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1 \documentclass{manual}
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3 \title{Python/C API Reference Manual}
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10 \begin{document}
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12 \maketitle
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15 \chapter*{Front Matter\label{front}}
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20 \begin{abstract}
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22 \noindent
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23 This manual documents the API used by C and \Cpp{} programmers who
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24 want to write extension modules or embed Python. It is a companion to
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26 Interpreter}, which describes the general principles of extension
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27 writing but does not document the API functions in detail.
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29 \strong{Warning:} The current version of this document is incomplete.
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31 and release new versions from time to time, independent from Python
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32 source code releases.
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34 \end{abstract}
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36 \tableofcontents
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38 % XXX Consider moving all this back to ext.tex and giving api.tex
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39 % XXX a *really* short intro only.
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41 \chapter{Introduction \label{intro}}
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43 The Application Programmer's Interface to Python gives C and
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44 \Cpp{} programmers access to the Python interpreter at a variety of
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45 levels. The API is equally usable from \Cpp{}, but for brevity it is
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51 component in a larger application; this technique is generally
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60 Many API functions are useful independent of whether you're embedding
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61 or extending Python; moreover, most applications that embed Python
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67 \section{Include Files \label{includes}}
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70 API are included in your code by the following line:
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78 \code{<limits.h>}, and \code{<stdlib.h>} (if available).
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83 the Python implementation and should not be used by extension writers.
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84 Structure member names do not have a reserved prefix.
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89 versions, which may define additional names beginning with one of
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92 The header files are typically installed with Python. On \UNIX, these
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102 To include the headers, place both directories (if different) on your
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111 \section{Objects, Types and Reference Counts \label{objects}}
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113 Most Python/C API functions have one or more arguments as well as a
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117 Python language in most situations (e.g., assignments, scope rules,
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118 and argument passing), it is only fitting that they should be
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119 represented by a single C type. Almost all Python objects live on the
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126 All Python objects (even Python integers) have a \dfn{type} and a
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128 it is (e.g., an integer, a list, or a user-defined function; there are
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129 many more as explained in the \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python
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161 additional finalization that's needed. There's no chance that the
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162 reference count can overflow; at least as many bits are used to hold
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164 memory (assuming \code{sizeof(long) >= sizeof(char*)}). Thus, the
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165 reference count increment is a simple operation.
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167 It is not necessary to increment an object's reference count for every
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170 point to it and it goes down by one when the variable goes out of
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171 scope. However, these two cancel each other out, so at the end the
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174 long as our variable is pointing to it. If we know that there is at
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178 that are passed as arguments to C functions in an extension module
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180 reference to every argument for the duration of the call.
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183 hold on to it for a while without incrementing its reference count.
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184 Some other operation might conceivably remove the object from the
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185 list, decrementing its reference count and possible deallocating it.
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186 The real danger is that innocent-looking operations may invoke
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187 arbitrary Python code which could do this; there is a code path which
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188 allows control to flow back to the user from a \cfunction{Py_DECREF()},
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189 so almost any operation is potentially dangerous.
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191 A safe approach is to always use the generic operations (functions
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192 whose name begins with \samp{PyObject_}, \samp{PyNumber_},
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193 \samp{PySequence_} or \samp{PyMapping_}). These operations always
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194 increment the reference count of the object they return. This leaves
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195 the caller with the responsibility to call
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196 \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} when they are done with the result; this soon
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197 becomes second nature.
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200 \subsubsection{Reference Count Details \label{refcountDetails}}
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202 The reference count behavior of functions in the Python/C API is best
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204 talk of owning references, never of owning objects; objects are always
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205 shared! When a function owns a reference, it has to dispose of it
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207 by calling \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} or \cfunction{Py_XDECREF()}. When
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208 a function passes ownership of a reference on to its caller, the
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209 caller is said to receive a \emph{new} reference. When no ownership
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210 is transferred, the caller is said to \emph{borrow} the reference.
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211 Nothing needs to be done for a borrowed reference.
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214 object, there are two possibilities: the function \emph{steals} a
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215 reference to the object, or it does not. Few functions steal
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216 references; the two notable exceptions are
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217 \cfunction{PyList_SetItem()}\ttindex{PyList_SetItem()} and
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219 steal a reference to the item (but not to the tuple or list into which
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221 because of a common idiom for populating a tuple or list with newly
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222 created objects; for example, the code to create the tuple \code{(1,
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223 2, "three")} could look like this (forgetting about error handling for
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229 t = PyTuple_New(3);
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230 PyTuple_SetItem(t, 0, PyInt_FromLong(1L));
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231 PyTuple_SetItem(t, 1, PyInt_FromLong(2L));
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232 PyTuple_SetItem(t, 2, PyString_FromString("three"));
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236 set tuple items; \cfunction{PySequence_SetItem()} and
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237 \cfunction{PyObject_SetItem()} refuse to do this since tuples are an
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238 immutable data type. You should only use
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240 yourself.
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242 Equivalent code for populating a list can be written using
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243 \cfunction{PyList_New()} and \cfunction{PyList_SetItem()}. Such code
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252 PySequence_SetItem(l, 0, x); Py_DECREF(x);
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253 x = PyInt_FromLong(2L);
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254 PySequence_SetItem(l, 1, x); Py_DECREF(x);
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256 PySequence_SetItem(l, 2, x); Py_DECREF(x);
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260 code. However, in practice, you will rarely use these ways of
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261 creating and populating a tuple or list. There's a generic function,
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264 above two blocks of code could be replaced by the following (which
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267 \begin{verbatim}
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268 PyObject *t, *l;
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270 t = Py_BuildValue("(iis)", 1, 2, "three");
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271 l = Py_BuildValue("[iis]", 1, 2, "three");
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274 It is much more common to use \cfunction{PyObject_SetItem()} and
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275 friends with items whose references you are only borrowing, like
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276 arguments that were passed in to the function you are writing. In
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277 that case, their behaviour regarding reference counts is much saner,
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278 since you don't have to increment a reference count so you can give a
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279 reference away (``have it be stolen''). For example, this function
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280 sets all items of a list (actually, any mutable sequence) to a given
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281 item:
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283 \begin{verbatim}
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284 int set_all(PyObject *target, PyObject *item)
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285 {
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286 int i, n;
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288 n = PyObject_Length(target);
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289 if (n < 0)
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290 return -1;
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291 for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
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292 if (PyObject_SetItem(target, i, item) < 0)
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293 return -1;
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294 }
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295 return 0;
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296 }
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297 \end{verbatim}
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298 \ttindex{set_all()}
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300 The situation is slightly different for function return values.
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301 While passing a reference to most functions does not change your
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302 ownership responsibilities for that reference, many functions that
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303 return a referece to an object give you ownership of the reference.
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304 The reason is simple: in many cases, the returned object is created
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305 on the fly, and the reference you get is the only reference to the
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306 object. Therefore, the generic functions that return object
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307 references, like \cfunction{PyObject_GetItem()} and
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308 \cfunction{PySequence_GetItem()}, always return a new reference (i.e.,
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309 the caller becomes the owner of the reference).
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311 It is important to realize that whether you own a reference returned
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312 by a function depends on which function you call only --- \emph{the
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313 plumage} (i.e., the type of the type of the object passed as an
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314 argument to the function) \emph{doesn't enter into it!} Thus, if you
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315 extract an item from a list using \cfunction{PyList_GetItem()}, you
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316 don't own the reference --- but if you obtain the same item from the
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317 same list using \cfunction{PySequence_GetItem()} (which happens to
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318 take exactly the same arguments), you do own a reference to the
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319 returned object.
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320
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321 Here is an example of how you could write a function that computes the
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322 sum of the items in a list of integers; once using
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323 \cfunction{PyList_GetItem()}\ttindex{PyList_GetItem()}, and once using
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324 \cfunction{PySequence_GetItem()}\ttindex{PySequence_GetItem()}.
