[Python-checkins] r71999 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/c-api/allocation.rst Doc/c-api/gcsupport.rst Doc/c-api/list.rst Doc/c-api/marshal.rst Doc/c-api/objbuffer.rst Doc/c-api/sequence.rst Doc/c-api/tuple.rst Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst Doc/c-api/unicode.rst

jeroen.ruigrok python-checkins at python.org
Mon Apr 27 07:43:17 CEST 2009


Author: jeroen.ruigrok
Date: Mon Apr 27 07:43:17 2009
New Revision: 71999

Log:
Merged revisions 71920-71923,71925-71929,71931-71934,71937 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk

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  r71920 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 21:44:55 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 5 lines
  
  Issue #4129: More documentation pointers about int -> Py_ssize_t.
  Also fix up the documentation for PyObject_GC_Resize(). It seems that since
  it first got documented, the documentation was actually for
  _PyObject_GC_Resize().
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  r71921 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 21:46:19 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Issue #4129: Documentation notes for int -> Py_ssize_t changes.
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  r71922 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 21:49:05 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Reformat, since I've been busy here anyway.
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  r71923 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 21:54:34 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Issue #4129: Add a versionchanged notice for a few forgotten entries.
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  r71925 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 22:37:39 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Since it's a macro, actually refer to it as such instead of function.
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  r71926 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 22:40:10 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Reformat prior to editing.
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  r71927 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 22:41:40 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Issue #4129: int -> Py_ssize_t documentation.
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  r71928 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 22:43:30 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Reformat prior to editing.
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  r71929 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 22:44:58 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Issue #4129: int -> Py_ssize_t documentation.
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  r71931 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 22:50:27 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Issue #4129: int -> Py_ssize_t documentation.
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  r71932 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 22:55:39 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Issue #4129: more int -> Py_ssize_t documentation.
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  r71933 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 22:58:35 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Issue #4129: more int -> Py_ssize_t documentation.
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  r71934 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 23:02:34 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Issue #4129: field changed from int to Py_ssize_t.
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  r71937 | jeroen.ruigrok | 2009-04-25 23:16:05 +0200 (za, 25 apr 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Issue #4129: document int -> Py_ssize_t changes.
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Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/   (props changed)
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/gcsupport.rst
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/list.rst
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/marshal.rst
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/objbuffer.rst
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/sequence.rst
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/tuple.rst
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst	Mon Apr 27 07:43:17 2009
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
    This does everything :cfunc:`PyObject_Init` does, and also initializes the
    length information for a variable-size object.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: TYPE* PyObject_New(TYPE, PyTypeObject *type)
 
@@ -51,6 +55,10 @@
    fields into the same allocation decreases the number of allocations,
    improving the memory management efficiency.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: void PyObject_Del(PyObject *op)
 

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/gcsupport.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/gcsupport.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/gcsupport.rst	Mon Apr 27 07:43:17 2009
@@ -45,12 +45,20 @@
    Analogous to :cfunc:`PyObject_NewVar` but for container objects with the
    :const:`Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC` flag set.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
 
-.. cfunction:: PyVarObject * PyObject_GC_Resize(PyVarObject *op, Py_ssize_t)
+
+.. cfunction:: TYPE* PyObject_GC_Resize(TYPE, PyVarObject *op, Py_ssize_t newsize)
 
    Resize an object allocated by :cfunc:`PyObject_NewVar`.  Returns the
    resized object or *NULL* on failure.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *newsize*. This might
+      require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: void PyObject_GC_Track(PyObject *op)
 

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/list.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/list.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/list.rst	Mon Apr 27 07:43:17 2009
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 
    .. index:: single: ListType (in module types)
 
-   This instance of :ctype:`PyTypeObject` represents the Python list type.  This is
-   the same object as ``list`` and ``types.ListType`` in the Python layer.
+   This instance of :ctype:`PyTypeObject` represents the Python list type.
+   This is the same object as ``list`` and ``types.ListType`` in the Python
+   layer.
 
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyList_Check(PyObject *p)
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyList_CheckExact(PyObject *p)
 
-   Return true if *p* is a list object, but not an instance of a subtype of the
-   list type.
+   Return true if *p* is a list object, but not an instance of a subtype of
+   the list type.
 
