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authorChristian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>2007-11-30 22:29:24 (GMT)
committerChristian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>2007-11-30 22:29:24 (GMT)
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Cleanups and documentation updates related to the removal of unbound methods.
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@@ -2577,7 +2577,9 @@ Method Objects
.. index:: object: method
-There are some useful functions that are useful for working with method objects.
+Methods are bound function objects. Methods are always bound to an instance of
+an user-defined class. Unbound methods (methods bound to a class object) are
+no longer available.
.. cvar:: PyTypeObject PyMethod_Type
@@ -2594,25 +2596,11 @@ There are some useful functions that are useful for working with method objects.
parameter must not be *NULL*.
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyMethod_New(PyObject *func, PyObject *self, PyObject *class)
+.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyMethod_New(PyObject *func, PyObject *self)
- Return a new method object, with *func* being any callable object; this is the
- function that will be called when the method is called. If this method should
- be bound to an instance, *self* should be the instance and *class* should be the
- class of *self*, otherwise *self* should be *NULL* and *class* should be the
- class which provides the unbound method.
-
- .. XXX no unbound methods anymore...
-
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyMethod_Class(PyObject *meth)
-
- Return the class object from which the method *meth* was created; if this was
- created from an instance, it will be the class of the instance.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyMethod_GET_CLASS(PyObject *meth)
-
- Macro version of :cfunc:`PyMethod_Class` which avoids error checking.
+ Return a new method object, with *func* being any callable object and *self*
+ the instance the method should be bound. *func* is is the function that will
+ be called when the method is called. *self* must not be *NULL*.
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyMethod_Function(PyObject *meth)
@@ -2627,8 +2615,7 @@ There are some useful functions that are useful for working with method objects.
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyMethod_Self(PyObject *meth)
- Return the instance associated with the method *meth* if it is bound, otherwise
- return *NULL*.
+ Return the instance associated with the method *meth*.
.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyMethod_GET_SELF(PyObject *meth)