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325
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326 \begin{verbatim}
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327 long sum_list(PyObject *list)
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328 {
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329 int i, n;
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330 long total = 0;
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331 PyObject *item;
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333 n = PyList_Size(list);
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334 if (n < 0)
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335 return -1; /* Not a list */
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336 for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
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337 item = PyList_GetItem(list, i); /* Can't fail */
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338 if (!PyInt_Check(item)) continue; /* Skip non-integers */
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339 total += PyInt_AsLong(item);
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340 }
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341 return total;
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342 }
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343 \end{verbatim}
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344 \ttindex{sum_list()}
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346 \begin{verbatim}
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347 long sum_sequence(PyObject *sequence)
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348 {
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349 int i, n;
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350 long total = 0;
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351 PyObject *item;
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352 n = PySequence_Length(sequence);
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353 if (n < 0)
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354 return -1; /* Has no length */
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355 for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
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356 item = PySequence_GetItem(sequence, i);
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357 if (item == NULL)
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358 return -1; /* Not a sequence, or other failure */
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359 if (PyInt_Check(item))
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360 total += PyInt_AsLong(item);
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361 Py_DECREF(item); /* Discard reference ownership */
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362 }
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363 return total;
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364 }
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365 \end{verbatim}
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366 \ttindex{sum_sequence()}
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369 \subsection{Types \label{types}}
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371 There are few other data types that play a significant role in
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372 the Python/C API; most are simple C types such as \ctype{int},
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373 \ctype{long}, \ctype{double} and \ctype{char*}. A few structure types
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380 \section{Exceptions \label{exceptions}}
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382 The Python programmer only needs to deal with exceptions if specific
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383 error handling is required; unhandled exceptions are automatically
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385 they reach the top-level interpreter, where they are reported to the
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386 user accompanied by a stack traceback.
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387
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388 For C programmers, however, error checking always has to be explicit.
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389 All functions in the Python/C API can raise exceptions, unless an
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390 explicit claim is made otherwise in a function's documentation. In
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391 general, when a function encounters an error, it sets an exception,
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392 discards any object references that it owns, and returns an
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393 error indicator --- usually \NULL{} or \code{-1}. A few functions
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394 return a Boolean true/false result, with false indicating an error.
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395 Very few functions return no explicit error indicator or have an
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396 ambiguous return value, and require explicit testing for errors with
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397 \cfunction{PyErr_Occurred()}\ttindex{PyErr_Occurred()}.
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399 Exception state is maintained in per-thread storage (this is
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400 equivalent to using global storage in an unthreaded application). A
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401 thread can be in one of two states: an exception has occurred, or not.
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402 The function \cfunction{PyErr_Occurred()} can be used to check for
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403 this: it returns a borrowed reference to the exception type object
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404 when an exception has occurred, and \NULL{} otherwise. There are a
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405 number of functions to set the exception state:
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406 \cfunction{PyErr_SetString()}\ttindex{PyErr_SetString()} is the most
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407 common (though not the most general) function to set the exception
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408 state, and \cfunction{PyErr_Clear()}\ttindex{PyErr_Clear()} clears the
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409 exception state.
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411 The full exception state consists of three objects (all of which can
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412 be \NULL{}): the exception type, the corresponding exception
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413 value, and the traceback. These have the same meanings as the Python
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414 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{
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415 \ttindex{exc_type}\ttindex{exc_value}\ttindex{exc_traceback}}
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416 objects \code{sys.exc_type}, \code{sys.exc_value}, and
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417 \code{sys.exc_traceback}; however, they are not the same: the Python
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418 objects represent the last exception being handled by a Python
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419 \keyword{try} \ldots\ \keyword{except} statement, while the C level
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420 exception state only exists while an exception is being passed on
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421 between C functions until it reaches the Python bytecode interpreter's
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422 main loop, which takes care of transferring it to \code{sys.exc_type}
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423 and friends.
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424
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425 Note that starting with Python 1.5, the preferred, thread-safe way to
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426 access the exception state from Python code is to call the function
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427 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{exc_info()}}
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428 \function{sys.exc_info()}, which returns the per-thread exception state
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429 for Python code. Also, the semantics of both ways to access the
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430 exception state have changed so that a function which catches an
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431 exception will save and restore its thread's exception state so as to
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432 preserve the exception state of its caller. This prevents common bugs
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433 in exception handling code caused by an innocent-looking function
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434 overwriting the exception being handled; it also reduces the often
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435 unwanted lifetime extension for objects that are referenced by the
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436 stack frames in the traceback.
