From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 04:37:14 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: SF patch #783807:  Clarify PySequence_Setitem ref counting
X-Git-Tag: v2.4a1~1772
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=12c484dab8608b5f597a7abbec08fd9d21b4c042;p=python

SF patch #783807:  Clarify PySequence_Setitem ref counting
(Contributed by Jay T Miller.)
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diff --git a/Doc/api/abstract.tex b/Doc/api/abstract.tex
index dd237683f6..977a17a32d 100644
--- 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}