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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/c-api/type.rst | 9 |
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/type.rst b/Doc/c-api/type.rst index cfd0d78..ce39e4d 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/type.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/type.rst @@ -70,13 +70,14 @@ Type Objects .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GenericAlloc(PyTypeObject *type, Py_ssize_t nitems) - XXX: Document. - + Generic handler for the :attr:`tp_alloc` slot of a type object. Use + Python's default memory allocation mechanism to allocate a new instance and + initialize all its contents to *NULL*. .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GenericNew(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds) - Generic handler for the :attr:`tp_new` slot of a type object. Initialize - all instance variables to *NULL*. + Generic handler for the :attr:`tp_new` slot of a type object. Create a + new instance using the type's :attr:`tp_alloc` slot. .. c:function:: int PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *type) |