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| author | Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> | 2010-07-21 09:50:42 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> | 2010-07-21 09:50:42 (GMT) |
| commit | b034c75495cf033b3ec7a1b6ea6b1f4c1338ecb4 (patch) | |
| tree | e2012e1f787bf132ae1494a65ac4465f74f7853c /Doc | |
| parent | 823de0028639ef94a58a0a8652e8e7e15eeee198 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/dis.rst b/Doc/library/dis.rst index a73e6b3..e97743c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/dis.rst +++ b/Doc/library/dis.rst @@ -5,12 +5,18 @@ :synopsis: Disassembler for Python bytecode. -The :mod:`dis` module supports the analysis of Python :term:`bytecode` by -disassembling it. Since there is no Python assembler, this module defines the -Python assembly language. The Python bytecode which this module takes as an +The :mod:`dis` module supports the analysis of CPython :term:`bytecode` by +disassembling it. The CPython bytecode which this module takes as an input is defined in the file :file:`Include/opcode.h` and used by the compiler and the interpreter. +.. impl-detail:: + + Bytecode is an implementation detail of the CPython interpreter! No + guarantees are made that bytecode will not be added, removed, or changed + between versions of Python. Use of this module should not be considered to + work across Python VMs or Python releases. + Example: Given the function :func:`myfunc`:: def myfunc(alist): |