From: Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 16:19:39 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Note that PyNumber_Check() returns true for string and unicode objects.
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~3367
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6c194761688da105495cdfbdbe7f886c1998b2ec;p=python

Note that PyNumber_Check() returns true for string and unicode objects.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index bd37a946ba..d6708359e1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -691,6 +691,10 @@ Build
 C API
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+- 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.
+
 - The string object's layout has changed: the pointer member
   ob_sinterned has been replaced by an int member ob_sstate.  On some
   platforms (e.g. most 64-bit systems) this may change the offset of