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437
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438 As a general principle, a function that calls another function to
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439 perform some task should check whether the called function raised an
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440 exception, and if so, pass the exception state on to its caller. It
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441 should discard any object references that it owns, and return an
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442 error indicator, but it should \emph{not} set another exception ---
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443 that would overwrite the exception that was just raised, and lose
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444 important information about the exact cause of the error.
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445
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446 A simple example of detecting exceptions and passing them on is shown
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447 in the \cfunction{sum_sequence()}\ttindex{sum_sequence()} example
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448 above. It so happens that that example doesn't need to clean up any
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449 owned references when it detects an error. The following example
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450 function shows some error cleanup. First, to remind you why you like
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451 Python, we show the equivalent Python code:
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452
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453 \begin{verbatim}
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454 def incr_item(dict, key):
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455 try:
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456 item = dict[key]
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457 except KeyError:
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458 item = 0
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459 return item + 1
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460 \end{verbatim}
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461 \ttindex{incr_item()}
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462
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463 Here is the corresponding C code, in all its glory:
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464
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465 \begin{verbatim}
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466 int incr_item(PyObject *dict, PyObject *key)
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467 {
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468 /* Objects all initialized to NULL for Py_XDECREF */
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469 PyObject *item = NULL, *const_one = NULL, *incremented_item = NULL;
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470 int rv = -1; /* Return value initialized to -1 (failure) */
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471
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472 item = PyObject_GetItem(dict, key);
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473 if (item == NULL) {
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474 /* Handle KeyError only: */
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475 if (!PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_KeyError)) goto error;
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476
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477 /* Clear the error and use zero: */
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478 PyErr_Clear();
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479 item = PyInt_FromLong(0L);
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480 if (item == NULL) goto error;
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481 }
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483 const_one = PyInt_FromLong(1L);
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484 if (const_one == NULL) goto error;
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486 incremented_item = PyNumber_Add(item, const_one);
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487 if (incremented_item == NULL) goto error;
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488
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489 if (PyObject_SetItem(dict, key, incremented_item) < 0) goto error;
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490 rv = 0; /* Success */
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491 /* Continue with cleanup code */
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492
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493 error:
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494 /* Cleanup code, shared by success and failure path */
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495
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496 /* Use Py_XDECREF() to ignore NULL references */
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497 Py_XDECREF(item);
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498 Py_XDECREF(const_one);
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499 Py_XDECREF(incremented_item);
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500
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501 return rv; /* -1 for error, 0 for success */
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502 }
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503 \end{verbatim}
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504 \ttindex{incr_item()}
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505
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506 This example represents an endorsed use of the \keyword{goto} statement
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507 in C! It illustrates the use of
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508 \cfunction{PyErr_ExceptionMatches()}\ttindex{PyErr_ExceptionMatches()} and
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509 \cfunction{PyErr_Clear()}\ttindex{PyErr_Clear()} to
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510 handle specific exceptions, and the use of
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511 \cfunction{Py_XDECREF()}\ttindex{Py_XDECREF()} to
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512 dispose of owned references that may be \NULL{} (note the
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513 \character{X} in the name; \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} would crash when
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514 confronted with a \NULL{} reference). It is important that the
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515 variables used to hold owned references are initialized to \NULL{} for
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516 this to work; likewise, the proposed return value is initialized to
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517 \code{-1} (failure) and only set to success after the final call made
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518 is successful.
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519
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520
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521 \section{Embedding Python \label{embedding}}
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522
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523 The one important task that only embedders (as opposed to extension
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524 writers) of the Python interpreter have to worry about is the
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525 initialization, and possibly the finalization, of the Python
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526 interpreter. Most functionality of the interpreter can only be used
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527 after the interpreter has been initialized.
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528
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529 The basic initialization function is
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530 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}\ttindex{Py_Initialize()}.
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531 This initializes the table of loaded modules, and creates the
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532 fundamental modules \module{__builtin__}\refbimodindex{__builtin__},
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533 \module{__main__}\refbimodindex{__main__} and
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534 \module{sys}\refbimodindex{sys}. It also initializes the module
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535 search path (\code{sys.path}).%
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536 \indexiii{module}{search}{path}
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537 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{path}}
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538
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539 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} does not set the ``script argument list''
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540 (\code{sys.argv}). If this variable is needed by Python code that
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541 will be executed later, it must be set explicitly with a call to
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542 \code{PySys_SetArgv(\var{argc},
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543 \var{argv})}\ttindex{PySys_SetArgv()} subsequent to the call to
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544 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}.
