[Python-Dev] Searching Python docs (Was: Python sidebar for Mozilla/Netscape) (original) (raw)

Thomas Heller thomas.heller@ion-tof.com
Fri, 5 Apr 2002 20:21:44 +0200

> Anyway, at least on one question I would really like to get more > answers : when writing python code or C extensions, how do people > quickly look up definitions of functions, let's say PyObjectGCNew() > or the meaning of METHO ?

grep in the Include/ dir, possibly followed by a less session :-)

Hm, in the good old days this was the only way ;-) because the chances where at most 50% that this stuff was undocumented. But the docs have improved in the meantime, now you could also use them.

Thomas