initxxsubtype(): Add a comment to make the magic clearer; I doubt it's

tim_one · tim_one · commit de27d5605075 · 2001-12-17T18:26:19.000Z
obvious to anyone except PyType_Ready's author <0.9 wink>. git-svn-id: http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk@24788 6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771
diff --git a/Modules/xxsubtype.c b/Modules/xxsubtype.c
@@ -240,8 +240,10 @@ initxxsubtype(void)
 {
 	PyObject *m, *d;
 
-	/* Fill in the deferred data addresses.  This must be done before
-	   PyType_Ready() is called. */
+	/* Fill in deferred data addresses.  This must be done before
+	   PyType_Ready() is called.  Note that PyType_Ready() automatically
+	   initializes the ob.ob_type field to &PyType_Type if it's NULL,
+	   so it's not necessary to fill in ob_type first. */
 	spamdict_type.tp_base = &PyDict_Type;
 	if (PyType_Ready(&spamdict_type) < 0)
 		return;
