[tor-commits] [stem/master] Improve Controller.extend_circuit documentation

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commit a71163021f1731302c7f922ce4e5b3191d2fb938
Author: Ravi Chandra Padmala <neenaoffline@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Thu Dec 6 20:05:18 2012 +0530

    Improve Controller.extend_circuit documentation
    
    Realized it might not be that obvious how paths are specified,
    and added some sample code to the Controller.extend_circuit
    documentation.
    
    Fixed a typo/grammer.
---
 stem/control.py |   14 +++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stem/control.py b/stem/control.py
index 3252793..6b19c74 100644
--- a/stem/control.py
+++ b/stem/control.py
@@ -1382,12 +1382,24 @@ class Controller(BaseController):
   
   def extend_circuit(self, circuit = 0, path = None, purpose = "general"):
     """
-    Either requests a new circuit or extend an existing one.
+    Either requests the creation of a new circuit or extends an existing one.
     
     When called with a circuit value of zero (the default) a new circuit is
     created, and when non-zero the circuit with that id is extended. If the
     path isn't provided, one is automatically selected.
     
+    A python interpreter session used to create circuits could look like this...
+    
+    ::
+      
+      >>> control.extend_circuit(0, ["718BCEA286B531757ACAFF93AE04910EA73DE617", "30BAB8EE7606CBD12F3CC269AE976E0153E7A58D", "2765D8A8C4BBA3F89585A9FFE0E8575615880BEB"])
+      19
+      >>> control.extend_circuit(0)
+      20
+      >>> print control.get_info('circuit-status')
+      20 EXTENDED $718BCEA286B531757ACAFF93AE04910EA73DE617=KsmoinOK,$649F2D0ACF418F7CFC6539AB2257EB2D5297BAFA=Eskimo BUILD_FLAGS=NEED_CAPACITY PURPOSE=GENERAL TIME_CREATED=2012-12-06T13:51:11.433755
+      19 BUILT $718BCEA286B531757ACAFF93AE04910EA73DE617=KsmoinOK,$30BAB8EE7606CBD12F3CC269AE976E0153E7A58D=Pascal1,$2765D8A8C4BBA3F89585A9FFE0E8575615880BEB=Anthracite PURPOSE=GENERAL TIME_CREATED=2012-12-06T13:50:56.969938
+    
     :param int circuit: id of a circuit to be extended
     :param list,str path: one or more relays to make a circuit through, this is
       required if the circuit id is non-zero



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