[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/api concrete.tex,1.18,1.19

Tim Peters tim.one@comcast.net
Sun, 02 Feb 2003 23:17:24 -0500


[montanaro@users.sourceforge.net]
> Modified Files:
> 	concrete.tex
> Log Message:
> Add PyFloat_FromString.  Left the char **pend argument out of the
> description since while there, it is useless and ignored,
> according to Tim's comment.

You still have to pass it, though!  We can't get rid of it without breaking
backward compatibility, but it does no good to pass anything other than
NULL.  The docs should tell the plain truth here -- sometimes reality isn't
pretty <wink>.

> (PyInt_FromString is also not described, but PyLong_FromString is.
> Is the former deprecated?)

Sounds like the lack of docs is just a bug.