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| author | Jeroen Demeyer <jeroen.k.demeyer@gmail.com> | 2019-11-12 14:08:00 +0100 |
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| committer | Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-11-12 05:08:00 -0800 |
| commit | 9a13a388f202268dd7b771638adbec132449b98b (patch) | |
| tree | 71496af5abeb5a5737a5f490d8b53dbb91e6ed02 /Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst | |
| parent | a12255d8def0c82560545e66c1be981a447751c3 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-9a13a388f202268dd7b771638adbec132449b98b.tar.gz | |
bpo-36974: expand call protocol documentation (GH-13844)
CC @encukou
I'm also adding Petr Viktorin as contributor for vectorcall in the "what's new" section.
https://bugs.python.org/issue36974
Automerge-Triggered-By: @encukou
Automerge-Triggered-By: @encukou
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst index cd6df00aeb..2edcbf788d 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst @@ -697,6 +697,8 @@ The following functions are used to create and modify Unicode exceptions from C. ``0`` on success, ``-1`` on failure. +.. _recursion: + Recursion Control ================= @@ -704,6 +706,8 @@ These two functions provide a way to perform safe recursive calls at the C level, both in the core and in extension modules. They are needed if the recursive code does not necessarily invoke Python code (which tracks its recursion depth automatically). +They are also not needed for *tp_call* implementations +because the :ref:`call protocol <call>` takes care of recursion handling. .. c:function:: int Py_EnterRecursiveCall(const char *where) |