- document bytes()

- throw out many mentions of "old-style/new-style"
- add memoryview() though I somebody has to fill in the details
- throw out str.decode()
- throw out classobj and instanceobj

Doc/c-api/concrete.rst

@@ -2503,43 +2503,6 @@ Dictionary Objects
 Other Objects
 =============
 
-
-.. _classobjects:
-
-Class Objects
--------------
-
-.. index:: object: class
-
-Note that the class objects described here represent old-style classes, which
-will go away in Python 3. When creating new types for extension modules, you
-will want to work with type objects (section :ref:`typeobjects`).
-
-
-.. ctype:: PyClassObject
-
-   The C structure of the objects used to describe built-in classes.
-
-
-.. cvar:: PyObject* PyClass_Type
-
-   .. index:: single: ClassType (in module types)
-
-   This is the type object for class objects; it is the same object as
-   ``types.ClassType`` in the Python layer.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: int PyClass_Check(PyObject *o)
-
-   Return true if the object *o* is a class object, including instances of types
-   derived from the standard class object.  Return false in all other cases.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: int PyClass_IsSubclass(PyObject *klass, PyObject *base)
-
-   Return true if *klass* is a subclass of *base*. Return false in all other cases.
-
-
 .. _fileobjects:
 
 File Objects
@@ -2668,40 +2631,6 @@ change in future releases of Python.
    failure; the appropriate exception will be set.
 
 
-.. _instanceobjects:
-
-Instance Objects
-----------------
-
-.. index:: object: instance
-
-There are very few functions specific to instance objects.
-
-
-.. cvar:: PyTypeObject PyInstance_Type
-
-   Type object for class instances.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: int PyInstance_Check(PyObject *obj)
-
-   Return true if *obj* is an instance.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyInstance_New(PyObject *class, PyObject *arg, PyObject *kw)
-
-   Create a new instance of a specific class.  The parameters *arg* and *kw* are
-   used as the positional and keyword parameters to the object's constructor.
-
-
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyInstance_NewRaw(PyObject *class, PyObject *dict)
-
-   Create a new instance of a specific class without calling its constructor.
-   *class* is the class of new object.  The *dict* parameter will be used as the
-   object's :attr:`__dict__`; if *NULL*, a new dictionary will be created for the
-   instance.
-
-
 .. _function-objects:
 
 Function Objects

Doc/c-api/utilities.rst

@@ -750,6 +750,7 @@ return true, otherwise they return false and raise an appropriate exception.
    va_list rather than a variable number of arguments.
 
 
+.. XXX deprecated, will be removed
 .. cfunction:: int PyArg_Parse(PyObject *args, const char *format, ...)
 
    Function used to deconstruct the argument lists of "old-style" functions ---