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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-12-23 05:02:08 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-12-23 05:02:08 (GMT)
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Document 'N' format character for Py_BuildValue -- like 'O' but doesn't INCREF.
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\documentclass{manual}
-% XXX PM Modulator
+% XXX PM explain how to add new types to Python
\title{Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter}
@@ -942,6 +942,11 @@ exception. If no exception has been raised yet,
\item[\samp{S} (object) {[PyObject *]}]
Same as \samp{O}.
+\item[\samp{N} (object) {[PyObject *]}]
+Same as \samp{O}, except it doesn't increment the reference count on
+the object. Useful when the object is created by a call to an object
+constructor in the argument list.
+
\item[\samp{O\&} (object) {[\var{converter}, \var{anything}]}]
Convert \var{anything} to a Python object through a \var{converter}
function. The function is called with \var{anything} (which should be