Commit 308eab97 authored by Eric Appelt's avatar Eric Appelt Committed by Nick Coghlan

bpo-26701: Add documentation for __trunc__ (GH-6022)

`int` fails back to `__trunc__` is `__int__` isn't defined, so cover
that in the docs.
parent 10485ebd
......@@ -731,8 +731,11 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
Return an integer object constructed from a number or string *x*, or return
``0`` if no arguments are given. If *x* is a number, return
:meth:`x.__int__() <object.__int__>`. For floating point numbers, this
truncates towards zero.
:meth:`x.__int__() <object.__int__>`. If *x* defines
:meth:`x.__trunc__() <object.__trunc__>` but not
:meth:`x.__int__() <object.__int__>`, then return
if :meth:`x.__trunc__() <object.__trunc__>`. For floating point numbers,
this truncates towards zero.
If *x* is not a number or if *base* is given, then *x* must be a string,
:class:`bytes`, or :class:`bytearray` instance representing an :ref:`integer
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......@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Number-theoretic and representation functions
Return the :class:`~numbers.Real` value *x* truncated to an
:class:`~numbers.Integral` (usually an integer). Delegates to
``x.__trunc__()``.
:meth:`x.__trunc__() <object.__trunc__>`.
Note that :func:`frexp` and :func:`modf` have a different call/return pattern
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......@@ -2377,6 +2377,15 @@ left undefined.
of the appropriate type.
.. method:: object.__trunc__(self)
Called to implement :meth:`math.trunc`. Should return the value of the
object truncated to a :class:`numbers.Integral` (typically an
:class:`int`). If a class defines :meth:`__trunc__` but not
:meth:`__int__`, then :meth:`__trunc__` is called to implement the
built-in function :func:`int`.
.. method:: object.__index__(self)
Called to implement :func:`operator.index`, and whenever Python needs to
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