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545
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546 On most systems (in particular, on \UNIX{} and Windows, although the
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547 details are slightly different),
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548 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} calculates the module search path based
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549 upon its best guess for the location of the standard Python
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550 interpreter executable, assuming that the Python library is found in a
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551 fixed location relative to the Python interpreter executable. In
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552 particular, it looks for a directory named
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553 \file{lib/python\shortversion} relative to the parent directory where
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554 the executable named \file{python} is found on the shell command
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555 search path (the environment variable \envvar{PATH}).
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556
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557 For instance, if the Python executable is found in
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558 \file{/usr/local/bin/python}, it will assume that the libraries are in
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559 \file{/usr/local/lib/python\shortversion}. (In fact, this particular path
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560 is also the ``fallback'' location, used when no executable file named
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561 \file{python} is found along \envvar{PATH}.) The user can override
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562 this behavior by setting the environment variable \envvar{PYTHONHOME},
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563 or insert additional directories in front of the standard path by
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564 setting \envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
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565
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566 The embedding application can steer the search by calling
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567 \code{Py_SetProgramName(\var{file})}\ttindex{Py_SetProgramName()} \emph{before} calling
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568 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}. Note that \envvar{PYTHONHOME} still
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569 overrides this and \envvar{PYTHONPATH} is still inserted in front of
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570 the standard path. An application that requires total control has to
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571 provide its own implementation of
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572 \cfunction{Py_GetPath()}\ttindex{Py_GetPath()},
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573 \cfunction{Py_GetPrefix()}\ttindex{Py_GetPrefix()},
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574 \cfunction{Py_GetExecPrefix()}\ttindex{Py_GetExecPrefix()}, and
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575 \cfunction{Py_GetProgramFullPath()}\ttindex{Py_GetProgramFullPath()} (all
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576 defined in \file{Modules/getpath.c}).
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577
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578 Sometimes, it is desirable to ``uninitialize'' Python. For instance,
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579 the application may want to start over (make another call to
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580 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}) or the application is simply done with its
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581 use of Python and wants to free all memory allocated by Python. This
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582 can be accomplished by calling \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}. The function
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583 \cfunction{Py_IsInitialized()}\ttindex{Py_IsInitialized()} returns
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584 true if Python is currently in the initialized state. More
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585 information about these functions is given in a later chapter.
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586
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587
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588 \chapter{The Very High Level Layer \label{veryhigh}}
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589
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590 The functions in this chapter will let you execute Python source code
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591 given in a file or a buffer, but they will not let you interact in a
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592 more detailed way with the interpreter.
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593
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594 Several of these functions accept a start symbol from the grammar as a
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595 parameter. The available start symbols are \constant{Py_eval_input},
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596 \constant{Py_file_input}, and \constant{Py_single_input}. These are
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597 described following the functions which accept them as parameters.
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598
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599 Note also that several of these functions take \ctype{FILE*}
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600 parameters. On particular issue which needs to be handled carefully
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601 is that the \ctype{FILE} structure for different C libraries can be
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602 different and incompatible. Under Windows (at least), it is possible
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603 for dynamically linked extensions to actually use different libraries,
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604 so care should be taken that \ctype{FILE*} parameters are only passed
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605 to these functions if it is certain that they were created by the same
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606 library that the Python runtime is using.
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607
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608 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_AnyFile}{FILE *fp, char *filename}
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609 If \var{fp} refers to a file associated with an interactive device
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610 (console or terminal input or \UNIX{} pseudo-terminal), return the
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611 value of \cfunction{PyRun_InteractiveLoop()}, otherwise return the
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612 result of \cfunction{PyRun_SimpleFile()}. If \var{filename} is
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613 \NULL{}, this function uses \code{"???"} as the filename.
