Commit 103b548a authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Add a note warning against semicolons following PyObject_HEAD.

Minor cleanups.
parent 64e5aa93
...@@ -59,9 +59,15 @@ This is what a Noddy object will contain. In this case nothing more ...@@ -59,9 +59,15 @@ This is what a Noddy object will contain. In this case nothing more
than every Python object contains - a refcount and a pointer to a type than every Python object contains - a refcount and a pointer to a type
object. These are the fields the \code{PyObject_HEAD} macro brings object. These are the fields the \code{PyObject_HEAD} macro brings
in. The reason for the macro is to standardize the layout and to in. The reason for the macro is to standardize the layout and to
enable special debugging fields to be brought in debug builds. enable special debugging fields in debug builds. Note that there is
no semicolon after the \code{PyObject_HEAD} macro; one is included in
the macro definition. Be wary of adding one by accident; it's easy to
do from habit, and your compiler might not complain, but someone
else's probably will! (On Windows, MSVC is known to call this an
error and refuse to produce compiled code.)
For contrast For contrast, let's take a look at the corresponding definition for
standard Python integers:
\begin{verbatim} \begin{verbatim}
typedef struct { typedef struct {
...@@ -70,8 +76,6 @@ typedef struct { ...@@ -70,8 +76,6 @@ typedef struct {
} PyIntObject; } PyIntObject;
\end{verbatim} \end{verbatim}
is the corresponding definition for standard Python integers.
Next up is: Next up is:
\begin{verbatim} \begin{verbatim}
...@@ -491,7 +495,7 @@ newdatatype_print(newdatatypeobject *obj, FILE *fp, int flags) ...@@ -491,7 +495,7 @@ newdatatype_print(newdatatypeobject *obj, FILE *fp, int flags)
\end{verbatim} \end{verbatim}
\subsection{Attribute Management Functions} \subsection{Attribute Management}
For every object which can support attributes, the corresponding type For every object which can support attributes, the corresponding type
must provide the functions that control how the attributes are must provide the functions that control how the attributes are
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