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyList_New(Py_ssize_t len)
@@ -39,10 +40,10 @@
 
    .. note::
 
-      If *length* is greater than zero, the returned list object's items are set to
-      ``NULL``.  Thus you cannot use abstract API functions such as
-      :cfunc:`PySequence_SetItem`  or expose the object to Python code before setting
-      all items to a real object with :cfunc:`PyList_SetItem`.
+      If *length* is greater than zero, the returned list object's items are
+      set to ``NULL``.  Thus you cannot use abstract API functions such as
+      :cfunc:`PySequence_SetItem`  or expose the object to Python code before
+      setting all items to a real object with :cfunc:`PyList_SetItem`.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 2.5
       This function used an :ctype:`int` for *size*. This might require
@@ -65,12 +66,17 @@
 
    Macro form of :cfunc:`PyList_Size` without error checking.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This macro returned an :ctype:`int`. This might require changes in your
+      code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyList_GetItem(PyObject *list, Py_ssize_t index)
 
-   Return the object at position *pos* in the list pointed to by *p*.  The position
-   must be positive, indexing from the end of the list is not supported.  If *pos*
-   is out of bounds, return *NULL* and set an :exc:`IndexError` exception.
+   Return the object at position *pos* in the list pointed to by *p*.  The
+   position must be positive, indexing from the end of the list is not
+   supported.  If *pos* is out of bounds, return *NULL* and set an
+   :exc:`IndexError` exception.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 2.5
       This function used an :ctype:`int` for *index*. This might require
@@ -81,16 +87,20 @@
 
    Macro form of :cfunc:`PyList_GetItem` without error checking.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This macro used an :ctype:`int` for *i*. This might require changes in
+      your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyList_SetItem(PyObject *list, Py_ssize_t index, PyObject *item)
 
-   Set the item at index *index* in list to *item*.  Return ``0`` on success or
-   ``-1`` on failure.
+   Set the item at index *index* in list to *item*.  Return ``0`` on success
+   or ``-1`` on failure.
 
    .. note::
 
-      This function "steals" a reference to *item* and discards a reference to an item
-      already in the list at the affected position.
+      This function "steals" a reference to *item* and discards a reference to
+      an item already in the list at the affected position.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 2.5
       This function used an :ctype:`int` for *index*. This might require
@@ -99,21 +109,26 @@
 
 .. cfunction:: void PyList_SET_ITEM(PyObject *list, Py_ssize_t i, PyObject *o)
 
-   Macro form of :cfunc:`PyList_SetItem` without error checking. This is normally
-   only used to fill in new lists where there is no previous content.
+   Macro form of :cfunc:`PyList_SetItem` without error checking. This is
+   normally only used to fill in new lists where there is no previous content.
 
    .. note::
 
-      This function "steals" a reference to *item*, and, unlike
-      :cfunc:`PyList_SetItem`, does *not* discard a reference to any item that it
-      being replaced; any reference in *list* at position *i* will be leaked.
+      This macro "steals" a reference to *item*, and, unlike
+      :cfunc:`PyList_SetItem`, does *not* discard a reference to any item that
+      is being replaced; any reference in *list* at position *i* will be
+      leaked.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This macro used an :ctype:`int` for *i*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
 
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyList_Insert(PyObject *list, Py_ssize_t index, PyObject *item)
 
-   Insert the item *item* into list *list* in front of index *index*.  Return ``0``
-   if successful; return ``-1`` and set an exception if unsuccessful.  Analogous to
-   ``list.insert(index, item)``.
+   Insert the item *item* into list *list* in front of index *index*.  Return
+   ``0`` if successful; return ``-1`` and set an exception if unsuccessful.
+   Analogous to ``list.insert(index, item)``.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 2.5
       This function used an :ctype:`int` for *index*. This might require
@@ -122,16 +137,16 @@
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyList_Append(PyObject *list, PyObject *item)
 
-   Append the object *item* at the end of list *list*. Return ``0`` if successful;
-   return ``-1`` and set an exception if unsuccessful.  Analogous to
-   ``list.append(item)``.
+   Append the object *item* at the end of list *list*. Return ``0`` if
+   successful; return ``-1`` and set an exception if unsuccessful.  Analogous
+   to ``list.append(item)``.
 
