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| author | Charlie Zhao <zhaoyu_hit@qq.com> | 2022-05-18 08:42:05 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-05-18 08:42:05 (GMT) |
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gh-91755: Document Py_IncRef and Py_DecRef as C functions (#91805)
Co-authored-by: Erlend Egeberg Aasland <erlend.aasland@protonmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/refcounting.rst b/Doc/c-api/refcounting.rst index 391907c..738bd77 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/refcounting.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/refcounting.rst @@ -109,11 +109,17 @@ objects. It is a good idea to use this macro whenever decrementing the reference count of an object that might be traversed during garbage collection. +.. c:function:: void Py_IncRef(PyObject *o) + + Increment the reference count for object *o*. A function version of :c:func:`Py_XINCREF`. + It can be used for runtime dynamic embedding of Python. + + +.. c:function:: void Py_DecRef(PyObject *o) + + Decrement the reference count for object *o*. A function version of :c:func:`Py_XDECREF`. + It can be used for runtime dynamic embedding of Python. -The following functions are for runtime dynamic embedding of Python: -``Py_IncRef(PyObject *o)``, ``Py_DecRef(PyObject *o)``. They are -simply exported function versions of :c:func:`Py_XINCREF` and -:c:func:`Py_XDECREF`, respectively. The following functions or macros are only for use within the interpreter core: :c:func:`_Py_Dealloc`, :c:func:`_Py_ForgetReference`, :c:func:`_Py_NewReference`, |