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diff --git a/Doc/api/concrete.tex b/Doc/api/concrete.tex index 3b2945e81f..10f898ea94 100644 --- a/Doc/api/concrete.tex +++ b/Doc/api/concrete.tex @@ -2162,6 +2162,35 @@ def PyDict_MergeFromSeq2(a, seq2, override): \section{Other Objects \label{otherObjects}} +\subsection{Class Objects \label{classObjects}} + +\obindex{class} +Note that the class objects described here represent old-style classes, +which will go away in Python 3. When creating new types for extension +modules, you will want to work with type objects (section +\ref{typeObjects}). + +\begin{ctypedesc}{PyClassObject} + The C structure of the objects used to describe built-in classes. +\end{ctypedesc} + +\begin{cvardesc}{PyObject*}{PyClass_Type} + This is the type object for class objects; it is the same object as + \code{types.ClassType} in the Python layer. + \withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{ClassType}} +\end{cvardesc} + +\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyClass_Check}{PyObject *o} + Return true if the object \var{o} is a class object, including + instances of types derived from the standard class object. Return + false in all other cases. +\end{cfuncdesc} + +\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyClass_IsSubclass}{PyObject *klass, PyObject *base} + Return true if \var{klass} is a subclass of \var{base}. Return false in + all other cases. +\end{cfuncdesc} + \subsection{File Objects \label{fileObjects}} \obindex{file} |