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[Python-Dev] Is there a reference manual for Python bytecode?

Joe Jevnik jjevnik at quantopian.com
Sat Dec 26 18:10:41 EST 2015 
All arguments are 2 bytes, if there needs to be more, EXTENDED_ARG is used

On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Erik <python at lucidity.plus.com> wrote:

> Hi Joe,
>
> On 26/12/15 22:36, Joe Jevnik wrote:
>
>> The number and meaning of the arguments are documented in the dis
>> module: https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/dis.html
>>
>
> OK - I *did* find that, but perhaps didn't immediately understand what it
> was telling me.
>
> So, something documented as "OP_CODE" is a 1-byte op, something documented
> as "OP_CODE(foo)" is a 2-byte op - and unless I missed one, there are no
> 3-byte ops?
>
> Thanks,
> E.
>
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