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyList_GetSlice(PyObject *list, Py_ssize_t low, Py_ssize_t high)
 
-   Return a list of the objects in *list* containing the objects *between* *low*
-   and *high*.  Return *NULL* and set an exception if unsuccessful. Analogous to
-   ``list[low:high]``.
+   Return a list of the objects in *list* containing the objects *between*
+   *low* and *high*.  Return *NULL* and set an exception if unsuccessful.
+   Analogous to ``list[low:high]``.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 2.5
       This function used an :ctype:`int` for *low* and *high*. This might
@@ -140,10 +155,10 @@
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyList_SetSlice(PyObject *list, Py_ssize_t low, Py_ssize_t high, PyObject *itemlist)
 
-   Set the slice of *list* between *low* and *high* to the contents of *itemlist*.
-   Analogous to ``list[low:high] = itemlist``. The *itemlist* may be *NULL*,
-   indicating the assignment of an empty list (slice deletion). Return ``0`` on
-   success, ``-1`` on failure.
+   Set the slice of *list* between *low* and *high* to the contents of
+   *itemlist*.  Analogous to ``list[low:high] = itemlist``. The *itemlist* may
+   be *NULL*, indicating the assignment of an empty list (slice deletion).
+   Return ``0`` on success, ``-1`` on failure.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 2.5
       This function used an :ctype:`int` for *low* and *high*. This might
@@ -152,8 +167,8 @@
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyList_Sort(PyObject *list)
 
-   Sort the items of *list* in place.  Return ``0`` on success, ``-1`` on failure.
-   This is equivalent to ``list.sort()``.
+   Sort the items of *list* in place.  Return ``0`` on success, ``-1`` on
+   failure.  This is equivalent to ``list.sort()``.
 
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyList_Reverse(PyObject *list)

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/marshal.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/marshal.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/marshal.rst	Mon Apr 27 07:43:17 2009
@@ -5,24 +5,25 @@
 Data marshalling support
 ========================
 
-These routines allow C code to work with serialized objects using the same data
-format as the :mod:`marshal` module.  There are functions to write data into the
-serialization format, and additional functions that can be used to read the data
-back.  Files used to store marshalled data must be opened in binary mode.
+These routines allow C code to work with serialized objects using the same
+data format as the :mod:`marshal` module.  There are functions to write data
+into the serialization format, and additional functions that can be used to
+read the data back.  Files used to store marshalled data must be opened in
+binary mode.
 
 Numeric values are stored with the least significant byte first.
 
-The module supports two versions of the data format: version 0 is the historical
-version, version 1 shares interned strings in the file, and upon unmarshalling.
-Version 2 uses a binary format for floating point numbers.
+The module supports two versions of the data format: version 0 is the
+historical version, version 1 shares interned strings in the file, and upon
+unmarshalling.  Version 2 uses a binary format for floating point numbers.
 *Py_MARSHAL_VERSION* indicates the current file format (currently 2).
 
 
 .. cfunction:: void PyMarshal_WriteLongToFile(long value, FILE *file, int version)
 
-   Marshal a :ctype:`long` integer, *value*, to *file*.  This will only write the
-   least-significant 32 bits of *value*; regardless of the size of the native
-   :ctype:`long` type.  *version* indicates the file format.
+   Marshal a :ctype:`long` integer, *value*, to *file*.  This will only write
+   the least-significant 32 bits of *value*; regardless of the size of the
+   native :ctype:`long` type.  *version* indicates the file format.
 
 
 .. cfunction:: void PyMarshal_WriteObjectToFile(PyObject *value, FILE *file, int version)
@@ -40,24 +41,24 @@
 The following functions allow marshalled values to be read back in.
 
 XXX What about error detection?  It appears that reading past the end of the
-file will always result in a negative numeric value (where that's relevant), but
-it's not clear that negative values won't be handled properly when there's no
-error.  What's the right way to tell? Should only non-negative values be written
-using these routines?
+file will always result in a negative numeric value (where that's relevant),
+but it's not clear that negative values won't be handled properly when there's
+no error.  What's the right way to tell? Should only non-negative values be
+written using these routines?
 
