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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2002-04-12 19:32:07 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2002-04-12 19:32:07 (GMT)
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Warn people away from PyModule_GetDict(), but not too strongly.
(The real issue is whether modules can benefit from an alternate implementation strategy rather than using a dictionary. We should migrate away from direct dictionary manipulation to allow more room for Jeremy to flex the implementation with changes in globals lookup.)
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@@ -2111,6 +2111,9 @@ There are only a few functions special to module objects.
namespace; this object is the same as the \member{__dict__}
attribute of the module object. This function never fails.
\withsubitem{(module attribute)}{\ttindex{__dict__}}
+ It is recommended extensions use other \cfunction{PyModule_*()}
+ and \cfunction{PyObject_*()} functions rather than directly
+ manipulate a module's \member{__dict__}.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{PyModule_GetName}{PyObject *module}