ceph/src/boost/libs/python/doc/glossary.qbk

   1 [chapter Glossary
   2     [quickbook 1.7]
   3     [id glossary]
   4 ]
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   6 [variablelist
   7 [[arity [#arity]]
   8  [The number of argumnts accepted by a function or member function.
   9   Unless otherwise specified, the hidden `this` argument to member
  10   functions is not counted when specifying arity.]]
  11 [[ntbs [#ntbs]]
  12  [Null-Terminated Byte String, or 'C'-string. C++ string literals are *ntbs*\ es.
  13   An *ntbs* must never be null.]]
  14 [[raise [#raise]]
  15  [Exceptions in Python are "raised", not "thrown", as they are in C++.
  16   When this documentation says that some Python exception is "raised" in
  17   the context of C++ code, it means that the corresponding Python exception
  18   is set via the [@http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/exceptionHandling.html Python/'C' API],
  19   and `throw_error_already_set()` is called.]]
  20 [[POD [#pod]]
  21  [A technical term from the C++ standard. Short for "Plain Ol'Data":
  22   A POD-struct is an aggregate class that has no non-static data members
  23   of type pointer to member, non-POD-struct, non-POD-union (or array of such
  24   types) or reference, and has no user-defined copy assign- ment operator and
  25   no user-defined destructor. Similarly, a POD-union is an aggregate union that
  26   has no non-static data members of type pointer to member, non-POD-struct,
  27   non-POD-union (or array of such types) or reference, and has no
  28   user-defined copy assignment operator and no user-defined destructor. A
  29   POD class is a class that is either a POD-struct or a POD-union. An
  30   aggregate is an array or a class (clause 9) with no user-declared
  31   constructors (12.1), no private or protected non-static data members
  32   (clause 11), no base classes (clause 10), and no virtual functions
  33   (10.3).]]
  34 [[ODR [#odr]]
  35  [The "One Definition Rule", which says that any entity in a C++ program must have
  36   the same definition in all translation units (object files) which make up a program.]]
  37 ]
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