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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/c-api/abstract.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/c-api/utilities.rst | 22 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/abstract.rst b/Doc/c-api/abstract.rst index 6953775..c616561 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/abstract.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/abstract.rst @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ Number Protocol .. index:: builtin: long - Returns the *o* converted to a long integer object on success, or *NULL* on + Returns the *o* converted to an integer object on success, or *NULL* on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression ``long(o)``. diff --git a/Doc/c-api/utilities.rst b/Doc/c-api/utilities.rst index 0dfb946..0de23d1 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/utilities.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/utilities.rst @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ variable(s) whose address should be passed. Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`long int`. ``k`` (integer) [unsigned long] - Convert a Python integer or long integer to a C :ctype:`unsigned long` without + Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`unsigned long` without overflow checking. ``L`` (integer) [PY_LONG_LONG] @@ -566,12 +566,12 @@ variable(s) whose address should be passed. Windows). ``K`` (integer) [unsigned PY_LONG_LONG] - Convert a Python integer or long integer to a C :ctype:`unsigned long long` + Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`unsigned long long` without overflow checking. This format is only available on platforms that support :ctype:`unsigned long long` (or :ctype:`unsigned _int64` on Windows). ``n`` (integer) [Py_ssize_t] - Convert a Python integer or long integer to a C :ctype:`Py_ssize_t`. + Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`Py_ssize_t`. ``c`` (string of length 1) [char] Convert a Python character, represented as a string of length 1, to a C @@ -647,11 +647,11 @@ variable(s) whose address should be passed. in *items*. The C arguments must correspond to the individual format units in *items*. Format units for sequences may be nested. -It is possible to pass Python long integers where integers are requested; -however no proper range checking is done --- the most significant bits are -silently truncated when the receiving field is too small to receive the value -(actually, the semantics are inherited from downcasts in C --- your mileage may -vary). +It is possible to pass "long" integers (integers whose value exceeds the +platform's :const:`LONG_MAX`) however no proper range checking is done --- the +most significant bits are silently truncated when the receiving field is too +small to receive the value (actually, the semantics are inherited from downcasts +in C --- your mileage may vary). A few other characters have a meaning in a format string. These may not occur inside nested parentheses. They are: @@ -849,15 +849,15 @@ return true, otherwise they return false and raise an appropriate exception. integer object, if it is larger than ``sys.maxint``. ``L`` (long) [PY_LONG_LONG] - Convert a C :ctype:`long long` to a Python long integer object. Only available + Convert a C :ctype:`long long` to a Python integer object. Only available on platforms that support :ctype:`long long`. ``K`` (long) [unsigned PY_LONG_LONG] - Convert a C :ctype:`unsigned long long` to a Python long integer object. Only + Convert a C :ctype:`unsigned long long` to a Python integer object. Only available on platforms that support :ctype:`unsigned long long`. ``n`` (int) [Py_ssize_t] - Convert a C :ctype:`Py_ssize_t` to a Python integer or long integer. + Convert a C :ctype:`Py_ssize_t` to a Python integer. ``c`` (string of length 1) [char] Convert a C :ctype:`int` representing a character to a Python string of length |