diff -r da1880183693 Doc/howto/clinic.rst --- a/Doc/howto/clinic.rst Sun Nov 20 20:04:54 2016 +0200 +++ b/Doc/howto/clinic.rst Sun Nov 20 10:47:25 2016 -0800 @@ -375,15 +375,12 @@ Write a pickled representation of obj to the open file. [clinic start generated code]*/ -12. Save and close the file, then run ``Tools/clinic/clinic.py`` on it. - With luck everything worked and your block now has output! Reopen - the file in your text editor to see:: +12. Save and close the file, then run ``Tools/clinic/clinic.py`` on + it. With luck everything worked--your block now has output, and + a ``.c.h`` file has been generated! Reopen the file in your + text editor to see: - /*[clinic input] - module _pickle - class _pickle.Pickler "PicklerObject *" "&Pickler_Type" - [clinic start generated code]*/ - /*[clinic end generated code: checksum=da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709]*/ + .. code-block:: c /*[clinic input] _pickle.Pickler.dump @@ -395,18 +392,22 @@ Write a pickled representation of obj to the open file. [clinic start generated code]*/ - PyDoc_STRVAR(_pickle_Pickler_dump__doc__, - "Write a pickled representation of obj to the open file.\n" - "\n" - ... static PyObject * - _pickle_Pickler_dump_impl(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *obj) - /*[clinic end generated code: checksum=3bd30745bf206a48f8b576a1da3d90f55a0a4187]*/ + _pickle_Pickler_dump(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *obj) + /*[clinic end generated code: output=87ecad1261e02ac7 input=552eb1c0f52260d9]*/ Obviously, if Argument Clinic didn't produce any output, it's because it found an error in your input. Keep fixing your errors and retrying until Argument Clinic processes your file without complaint. + For readability, most of the glue code has been generated to a ``.c.h`` + file. You'll need to include that in your original ``.c`` file, + typically right after the clinic module block: + + .. code-block:: c + + #include "clinic/_pickle.c.h" + 13. Double-check that the argument-parsing code Argument Clinic generated looks basically the same as the existing code.