[issue14189] Documentation for some C APIs is missing clear specification of the type of reference they return

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: This may be fixed recently (see issue18085, issue32077, issue35475 etc). Just check that this is true for all reported functions. -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker

[issue14189] Documentation for some C APIs is missing clear specification of the type of reference they return

Stéphane Wirtel added the comment: I would like to work on this issue. -- nosy: +matrixise versions: +Python 3.8 -Python 2.7 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue14189] Documentation for some C APIs is missing clear specification of the type of reference they return

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[issue14189] Documentation for some C APIs is missing clear specification of the type of reference they return

Mark Lawrence added the comment: Can someone comment please as I'm not brave enough to touch the C code or docs. -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue14189 ___

[issue14189] Documentation for some C APIs is missing clear specification of the type of reference they return

Josh Rosenberg added the comment: If any of these actually return borrowed references, I'd consider it a serious documentation bug to not mention it. New reference semantics are the default, and while it's best to call them out, it can be assumed in most cases. Returning borrowed references

[issue14189] Documentation for some C APIs is missing clear specification of the type of reference they return

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[issue14189] Documentation for some C APIs is missing clear specification of the type of reference they return

New submission from Baruch Sterin pyt...@bsterin.com: In addition to the description text, most C API functions have a one-line, emphasized specification whether they return a new or a borrowed reference. (e.g. 'Return value: New reference.'). The following API functions are missing that.