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@@ -552,12 +552,25 @@ given in a file or a buffer, but they will not let you interact in a
more detailed way with the interpreter.
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_AnyFile}{FILE *fp, char *filename}
+ If \var{fp} refers to a file associated with an interactive device
+ (console or terminal input or \UNIX{} pseudo-terminal), return the
+ value of \cfunction{PyRun_InteractiveLoop()}, otherwise return the
+ result of \cfunction{PyRun_SimpleFile()}. If \var{filename} is
+ \NULL{}, use \code{"???"} as the filename.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_SimpleString}{char *command}
+ Executes the Python source code from \var{command} in the
+ \module{__main__} module. If \module{__main__} does not already
+ exist, it is created. Returns \code{0} on success or \code{-1} if
+ an exception was raised. If there was an error, there is no way to
+ get the exception information.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_SimpleFile}{FILE *fp, char *filename}
+ Similar to \cfunction{PyRun_SimpleString()}, but the Python source
+ code is read from \var{fp} instead of an in-memory string.
+ \var{filename} should be the name of the file.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_InteractiveOne}{FILE *fp, char *filename}
@@ -568,24 +581,48 @@ more detailed way with the interpreter.
\begin{cfuncdesc}{struct _node*}{PyParser_SimpleParseString}{char *str,
int start}
+ Parse Python source code from \var{str} using the start token
+ \var{start}. The result can be used to create a code object which
+ can be evaluated efficiently. This is useful if a code fragment
+ must be evaluated many times.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{struct _node*}{PyParser_SimpleParseFile}{FILE *fp,
char *filename, int start}
+ Similar to \cfunction{PyParser_SimpleParseString()}, but the Python
+ source code is read from \var{fp} instead of an in-memory string.
+ \var{filename} should be the name of the file.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyRun_String}{char *str, int start,
PyObject *globals,
PyObject *locals}
+ Execute Python source code from \var{str} in the context specified
+ by the dictionaries \var{globals} and \var{locals}. The parameter
+ \var{start} specifies the start token that should be used to parse
+ the source code.
+
+ Returns the result of executing the code as a Python object, or
+ \NULL{} if an exception was raised.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyRun_File}{FILE *fp, char *filename,
int start, PyObject *globals,
PyObject *locals}
+ Similar to \cfunction{PyRun_String()}, but the Python source code is
+ read from \var{fp} instead of an in-memory string. \var{filename}
+ should be the name of the file.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{Py_CompileString}{char *str, char *filename,
int start}
+ Parse and compile the Python source code in \var{str}, returning the
+ resulting code object. The start token is given by \var{start};
+ this can be used to constrain the code which can be compiled. The
+ filename specified by \var{filename} is used to construct the code
+ object and may appear in tracebacks or \exception{SyntaxError}
+ exception messages. This returns \NULL{} if the code cannot be
+ parsed or compiled.
\end{cfuncdesc}