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diff --git a/Doc/library/struct.rst b/Doc/library/struct.rst index 3664e35173..ea6b4163ff 100644 --- a/Doc/library/struct.rst +++ b/Doc/library/struct.rst @@ -125,9 +125,14 @@ Notes: (3) When attempting to pack a non-integer using any of the integer conversion - codes, the non-integer's :meth:`__int__` method (if present) will be called - to convert to an integer before packing. However, this behaviour is - deprecated, and will raise :exc:`DeprecationWarning`. + codes, if the non-integer has a :meth:`__index__` method then that method is + called to convert the argument to an integer before packing. If no + :meth:`__index__` method exists, or the call to :meth:`__index__` raises + :exc:`TypeError`, then the :meth:`__int__` method is tried. However, the use + of `__int__` is deprecated, and will raise :exc:`DeprecationWarning`. + + .. versionchanged:: 2.7 + Use of the :meth:`__index__` method for non-integers is new in 2.7. .. versionchanged:: 2.7 Prior to version 2.7, not all integer conversion codes would use the |