Added documentation for PyIter_Check() and PyIter_Next().

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\samp{\var{o}[\var{key}]}.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_SetItemString}{PyObject *o, char *key, PyObject *v}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_SetItemString}{PyObject *o, char *key,
PyObject *v}
Map the object \var{key} to the value \var{v} in object \var{o}.
Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{key}] = \var{v}}.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\section{Iterator Protocol \label{iterator}}
There are only a couple of functions specifically for working with
iterators.
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyIter_Check}{PyObject *o}
Return true if the object \var{o} supports the iterator protocol.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyIter_Next}{PyObject *o}
Return the next value from the iteration \var{o}. If the object is
an iterator, this retrieves the next value from the iteration, and
returns \NULL{} with no exception set if there are no remaining
items. If the object is not an iterator, \exception{TypeError} is
raised, or if there is an error in retrieving the item, returns
\NULL{} and passes along the exception.
\end{cfuncdesc}
To write a loop which iterates over an iterator, the C code should
look something like this:
\begin{verbatim}
PyObject *iterator = ...;
PyObject *item;
while (item = PyIter_Next(iter)) {
/* do something with item */
}
if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
/* propogate error */
}
else {
/* continue doing useful work */
}
\end{verbatim}
\chapter{Concrete Objects Layer \label{concrete}}
The functions in this chapter are specific to certain Python object