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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex index 1d5beb4..d93c402 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtypes.tex @@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ global name space (this is the same as \code{\var{m}.__dict__} where \var{m} is the module in which the function \var{f} was defined). \subsubsection{Methods.} +\obindex{method} Methods are functions that are called using the attribute notation. There are two flavors: built-in methods (such as \code{append()} on @@ -521,6 +522,27 @@ Calling \code{\var{m}(\var{arg-1}, \var{arg-2}, {\rm \ldots}, (See the Python Reference Manual for more info.) +\subsubsection{Code Objects.} +\obindex{code} + +Code objects are used by the implementation to represent +``pseudo-compiled'' executable Python code such as a function body. +They differ from function objects because they don't contain a +reference to their global execution environment. Code objects are +returned by the built-in \code{compile()} function and can be +extracted from function objects through their \code{func_code} +attribute. +\bifuncindex{compile} +\ttindex{func_code} + +A code object can be executed or evaluated by passing it (instead of a +source string) to the \code{exec} statement or the built-in +\code{eval()} function. +\stindex{exec} +\bifuncindex{eval} + +(See the Python Reference Manual for more info.) + \subsubsection{Type Objects.} Type objects represent the various object types. An object's type is |