C API docs need a clear "defining custom extension types" section

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#64,423 opened on Jan 12, 2014 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Documentation
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: c, python
Domain: api, documentation

Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating the C API documentation and its existing extension-type material; done means the docs contain a clear section on defining custom extension types.

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docs topic-C-API type-feature

BPO	20224
Nosy	@ncoghlan

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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2014-01-12.06:25:11.591>
labels = ['expert-C-API', 'type-feature', 'docs']
title = 'C API docs need a clear "defining custom extension types" section'
updated_at = <Date 2020-06-25.09:39:58.809>
user = 'https://github.com/ncoghlan'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2020-06-25.09:39:58.809>
actor = 'vstinner'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation', 'C API']
creation = <Date 2014-01-12.06:25:11.591>
creator = 'ncoghlan'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 20224
keywords = []
message_count = 1.0
messages = ['207927']
nosy_count = 2.0
nosy_names = ['ncoghlan', 'docs@python']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue20224'
versions = ['Python 3.3', 'Python 3.4', 'Python 3.5']

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