, PyObject *stop,
+                                          PyObject *step}
+  Return a new slice object with the given values.  The \var{start},
+  \var{stop}, and \var{step} parameters are used as the values of the
+  slice object attributes of the same names.  Any of the values may be
+  \NULL, in which case the \code{None} will be used for the
+  corresponding attribute.  Returns \NULL{} if the new object could
+  not be allocated.
+\end{cfuncdesc}
+
+\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySlice_GetIndices}{PySliceObject *slice, int length,
+                                           int *start, int *stop, int *step}
 \end{cfuncdesc}