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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-07-11 10:43:08 +0000 |
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committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-07-11 10:43:08 +0000 |
commit | 4c4bf3e19b06764bcff556f6fde1c3f78ff5e4c8 (patch) | |
tree | 3d8dc454e2e2bddbaf680a1035ecfe1ea04d83ca /Doc/extending | |
parent | e469897ce23d3aabdc0a2e3d13605b733532a90b (diff) | |
download | cpython-4c4bf3e19b06764bcff556f6fde1c3f78ff5e4c8.tar.gz |
#6421: The self argument of module-level PyCFunctions is now a reference to the module object.
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diff --git a/Doc/extending/extending.rst b/Doc/extending/extending.rst index 7e680dbca8..497180a692 100644 --- a/Doc/extending/extending.rst +++ b/Doc/extending/extending.rst @@ -82,10 +82,8 @@ example, the single expression ``"ls -l"``) to the arguments passed to the C function. The C function always has two arguments, conventionally named *self* and *args*. -The *self* argument is only used when the C function implements a built-in -method, not a function. In the example, *self* will always be a *NULL* pointer, -since we are defining a function, not a method. (This is done so that the -interpreter doesn't have to understand two different types of C functions.) +The *self* argument points to the module object for module-level functions; +for a method it would point to the object instance. The *args* argument will be a pointer to a Python tuple object containing the arguments. Each item of the tuple corresponds to an argument in the call's |