 
 .. cfunction:: long PyMarshal_ReadLongFromFile(FILE *file)
 
-   Return a C :ctype:`long` from the data stream in a :ctype:`FILE\*` opened for
-   reading.  Only a 32-bit value can be read in using this function, regardless of
-   the native size of :ctype:`long`.
+   Return a C :ctype:`long` from the data stream in a :ctype:`FILE\*` opened
+   for reading.  Only a 32-bit value can be read in using this function,
+   regardless of the native size of :ctype:`long`.
 
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyMarshal_ReadShortFromFile(FILE *file)
 
-   Return a C :ctype:`short` from the data stream in a :ctype:`FILE\*` opened for
-   reading.  Only a 16-bit value can be read in using this function, regardless of
-   the native size of :ctype:`short`.
+   Return a C :ctype:`short` from the data stream in a :ctype:`FILE\*` opened
+   for reading.  Only a 16-bit value can be read in using this function,
+   regardless of the native size of :ctype:`short`.
 
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromFile(FILE *file)
@@ -70,17 +71,22 @@
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile(FILE *file)
 
    Return a Python object from the data stream in a :ctype:`FILE\*` opened for
-   reading.  Unlike :cfunc:`PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromFile`, this function assumes
-   that no further objects will be read from the file, allowing it to aggressively
-   load file data into memory so that the de-serialization can operate from data in
-   memory rather than reading a byte at a time from the file.  Only use these
-   variant if you are certain that you won't be reading anything else from the
-   file.  On error, sets the appropriate exception (:exc:`EOFError` or
-   :exc:`TypeError`) and returns *NULL*.
+   reading.  Unlike :cfunc:`PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromFile`, this function
+   assumes that no further objects will be read from the file, allowing it to
+   aggressively load file data into memory so that the de-serialization can
+   operate from data in memory rather than reading a byte at a time from the
+   file.  Only use these variant if you are certain that you won't be reading
+   anything else from the file.  On error, sets the appropriate exception
+   (:exc:`EOFError` or :exc:`TypeError`) and returns *NULL*.
 
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromString(char *string, Py_ssize_t len)
 
-   Return a Python object from the data stream in a character buffer containing
-   *len* bytes pointed to by *string*.  On error, sets the appropriate exception
-   (:exc:`EOFError` or :exc:`TypeError`) and returns *NULL*.
+   Return a Python object from the data stream in a character buffer
+   containing *len* bytes pointed to by *string*.  On error, sets the
+   appropriate exception (:exc:`EOFError` or :exc:`TypeError`) and returns
+   *NULL*.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *len*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/objbuffer.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/objbuffer.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/objbuffer.rst	Mon Apr 27 07:43:17 2009
@@ -10,17 +10,26 @@
 
    Returns a pointer to a read-only memory location usable as character-based
    input.  The *obj* argument must support the single-segment character buffer
-   interface.  On success, returns ``0``, sets *buffer* to the memory location and
-   *buffer_len* to the buffer length.  Returns ``-1`` and sets a :exc:`TypeError`
-   on error.
+   interface.  On success, returns ``0``, sets *buffer* to the memory location
+   and *buffer_len* to the buffer length.  Returns ``-1`` and sets a
+   :exc:`TypeError` on error.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int *` type for *buffer_len*. This might
+      require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
 
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyObject_AsReadBuffer(PyObject *obj, const void **buffer, Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
 
-   Returns a pointer to a read-only memory location containing arbitrary data.  The
-   *obj* argument must support the single-segment readable buffer interface.  On
-   success, returns ``0``, sets *buffer* to the memory location and *buffer_len* to
-   the buffer length.  Returns ``-1`` and sets a :exc:`TypeError` on error.
+   Returns a pointer to a read-only memory location containing arbitrary data.
+   The *obj* argument must support the single-segment readable buffer
+   interface.  On success, returns ``0``, sets *buffer* to the memory location
+   and *buffer_len* to the buffer length.  Returns ``-1`` and sets a
+   :exc:`TypeError` on error.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int *` type for *buffer_len*. This might
+      require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
 
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(PyObject *o)
@@ -32,6 +41,11 @@
 .. cfunction:: int PyObject_AsWriteBuffer(PyObject *obj, void **buffer, Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
 
