[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #19005: Fix documentation for PyIter_Next().

[raymond.hettinger]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0820e8394d96
changeset:   86192:0820e8394d96
branch:      2.7
parent:      86189:2ce77d9ed4b0
user:        Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com>
date:        Wed Oct 09 22:39:11 2013 -0700
summary:
  Issue #19005:  Fix documentation for PyIter_Next().

files:
  Doc/c-api/iter.rst |  11 +++++------
  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/c-api/iter.rst b/Doc/c-api/iter.rst
--- a/Doc/c-api/iter.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/iter.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.2
 
-There are only a couple of functions specifically for working with iterators.
+There are two functions specifically for working with iterators.
 
 
 .. c:function:: int PyIter_Check(PyObject *o)
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyIter_Next(PyObject *o)
 
-   Return the next value from the iteration *o*.  If the object is an iterator,
-   this retrieves the next value from the iteration, and returns *NULL* with no
-   exception set if there are no remaining items.  If the object is not an
-   iterator, :exc:`TypeError` is raised, or if there is an error in retrieving the
-   item, returns *NULL* and passes along the exception.
+   Return the next value from the iteration *o*.  The object must be an iterator
+   (it is up to the caller to check this).  If there are no remaining values,
+   returns *NULL* with no exception set.  If an error occurs while retrieving
+   the item, returns *NULL* and passes along the exception.
 
 To write a loop which iterates over an iterator, the C code should look
 something like this::

-- 
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython