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diff --git a/Doc/api/abstract.tex b/Doc/api/abstract.tex index 0822f62..a8bcc15 100644 --- a/Doc/api/abstract.tex +++ b/Doc/api/abstract.tex @@ -319,6 +319,11 @@ determination. the object type of object \var{o}. On failure, raises \exception{SystemError} and returns \NULL. This is equivalent to the Python expression \code{type(\var{o})}. + This function increments the reference count of the return value. + There's really no reason to use this function instead of the + common expression \code{\var{o}->ob_type}, which returns a pointer + of type \code{PyTypeObject *}, except when the incremented reference + count is needed. \bifuncindex{type} \end{cfuncdesc} |