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Author	da-woods
Recipients	da-woods, docs@python
Date	2020-09-29.20:58:02
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In the documentation PyType_Type is listed as a "PyObject*" (https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/type.html#c.PyType_Type). This is misleading because it is both not a pointer and is a PyTypeObject. Other type objects are documented as "PyTypeObject" (see unicode https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/unicode.html#c.PyUnicode_Type as an arbitrary example) so I think the documentation is just inconsistent for PyType_Type alone.

In the documentation PyType_Type is listed as a "PyObject*" (https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/type.html#c.PyType_Type). This is misleading because it is both not a pointer and is a PyTypeObject.

Other type objects are documented as "PyTypeObject" (see unicode https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/unicode.html#c.PyUnicode_Type as an arbitrary example) so I think the documentation is just inconsistent for PyType_Type alone.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2020-09-29 20:58:03	da-woods	set	recipients: + da-woods, docs@python
2020-09-29 20:58:03	da-woods	set	messageid: <1601413083.05.0.277057194365.issue41886@roundup.psfhosted.org>
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2020-09-29 20:58:02	da-woods	create