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-rw-r--r--Modules/mmapmodule.c46
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/mmapmodule.c b/Modules/mmapmodule.c
index ab9eedc..e06cefb 100644
--- a/Modules/mmapmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/mmapmodule.c
@@ -666,12 +666,6 @@ mmap_buffer_releasebuf(mmap_object *self, Py_buffer *view)
self->exports--;
}
-static PyObject *
-mmap_object_getattr(mmap_object *self, char *name)
-{
- return Py_FindMethod(mmap_object_methods, (PyObject *)self, name);
-}
-
static Py_ssize_t
mmap_length(mmap_object *self)
{
@@ -901,6 +895,30 @@ static PyBufferProcs mmap_as_buffer = {
(releasebufferproc)mmap_buffer_releasebuf,
};
+PyDoc_STRVAR(mmap_doc,
+"Windows: mmap(fileno, length[, tagname[, access[, offset]]])\n\
+\n\
+Maps length bytes from the file specified by the file handle fileno,\n\
+and returns a mmap object. If length is larger than the current size\n\
+of the file, the file is extended to contain length bytes. If length\n\
+is 0, the maximum length of the map is the current size of the file,\n\
+except that if the file is empty Windows raises an exception (you cannot\n\
+create an empty mapping on Windows).\n\
+\n\
+Unix: mmap(fileno, length[, flags[, prot[, access[, offset]]]])\n\
+\n\
+Maps length bytes from the file specified by the file descriptor fileno,\n\
+and returns a mmap object. If length is 0, the maximum length of the map\n\
+will be the current size of the file when mmap is called.\n\
+flags specifies the nature of the mapping. MAP_PRIVATE creates a\n\
+private copy-on-write mapping, so changes to the contents of the mmap\n\
+object will be private to this process, and MAP_SHARED`creates a mapping\n\
+that's shared with all other processes mapping the same areas of the file.\n\
+The default value is MAP_SHARED.\n\
+\n\
+To map anonymous memory, pass -1 as the fileno (both versions).");
+
+
static PyTypeObject mmap_object_type = {
PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(0, 0) /* patched in module init */
"mmap.mmap", /* tp_name */
@@ -909,7 +927,7 @@ static PyTypeObject mmap_object_type = {
/* methods */
(destructor) mmap_object_dealloc, /* tp_dealloc */
0, /* tp_print */
- (getattrfunc) mmap_object_getattr, /* tp_getattr */
+ 0, /* tp_getattr */
0, /* tp_setattr */
0, /* tp_compare */
0, /* tp_repr */
@@ -919,11 +937,19 @@ static PyTypeObject mmap_object_type = {
0, /*tp_hash*/
0, /*tp_call*/
0, /*tp_str*/
- 0, /*tp_getattro*/
+ PyObject_GenericGetAttr, /*tp_getattro*/
0, /*tp_setattro*/
&mmap_as_buffer, /*tp_as_buffer*/
Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT, /*tp_flags*/
- 0, /*tp_doc*/
+ mmap_doc, /*tp_doc*/
+ 0, /* tp_traverse */
+ 0, /* tp_clear */
+ 0, /* tp_richcompare */
+ 0, /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+ 0, /* tp_iter */
+ 0, /* tp_iternext */
+ mmap_object_methods, /* tp_methods */
+
};
@@ -1265,7 +1291,7 @@ new_mmap_object(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict)
/* List of functions exported by this module */
static struct PyMethodDef mmap_functions[] = {
{"mmap", (PyCFunction) new_mmap_object,
- METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS},
+ METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, mmap_doc},
{NULL, NULL} /* Sentinel */
};