From: nbruin <nbruin@cecm.sfu.ca>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:40:08 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: explain difference between cdef and cpdef
X-Git-Tag: 0.19b2~8^2~3
X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d632c55068ca77d68b4399bf311499329d27cd32;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fpython-cython.git

explain difference between cdef and cpdef
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diff --git a/docs/src/userguide/extension_types.rst b/docs/src/userguide/extension_types.rst
index 20f03bc..5d90aea 100644
--- a/docs/src/userguide/extension_types.rst
+++ b/docs/src/userguide/extension_types.rst
@@ -343,7 +343,9 @@ C methods
 Extension types can have C methods as well as Python methods. Like C
 functions, C methods are declared using :keyword:`cdef` or :keyword:`cpdef` instead of
 :keyword:`def`. C methods are "virtual", and may be overridden in derived
-extension types.::
+extension types. In addition, :keyword:`cpdef` methods can even be overridden by python
+methods when called as C method. This adds a little to their calling overhead
+compared to a :keyword:`cdef` methd::
 
     # pets.pyx
     cdef class Parrot: