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authorJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@in-nomine.org>2009-04-26 21:06:15 (GMT)
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svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r71898 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 16:24:30 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines Reformat prior to editing. ........ r71899 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 16:27:00 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 3 lines The type for ppos has been Py_ssize_t since 2.5, reflect this in the documentation. ........ r71900 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 16:28:02 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines Reformat paragraph. ........ r71910 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 19:59:03 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 4 lines Issue #4129: Belatedly document which C API functions had their argument(s) or return type changed from int or int * to Py_ssize_t or Py_ssize_t * as this might cause problems on 64-bit platforms. ........ r71914 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 20:31:20 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines Reformat prior to editing. ........ r71915 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 20:46:03 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines Issue #4129: Document more int -> Py_ssize_t changes. ........ r71916 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 20:53:48 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines Reformat prior to editing. ........ r71917 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 20:57:32 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines Reference to an int type, whereas it's a Py_ssize_t as the synopsis states. ........ r71918 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 21:04:15 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines Since I edited this file, reformat for future edits. ........ r71919 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 21:10:52 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines Reformat prior to editing. ........
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@@ -278,10 +278,10 @@ variable(s) whose address should be passed.
``w#`` (read-write character buffer) [char \*, int]
Like ``s#``, but accepts any object which implements the read-write buffer
- interface. The :ctype:`char \*` variable is set to point to the first byte of
- the buffer, and the :ctype:`int` is set to the length of the buffer. Only
- single-segment buffer objects are accepted; :exc:`TypeError` is raised for all
- others.
+ interface. The :ctype:`char \*` variable is set to point to the first byte
+ of the buffer, and the :ctype:`int` is set to the length of the buffer.
+ Only single-segment buffer objects are accepted; :exc:`TypeError` is raised
+ for all others.
``(items)`` (tuple) [*matching-items*]
The object must be a Python sequence whose length is the number of format units
@@ -406,6 +406,10 @@ and the following format units are left untouched.
PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O:ref", &object, &callback)
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+ This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *min* and *max*. This might
+ require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
.. cfunction:: PyObject* Py_BuildValue(const char *format, ...)