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authorJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@in-nomine.org>2009-04-25 11:59:09 (GMT)
committerJeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@in-nomine.org>2009-04-25 11:59:09 (GMT)
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First attempt to document PyObject_HEAD_INIT and PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT.
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@@ -68,7 +68,24 @@ These macros are used in the definition of :ctype:`PyObject` and
Note that :cmacro:`PyObject_HEAD` is part of the expansion, and that its own
expansion varies depending on the definition of :cmacro:`Py_TRACE_REFS`.
-PyObject_HEAD_INIT
+
+.. cmacro:: PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type)
+
+ This is a macro which expands to initialization values for a new
+ :ctype:`PyObject` type. This macro expands to::
+
+ _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT
+ 1, type,
+
+
+.. cmacro:: PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(type, size)
+
+ This is a macro which expands to initialization values for a new
+ :ctype:`PyVarObject` type, including the :attr:`ob_size` field.
+ This macro expands to::
+
+ _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT
+ 1, type, size,
.. ctype:: PyCFunction