From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 16:27:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Comment on PyNumber_Check().
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~3366
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1d2674051b5d9ad2764bb1379b06cf61974c6fdb;p=python

Comment on PyNumber_Check().
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d6708359e1..e1df18efc0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -693,7 +693,9 @@ C API
 
 - PyNumber_Check() now returns true for string and unicode objects.
   This is a result of these types having a partially defined
-  tp_as_number slot.
+  tp_as_number slot.  (This is not a feature, but an indication that
+  PyNumber_check() is not very useful to determine numeric behavior.
+  It may be deprecated.)
 
 - The string object's layout has changed: the pointer member
   ob_sinterned has been replaced by an int member ob_sstate.  On some