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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libnew.tex b/Doc/lib/libnew.tex index ffd3568..bf214cb 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libnew.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libnew.tex @@ -19,39 +19,39 @@ This function creates an instance of \class{class} with dictionary \var{dict} without calling the \method{__init__()} constructor. Note that this means that there are no guarantees that the object will be in a consistent state. - -Arguments are \emph{not} type-checked, and an incorrectly typed argument -will result in undefined behaviour. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{instancemethod}{function, instance, class} This function will return a method object, bound to \var{instance}, or -unbound if \var{instance} is \code{None}. It is checked that -\var{function} is callable, and that \var{instance} is an instance -object or \code{None}. +unbound if \var{instance} is \code{None}. \var{function} must be +callable, and \var{instance} must be an instance object or +\code{None}. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{function}{code, globals\optional{, name\optional{argdefs}}} Returns a (Python) function with the given code and globals. If -\var{name} is given, the function will have the given name. If -\var{argdefs} is given, they will be the function defaults. +\var{name} is given, it must be a string or \code{None}. If it is a +string, the function will have the given name, otherwise the function +name will be taken from \code{\var{code}.co_name}. If +\var{argdefs} is given, it must be a tuple and will be used to the +determine the default values of parameters. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{code}{argcount, nlocals, stacksize, flags, codestring, constants, names, varnames, filename, name, firstlineno, lnotab} -This function is an interface to the \cfunction{PyCode_New()} internal +This function is an interface to the \cfunction{PyCode_New()} C function. XXX This is still undocumented!!!!!!!!!!! \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{module}{name} This function returns a new module object with name \var{name}. -\var{name} should be a string. +\var{name} must be a string. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{classobj}{name, baseclasses, dict} This function returns a new class object, with name \var{name}, derived from \var{baseclasses} (which should be a tuple of classes) and with -namespace \var{dict}. All parameters are type checked. +namespace \var{dict}. \end{funcdesc} |