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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2014-04-28 23:39:03 (GMT)
committerAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2014-04-28 23:39:03 (GMT)
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Issue #9307: document the various Py_TPFLAGS_*_SUBCLASS flags. Patch by Yury V. Zaytsev.
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@@ -464,6 +464,24 @@ type objects) *must* have the :attr:`ob_size` field.
:const:`Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG`.
+ .. data:: Py_TPFLAGS_LONG_SUBCLASS
+ .. data:: Py_TPFLAGS_LIST_SUBCLASS
+ .. data:: Py_TPFLAGS_TUPLE_SUBCLASS
+ .. data:: Py_TPFLAGS_BYTES_SUBCLASS
+ .. data:: Py_TPFLAGS_UNICODE_SUBCLASS
+ .. data:: Py_TPFLAGS_DICT_SUBCLASS
+ .. data:: Py_TPFLAGS_BASE_EXC_SUBCLASS
+ .. data:: Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS
+
+ These flags are used by functions such as
+ :c:func:`PyLong_Check` to quickly determine if a type is a subclass
+ of a built-in type; such specific checks are faster than a generic
+ check, like :c:func:`PyObject_IsInstance`. Custom types that inherit
+ from built-ins should have their :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_flags`
+ set appropriately, or the code that interacts with such types
+ will behave differently depending on what kind of check is used.
+
+
.. data:: Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE
This bit is set when the :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_finalize` slot is present in the