    Returns a pointer to a writable memory location.  The *obj* argument must
-   support the single-segment, character buffer interface.  On success, returns
-   ``0``, sets *buffer* to the memory location and *buffer_len* to the buffer
-   length.  Returns ``-1`` and sets a :exc:`TypeError` on error.
+   support the single-segment, character buffer interface.  On success,
+   returns ``0``, sets *buffer* to the memory location and *buffer_len* to the
+   buffer length.  Returns ``-1`` and sets a :exc:`TypeError` on error.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int *` type for *buffer_len*. This might
+      require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/sequence.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/sequence.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/sequence.rst	Mon Apr 27 07:43:17 2009
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@
    Return the *i*th element of *o*, assuming that *o* was returned by
    :cfunc:`PySequence_Fast`, *o* is not *NULL*, and that *i* is within bounds.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *i*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject** PySequence_Fast_ITEMS(PyObject *o)
 
@@ -196,6 +200,10 @@
    :cfunc:`PySequence_Check(o)` is true and without adjustment for negative
    indices.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *i*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE(PyObject *o)
 

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/tuple.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/tuple.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/tuple.rst	Mon Apr 27 07:43:17 2009
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
    Return the size of the tuple *p*, which must be non-*NULL* and point to a tuple;
    no error checking is performed.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function returned an :ctype:`int` type. This might require changes
+      in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyTuple_GetItem(PyObject *p, Py_ssize_t pos)
 
@@ -82,6 +86,10 @@
 
    Like :cfunc:`PyTuple_GetItem`, but does no checking of its arguments.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *pos*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyTuple_GetSlice(PyObject *p, Py_ssize_t low, Py_ssize_t high)
 
@@ -116,6 +124,10 @@
 
       This function "steals" a reference to *o*.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *pos*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: int _PyTuple_Resize(PyObject **p, Py_ssize_t newsize)
 

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst	Mon Apr 27 07:43:17 2009
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@
 
    This field is not inherited by subtypes.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This field used to be an :ctype:`int` type. This might require changes
+      in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cmember:: PyTypeObject* PyObject.ob_type
 

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst	Mon Apr 27 07:43:17 2009
@@ -65,12 +65,20 @@
    Return the size of the object.  *o* has to be a :ctype:`PyUnicodeObject` (not
    checked).
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function returned an :ctype:`int` type. This might require changes
+      in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_GET_DATA_SIZE(PyObject *o)
 
    Return the size of the object's internal buffer in bytes.  *o* has to be a
    :ctype:`PyUnicodeObject` (not checked).
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function returned an :ctype:`int` type. This might require changes
+      in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: Py_UNICODE* PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(PyObject *o)
 
@@ -206,6 +214,9 @@
    Therefore, modification of the resulting Unicode object is only allowed when *u*
    is *NULL*.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(const char *u, Py_ssize_t size)
 
@@ -317,6 +328,10 @@
 
    Return the length of the Unicode object.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function returned an :ctype:`int` type. This might require changes
+      in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject(PyObject *obj, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
 
@@ -355,6 +370,10 @@
    using wcslen.
    Return *NULL* on failure.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_AsWideChar(PyUnicodeObject *unicode, wchar_t *w, Py_ssize_t size)
 
@@ -366,6 +385,11 @@
    to make sure that the :ctype:`wchar_t` string is 0-terminated in case this is
    required by the application.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function returned an :ctype:`int` type and used an :ctype:`int`
+      type for *size*. This might require changes in your code for properly
+      supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. _builtincodecs:
 
@@ -405,6 +429,10 @@
    using the Python codec registry.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by
    the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Encode(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
 
@@ -414,6 +442,10 @@
    to be used is looked up using the Python codec registry.  Return *NULL* if an
    exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(PyObject *unicode, const char *encoding, const char *errors)
 
@@ -433,6 +465,10 @@
    Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the UTF-8 encoded string
    *s*. Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8Stateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors, Py_ssize_t *consumed)
 
@@ -441,6 +477,10 @@
    treated as an error. Those bytes will not be decoded and the number of bytes
    that have been decoded will be stored in *consumed*.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeUTF8(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors)
 
@@ -448,6 +488,10 @@
    return a Python bytes object.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by
    the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -547,6 +591,10 @@
 
    Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeUTF16Stateful(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors, int *byteorder, Py_ssize_t *consumed)
 
@@ -556,6 +604,11 @@
    split surrogate pair) as an error. Those bytes will not be decoded and the
    number of bytes that have been decoded will be stored in *consumed*.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size* and an :ctype:`int *`
+      type for *consumed*. This might require changes in your code for
+      properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeUTF16(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors, int byteorder)
 
@@ -576,6 +629,10 @@
 
    Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsUTF16String(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -593,6 +650,10 @@
    Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the Unicode-Escape encoded
    string *s*.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeUnicodeEscape(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size)
 
@@ -600,6 +661,10 @@
    return a Python string object.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the
    codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsUnicodeEscapeString(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -617,6 +682,10 @@
    Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the Raw-Unicode-Escape
    encoded string *s*.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeRawUnicodeEscape(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors)
 
@@ -624,6 +693,10 @@
    and return a Python string object.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by
    the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsRawUnicodeEscapeString(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -642,6 +715,10 @@
    Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the Latin-1 encoded string
    *s*.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeLatin1(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors)
 
@@ -649,6 +726,10 @@
    return a Python bytes object.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by
    the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsLatin1String(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -667,6 +748,10 @@
    Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the ASCII encoded string
    *s*.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeASCII(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, const char *errors)
 
@@ -674,6 +759,10 @@
    return a Python bytes object.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by
    the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsASCIIString(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -716,6 +805,10 @@
    Byte values greater that the length of the string and U+FFFE "characters" are
    treated as "undefined mapping".
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeCharmap(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, PyObject *mapping, const char *errors)
 
@@ -723,6 +816,10 @@
    *mapping* object and return a Python string object. Return *NULL* if an
    exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsCharmapString(PyObject *unicode, PyObject *mapping)
 
@@ -746,6 +843,10 @@
    and sequences work well.  Unmapped character ordinals (ones which cause a
    :exc:`LookupError`) are left untouched and are copied as-is.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 These are the MBCS codec APIs. They are currently only available on Windows and
 use the Win32 MBCS converters to implement the conversions.  Note that MBCS (or
 DBCS) is a class of encodings, not just one.  The target encoding is defined by
@@ -759,6 +860,10 @@
    Create a Unicode object by decoding *size* bytes of the MBCS encoded string *s*.
    Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_DecodeMBCSStateful(const char *s, int size, const char *errors, int *consumed)
 
@@ -774,6 +879,10 @@
    a Python bytes object.  Return *NULL* if an exception was raised by the
    codec.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *size*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_AsMBCSString(PyObject *unicode)
 
@@ -808,6 +917,10 @@
    separator.  At most *maxsplit* splits will be done.  If negative, no limit is
    set.  Separators are not included in the resulting list.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *maxsplit*. This might require
+      changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Splitlines(PyObject *s, int keepend)
 
@@ -844,6 +957,11 @@
    (*direction* == -1 means to do a prefix match, *direction* == 1 a suffix match),
    0 otherwise. Return ``-1`` if an error occurred.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *start* and *end*. This
+      might require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit
+      systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_Find(PyObject *str, PyObject *substr, Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end, int direction)
 
@@ -853,12 +971,22 @@
    ``-1`` indicates that no match was found, and ``-2`` indicates that an error
    occurred and an exception has been set.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *start* and *end*. This
+      might require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit
+      systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyUnicode_Count(PyObject *str, PyObject *substr, Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end)
 
    Return the number of non-overlapping occurrences of *substr* in
    ``str[start:end]``.  Return ``-1`` if an error occurred.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function returned an :ctype:`int` type and used an :ctype:`int`
+      type for *start* and *end*. This might require changes in your code for
+      properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyUnicode_Replace(PyObject *str, PyObject *substr, PyObject *replstr, Py_ssize_t maxcount)
 
@@ -866,6 +994,10 @@
    return the resulting Unicode object. *maxcount* == -1 means replace all
    occurrences.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 2.5
+      This function used an :ctype:`int` type for *maxcount*. This might
+      require changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
+
 
 .. cfunction:: int PyUnicode_Compare(PyObject *left, PyObject *right)
 


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