Commit 26507dbc authored by Guido van Rossum's avatar Guido van Rossum

Clarify that __module__ applies to various type of functions.

parent 0253d6ef
......@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ Core and builtins
to convert a long integer into a float which couldn't fit.
See SF bug #676155.
- Function objects now have an __module__ attribute that is bound to
- Function objects now have a __module__ attribute that is bound to
the name of the module in which the function was defined. This
attribute is used by pickle.whichmodule(), which changes the
behavior of whichmodule slightly. In Python 2.2 whichmodule()
returns "__main__" for functions that are not defined at the
top-level of a module (examples: methods, nested functions). Now
whichmodule() will return the proper module name.
applies for C functions and methods as well as functions and methods
defined in Python. This attribute is used by pickle.whichmodule(),
which changes the behavior of whichmodule slightly. In Python 2.2
whichmodule() returns "__main__" for functions that are not defined
at the top-level of a module (examples: methods, nested functions).
Now whichmodule() will return the proper module name.
Extension modules
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