[Python-checkins] r47264 - python/trunk/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex

[thomas.heller]

Author: thomas.heller
Date: Thu Jul  6 10:58:40 2006
New Revision: 47264

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex
Log:
Document the Struture and Union constructors.


Modified: python/trunk/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex
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--- python/trunk/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/lib/libctypes.tex	Thu Jul  6 10:58:40 2006
@@ -2389,6 +2389,13 @@
 separate \member{{\_}fields{\_}} variable, the fields specified in this are
 appended to the fields of the base class.
 
+Structure and union constructors accept both positional and
+keyword arguments.  Positional arguments are used to initialize member
+fields in the same order as they are appear in \member{{\_}fields{\_}}.  Keyword
+arguments in the constructor are interpreted as attribute assignments,
+so they will initialize \member{{\_}fields{\_}} with the same name, or create new
+attributes for names not present in \member{{\_}fields{\_}}.
+
 
 \subsubsection{Arrays and pointers\label{ctypes-arrays-pointers}}