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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-02-16 06:23:20 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-02-16 06:23:20 (GMT)
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Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
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@@ -918,8 +918,9 @@ be created in this case).
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject *}{PyImport_ImportModuleEx}{char *name, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals, PyObject *fromlist}
\strong{(NEW in 1.5a4!)}
Import a module. This is best described by referring to the built-in
-Python function \function{__import__()}, as the standard
-\function{__import__()} function calls this function directly.
+Python function \function{__import__()}\bifuncindex{__import__}, as
+the standard \function{__import__()} function calls this function
+directly.
The return value is a new reference to the imported module or
top-level package, or \NULL{} with an exception set on failure
@@ -939,7 +940,7 @@ current environment, e.g. by \module{rexec} or \module{ihooks}.
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject *}{PyImport_ReloadModule}{PyObject *m}
Reload a module. This is best described by referring to the built-in
-Python function \function{reload()}, as the standard
+Python function \function{reload()}\bifuncindex{reload}, as the standard
\function{reload()} function calls this function directly. Return a
new reference to the reloaded module, or \NULL{} with an exception set
on failure (the module still exists in this case).
@@ -958,10 +959,11 @@ exception set on failure.
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject *}{PyImport_ExecCodeModule}{char *name, PyObject *co}
Given a module name (possibly of the form \code{package.module}) and a
code object read from a Python bytecode file or obtained from the
-built-in function \function{compile()}, load the module. Return a new
-reference to the module object, or \NULL{} with an exception set
-if an error occurred (the module may still be created in this case).
-(This function would reload the module if it was already imported.)
+built-in function \function{compile()}\bifuncindex{compile}, load the
+module. Return a new reference to the module object, or \NULL{} with
+an exception set if an error occurred (the module may still be created
+in this case). (This function would reload the module if it was
+already imported.)
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{long}{PyImport_GetMagicNumber}{}
@@ -1200,6 +1202,7 @@ This function always succeeds.
On success, returns a type object corresponding to the object
type of object \var{o}. On failure, returns \NULL{}. This is
equivalent to the Python expression \samp{type(\var{o})}.
+\bifuncindex{type}
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Length}{PyObject *o}
@@ -1277,15 +1280,15 @@ failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Divmod}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
-See the built-in function \function{divmod()}. Returns \NULL{} on
-failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
-\samp{divmod(\var{o1}, \var{o2})}.
+See the built-in function \function{divmod()}\bifuncindex{divmod}.
+Returns \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
+expression \samp{divmod(\var{o1}, \var{o2})}.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Power}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, PyObject *o3}
-See the built-in function \function{pow()}. Returns \NULL{} on
-failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
+See the built-in function \function{pow()}\bifuncindex{pow}. Returns
+\NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
\samp{pow(\var{o1}, \var{o2}, \var{o3})}, where \var{o3} is optional.
If \var{o3} is to be ignored, pass \code{Py_None} in its place.
\end{cfuncdesc}