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Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/api/refcounts.dat')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/api/refcounts.dat | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/api/refcounts.dat b/Doc/api/refcounts.dat index 8da1bf2..0e9374e 100644 --- a/Doc/api/refcounts.dat +++ b/Doc/api/refcounts.dat @@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ # Refcount behavior is given for all PyObject* types: 0 (no change), +1 # (increment) and -1 (decrement). A blank refcount field indicates the # parameter or function value is not a PyObject* and is therefore not -# subject to reference counting. +# subject to reference counting. A special case for the value "null" +# (without quotes) is used for functions which return a PyObject* type but +# always return NULL. This is used by some of the PyErr_*() functions, in +# particular. # The parameter names are as they appear in the API manual, not the source # code. |