bpo-32625: Updated documentation for EXTENDED_ARG. (GH-13985) · python/cpython@f0cc1a9 (original) (raw)

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@@ -1165,10 +1165,10 @@ All of the following opcodes use their arguments.
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1166	1166	.. opcode:: EXTENDED_ARG (ext)
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1168		- Prefixes any opcode which has an argument too big to fit into the default two
1169		-bytes. ext holds two additional bytes which, taken together with the
1170		-subsequent opcode's argument, comprise a four-byte argument, ext being the
1171		-two most-significant bytes.
	1168	+ Prefixes any opcode which has an argument too big to fit into the default one
	1169	+byte. ext holds an additional byte which act as higher bits in the argument.
	1170	+For each opcode, at most three prefixal ``EXTENDED_ARG`` are allowed, forming
	1171	+an argument from two-byte to four-byte.
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1174	1174	.. opcode:: FORMAT_VALUE (flags)