Comment on PyNumber_Check().

1d267405 · Guido van Rossum · 6c194761 · 1d267405
Commit 1d267405 authored Nov 18, 2002 by Guido van Rossum
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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.
+  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  ob_sinterned has been replaced by an int member ob_sstate.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