PyCFunction_* are not documented anywhere

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#57,630 opened on Nov 17, 2011 3 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 25/100

Issue type: Documentation
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: c, python
Domain: documentation

Research direction

The issue identifies the undocumented PyCFunction_* values but names no source files, documentation page, or tests. Start by locating the PyCFunction_* definitions and existing Python C API documentation, then document the missing values consistently; done means the relevant PyCFunction_* values are documented.

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docs topic-C-API

BPO	13421
Nosy	@birkenfeld, @jcea

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created_at = <Date 2011-11-17.18:14:43.030>
labels = ['docs']
title = 'PyCFunction_* are not documented anywhere'
updated_at = <Date 2019-03-16.00:02:52.244>
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