From ddc6c276b732c61b98bd604b2e73004b13fa5346 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:22:38 +0000 Subject: Improve explanation of reference counts for PyString_Concat(). --- Doc/api/api.tex | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/api/api.tex b/Doc/api/api.tex index d67085a..24a0a5e 100644 --- a/Doc/api/api.tex +++ b/Doc/api/api.tex @@ -1791,8 +1791,9 @@ Resturns a \NULL{} terminated representation of the contents of \var{string}. \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyString_Concat}{PyObject **string, PyObject *newpart} Creates a new string object in \var{*string} containing the -contents of \var{newpart} appended to \var{string}. The old value of -\var{string} have its reference count decremented. If the new string +contents of \var{newpart} appended to \var{string}; the caller will +own the new reference. The reference to the old value of \var{string} +will be stolen. If the new string cannot be created, the old reference to \var{string} will still be discarded and the value of \var{*string} will be set to \NULL{}; the appropriate exception will be set. -- cgit v0.12