Commit b034c754 authored by Brett Cannon's avatar Brett Cannon

Backport r82456

parent 823de002
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:synopsis: Disassembler for Python bytecode.
The :mod:`dis` module supports the analysis of Python :term:`bytecode` by
disassembling it. Since there is no Python assembler, this module defines the
Python assembly language. The Python bytecode which this module takes as an
The :mod:`dis` module supports the analysis of CPython :term:`bytecode` by
disassembling it. The CPython bytecode which this module takes as an
input is defined in the file :file:`Include/opcode.h` and used by the compiler
and the interpreter.
.. impl-detail::
Bytecode is an implementation detail of the CPython interpreter! No
guarantees are made that bytecode will not be added, removed, or changed
between versions of Python. Use of this module should not be considered to
work across Python VMs or Python releases.
Example: Given the function :func:`myfunc`::
def myfunc(alist):
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- Issue #8193: Fix test_zlib failure with zlib 1.2.4.
Documentation
-------------
- Issue #7829: Document in dis that bytecode is an implementation detail.
What's New in Python 3.1.2?
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