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author | Eric Smith <eric@trueblade.com> | 2009-10-19 14:38:14 (GMT) |
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committer | Eric Smith <eric@trueblade.com> | 2009-10-19 14:38:14 (GMT) |
commit | c12781abcba0ff9ff5f6f7af807634ea4bc49e49 (patch) | |
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Issue #7169: Document PyFloat_AsString and PyFloat_AsReprString, and note that they are unsafe and deprecated.
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/float.rst b/Doc/c-api/float.rst index c4099a3..295fb90 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/float.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/float.rst @@ -92,3 +92,27 @@ Floating Point Objects be freed. .. versionadded:: 2.6 + + +.. cfunction:: void PyFloat_AsString(char *buf, PyFloatObject *v) + + Convert the argument *v* to a string, using the same rules as + :func:`str`. The length of *buf* should be at least 100. + + This function is unsafe to call because it writes to a buffer whose + length it does not know. + + .. deprecated:: 2.7 + Use :func:`PyObject_Str` or :func:`PyOS_double_to_string` instead. + + +.. cfunction:: void PyFloat_AsReprString(char *buf, PyFloatObject *v) + + Same as PyFloat_AsString, except uses the same rules as + :func:`repr`. The length of *buf* should be at least 100. + + This function is unsafe to call because it writes to a buffer whose + length it does not know. + + .. deprecated:: 2.7 + Use :func:`PyObject_Repr` or :func:`PyOS_double_to_string` instead. |