SF patch #783807: Clarify PySequence_Setitem ref counting

(Contributed by Jay T Miller.)

diff --git a/Doc/api/abstract.tex b/Doc/api/abstract.tex
index dd237683f6a411fc2c7981f34147a3fa1da3470f..977a17a32d5c4fb5a360e7682101539cdfacd12a 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/api/abstract.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/abstract.tex
@@ -754,7 +754,8 @@ determination.
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_SetItem}{PyObject *o, int i, PyObject *v}
   Assign object \var{v} to the \var{i}th element of \var{o}.  Returns
   \code{-1} on failure.  This is the equivalent of the Python
-  statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{i}] = \var{v}}.
+  statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{i}] = \var{v}}.  This function \emph{does not}
+  steal a reference to \var{v}.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_DelItem}{PyObject *o, int i}