Changeset 391 for python/trunk/Objects/stringlib/README.txt

Timestamp:

Mar 19, 2014, 11:31:01 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

dmik

Message:

python: Merge vendor 2.7.6 to trunk.

Location:

python/trunk

Files:

• . (modified) (1 prop)
• Objects/stringlib/README.txt (modified) (2 diffs)

python/trunk/Objects/stringlib/README.txt

@@ -14 +14 @@
 STRINGLIB_EMPTY
 
-    a PyObject representing the empty string
-
-int STRINGLIB_CMP(STRINGLIB_CHAR*, STRINGLIB_CHAR*, Py_ssize_t)
-
-    compares two strings. returns 0 if they match, and non-zero if not.
+    a PyObject representing the empty string, only to be used if
+    STRINGLIB_MUTABLE is 0
 
 Py_ssize_t STRINGLIB_LEN(PyObject*)
@@ -33 +30 @@
     returns the pointer to the character data for the given string
     object (which must be of the right type)
+
+int STRINGLIB_CHECK_EXACT(PyObject *)
+
+    returns true if the object is an instance of our type, not a subclass
+
+STRINGLIB_MUTABLE
+
+    must be 0 or 1 to tell the cpp macros in stringlib code if the object
+    being operated on is mutable or not