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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2000-08-11 17:07:32 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2000-08-11 17:07:32 (GMT) |
commit | 7d45d34ed7b3adb09289e7d2e28c5ccbfbedaad7 (patch) | |
tree | 57c844e16e324e3e6254a2c9aab37d7432ef7bea /Doc | |
parent | 091ec2cfdd5b57cbf74cdf6ca1806d093f1aefeb (diff) | |
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ANY becomes void, to reflect the requirement for ANSI C.
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diff --git a/Doc/api/api.tex b/Doc/api/api.tex index 367cb06..6862988 100644 --- a/Doc/api/api.tex +++ b/Doc/api/api.tex @@ -3037,10 +3037,8 @@ Returns the number of items in the dictionary. This is equivalent to \samp{len(\var{p})} on a dictionary.\bifuncindex{len} \end{cfuncdesc} -\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_Next}{PyDictObject *p, - int ppos, - PyObject **pkey, - PyObject **pvalue} +\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_Next}{PyDictObject *p, int *ppos, + PyObject **pkey, PyObject **pvalue} \end{cfuncdesc} @@ -4216,18 +4214,13 @@ The following function sets, modeled after the ANSI C standard, are available for allocating and releasing memory from the Python heap: -\begin{ctypedesc}{ANY*} -The type used to represent arbitrary blocks of memory. Values of this -type should be cast to the specific type that is needed. -\end{ctypedesc} - -\begin{cfuncdesc}{ANY*}{PyMem_Malloc}{size_t n} -Allocates \var{n} bytes and returns a pointer of type \ctype{ANY*} to +\begin{cfuncdesc}{void*}{PyMem_Malloc}{size_t n} +Allocates \var{n} bytes and returns a pointer of type \ctype{void*} to the allocated memory, or \NULL{} if the request fails. Requesting zero bytes returns a non-\NULL{} pointer. \end{cfuncdesc} -\begin{cfuncdesc}{ANY*}{PyMem_Realloc}{ANY *p, size_t n} +\begin{cfuncdesc}{void*}{PyMem_Realloc}{void *p, size_t n} Resizes the memory block pointed to by \var{p} to \var{n} bytes. The contents will be unchanged to the minimum of the old and the new sizes. If \var{p} is \NULL{}, the call is equivalent to @@ -4237,7 +4230,7 @@ Unless \var{p} is \NULL{}, it must have been returned by a previous call to \cfunction{PyMem_Malloc()} or \cfunction{PyMem_Realloc()}. \end{cfuncdesc} -\begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyMem_Free}{ANY *p} +\begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyMem_Free}{void *p} Frees the memory block pointed to by \var{p}, which must have been returned by a previous call to \cfunction{PyMem_Malloc()} or \cfunction{PyMem_Realloc()}. Otherwise, or if @@ -4245,17 +4238,17 @@ returned by a previous call to \cfunction{PyMem_Malloc()} or occurs. If \var{p} is \NULL{}, no operation is performed. \end{cfuncdesc} -\begin{cfuncdesc}{ANY*}{Py_Malloc}{size_t n} +\begin{cfuncdesc}{void*}{Py_Malloc}{size_t n} Same as \cfunction{PyMem_Malloc()}, but calls \cfunction{PyErr_NoMemory()} on failure. \end{cfuncdesc} -\begin{cfuncdesc}{ANY*}{Py_Realloc}{ANY *p, size_t n} +\begin{cfuncdesc}{void*}{Py_Realloc}{void *p, size_t n} Same as \cfunction{PyMem_Realloc()}, but calls \cfunction{PyErr_NoMemory()} on failure. \end{cfuncdesc} -\begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_Free}{ANY *p} +\begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_Free}{void *p} Same as \cfunction{PyMem_Free()}. \end{cfuncdesc} @@ -4268,13 +4261,13 @@ sizeof(\var{TYPE}))} bytes of memory. Returns a pointer cast to \ctype{\var{TYPE}*}. \end{cfuncdesc} -\begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyMem_RESIZE}{ANY *p, TYPE, size_t n} +\begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyMem_RESIZE}{void *p, TYPE, size_t n} Same as \cfunction{PyMem_Realloc()}, but the memory block is resized to \code{(\var{n} * sizeof(\var{TYPE}))} bytes. Returns a pointer cast to \ctype{\var{TYPE}*}. \end{cfuncdesc} -\begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyMem_DEL}{ANY *p} +\begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyMem_DEL}{void *p} Same as \cfunction{PyMem_Free()}. \end{cfuncdesc} |