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@@ -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)