bpo-43739: Add type declaration Doc/extending/extending.rst example (GH-25332)

diff --git a/Doc/extending/extending.rst b/Doc/extending/extending.rst
index 25dc2934d29ef6fcaba24faa96e21d934dc0b308..bc85a05ff2f850345fdda1b6f3d3ae7cad8a49af 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/extending/extending.rst
+++ b/Doc/extending/extending.rst
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ optionally followed by an import of the module::
        /* Optionally import the module; alternatively,
           import can be deferred until the embedded script
           imports it. */
-       pmodule = PyImport_ImportModule("spam");
+       PyObject *pmodule = PyImport_ImportModule("spam");
        if (!pmodule) {
            PyErr_Print();
            fprintf(stderr, "Error: could not import module 'spam'\n");

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-04-06-07-05-49.bpo-43739.L4HjiX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-04-06-07-05-49.bpo-43739.L4HjiX.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..9f8d362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-04-06-07-05-49.bpo-43739.L4HjiX.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixing the example code in Doc/extending/extending.rst to declare and initialize the pmodule variable to be of the right type.
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