needforspeed: more stringlib refactoring
diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/README.txt b/Objects/stringlib/README.txt
index 051197c..82a8774 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/README.txt
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/README.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,32 @@
the stuff in here is included into relevant places; see the individual
source files for details.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+the following defines used by the different modules:
+
+STRINGLIB_CHAR
+
+ the type used to hold a character (char or Py_UNICODE)
+
+STRINGLIB_EMPTY
+
+ a PyObject representing the empty string
+
+int STRINGLIB_CMP(STRINGLIB_CHAR*, STRINGLIB_CHAR*, Py_ssize_t)
+
+ compares two strings. returns 0 if they match, and non-zero if not.
+
+Py_ssize_t STRINGLIB_LEN(PyObject*)
+
+ returns the length of the given string object (which must be of the
+ right type)
+
+PyObject* STRINGLIB_NEW(STRINGLIB_CHAR*, Py_ssize_t)
+
+ creates a new string object
+
+STRINGLIB_CHAR* STRINGLIB_STR(PyObject*)
+
+ returns the pointer to the character data for the given string
+ object (which must be of the right type)