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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2002-04-12 19:32:07 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2002-04-12 19:32:07 (GMT) |
commit | f495ef7466e1955206d792d6c8e215d98bbc3db0 (patch) | |
tree | 6db123093206bf1d8c9157cea0ad8eb9e8b7a9a6 /Doc/api | |
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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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diff --git a/Doc/api/concrete.tex b/Doc/api/concrete.tex index f175ff1..9762924 100644 --- a/Doc/api/concrete.tex +++ b/Doc/api/concrete.tex @@ -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} |