[Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): note mutating tp_dict is bad (closes #12719)

Tue Aug 9 23:17:23 CEST 2011

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/6ef65516fd7a
changeset: 71791:6ef65516fd7a
branch: 3.2
parent: 71786:7ea5d9c858f1
user: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date: Tue Aug 09 16:07:01 2011 -0500
summary:
 note mutating tp_dict is bad (closes #12719)
files:
 Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst | 5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
--- a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
@@ -745,6 +745,11 @@
 This field is not inherited by subtypes (though the attributes defined in here
 are inherited through a different mechanism).
 
+ .. warning::
+
+ It is not safe to use :c:func:`PyDict_SetItem` on or otherwise modify
+ :attr:`tp_dict` with the dictionary C-API.
+
 
 .. c:member:: descrgetfunc PyTypeObject.tp_descr_get
 
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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
