[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/api abstract.tex,1.20,1.21

doerwalter@users.sourceforge.net doerwalter@users.sourceforge.net
Fri, 06 Dec 2002 02:09:19 -0800


Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/api
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv29453/Doc/api

Modified Files:
	abstract.tex 
Log Message:
Document that the second argument to PyObject_IsInstance
may be a tuple. This closes SF patch 
http://www.python.org/sf/649095

Backport to release22-maint will follow.


Index: abstract.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/api/abstract.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.20
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -C2 -d -r1.20 -r1.21
*** abstract.tex	19 Nov 2002 20:49:12 -0000	1.20
--- abstract.tex	6 Dec 2002 10:09:16 -0000	1.21
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*** 176,185 ****
    \code{-1} and sets an exception.  If \var{cls} is a type object
    rather than a class object, \cfunction{PyObject_IsInstance()}
!   returns \code{1} if \var{inst} is of type \var{cls}.  If \var{inst}
!   is not a class instance and \var{cls} is neither a type object or
!   class object, \var{inst} must have a \member{__class__} attribute
    --- the class relationship of the value of that attribute with
    \var{cls} will be used to determine the result of this function.
    \versionadded{2.1}
  \end{cfuncdesc}
  
--- 176,189 ----
    \code{-1} and sets an exception.  If \var{cls} is a type object
    rather than a class object, \cfunction{PyObject_IsInstance()}
!   returns \code{1} if \var{inst} is of type \var{cls}.  If \var{cls}
!   is a tuple, the check will be done against every entry in \var{cls}.
!   The result will be \code{1} when at least one of the checks returns
!   \code{1}, otherwise it will be \code{0}. If \var{inst} is not a class
!   instance and \var{cls} is neither a type object, nor a class object,
!   nor a tuple, \var{inst} must have a \member{__class__} attribute
    --- the class relationship of the value of that attribute with
    \var{cls} will be used to determine the result of this function.
    \versionadded{2.1}
+   \versionchanged[Support for a tuple as the second argument added]{2.2}
  \end{cfuncdesc}