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614 \end{cfuncdesc}
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615
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616 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_SimpleString}{char *command}
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617 Executes the Python source code from \var{command} in the
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618 \module{__main__} module. If \module{__main__} does not already
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619 exist, it is created. Returns \code{0} on success or \code{-1} if
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620 an exception was raised. If there was an error, there is no way to
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621 get the exception information.
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622 \end{cfuncdesc}
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623
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624 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_SimpleFile}{FILE *fp, char *filename}
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625 Similar to \cfunction{PyRun_SimpleString()}, but the Python source
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626 code is read from \var{fp} instead of an in-memory string.
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627 \var{filename} should be the name of the file.
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628 \end{cfuncdesc}
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629
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630 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_InteractiveOne}{FILE *fp, char *filename}
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631 Read and execute a single statement from a file associated with an
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632 interactive device. If \var{filename} is \NULL, \code{"???"} is
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633 used instead. The user will be prompted using \code{sys.ps1} and
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634 \code{sys.ps2}. Returns \code{0} when the input was executed
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635 successfully, \code{-1} if there was an exception, or an error code
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636 from the \file{errcode.h} include file distributed as part of Python
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637 in case of a parse error. (Note that \file{errcode.h} is not
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638 included by \file{Python.h}, so must be included specifically if
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639 needed.)
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640 \end{cfuncdesc}
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641
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642 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_InteractiveLoop}{FILE *fp, char *filename}
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643 Read and execute statements from a file associated with an
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644 interactive device until \EOF{} is reached. If \var{filename} is
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645 \NULL, \code{"???"} is used instead. The user will be prompted
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646 using \code{sys.ps1} and \code{sys.ps2}. Returns \code{0} at \EOF.
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647 \end{cfuncdesc}
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648
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649 \begin{cfuncdesc}{struct _node*}{PyParser_SimpleParseString}{char *str,
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650 int start}
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651 Parse Python source code from \var{str} using the start token
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652 \var{start}. The result can be used to create a code object which
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653 can be evaluated efficiently. This is useful if a code fragment
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654 must be evaluated many times.
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655 \end{cfuncdesc}
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656
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657 \begin{cfuncdesc}{struct _node*}{PyParser_SimpleParseFile}{FILE *fp,
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658 char *filename, int start}
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659 Similar to \cfunction{PyParser_SimpleParseString()}, but the Python
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660 source code is read from \var{fp} instead of an in-memory string.
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661 \var{filename} should be the name of the file.
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662 \end{cfuncdesc}
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663
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664 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyRun_String}{char *str, int start,
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665 PyObject *globals,
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666 PyObject *locals}
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667 Execute Python source code from \var{str} in the context specified
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668 by the dictionaries \var{globals} and \var{locals}. The parameter
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669 \var{start} specifies the start token that should be used to parse
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670 the source code.
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671
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672 Returns the result of executing the code as a Python object, or
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673 \NULL{} if an exception was raised.
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674 \end{cfuncdesc}
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675
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676 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyRun_File}{FILE *fp, char *filename,
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677 int start, PyObject *globals,
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678 PyObject *locals}
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679 Similar to \cfunction{PyRun_String()}, but the Python source code is
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680 read from \var{fp} instead of an in-memory string.
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681 \var{filename} should be the name of the file.
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682 \end{cfuncdesc}
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683
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684 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{Py_CompileString}{char *str, char *filename,
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685 int start}
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686 Parse and compile the Python source code in \var{str}, returning the
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687 resulting code object. The start token is given by \var{start};
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688 this can be used to constrain the code which can be compiled and should
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689 be \constant{Py_eval_input}, \constant{Py_file_input}, or
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690 \constant{Py_single_input}. The filename specified by
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691 \var{filename} is used to construct the code object and may appear
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692 in tracebacks or \exception{SyntaxError} exception messages. This
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693 returns \NULL{} if the code cannot be parsed or compiled.
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694 \end{cfuncdesc}
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695
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696 \begin{cvardesc}{int}{Py_eval_input}
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697 The start symbol from the Python grammar for isolated expressions;
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698 for use with \cfunction{Py_CompileString()}\ttindex{Py_CompileString()}.
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699 \end{cvardesc}
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700
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701 \begin{cvardesc}{int}{Py_file_input}
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702 The start symbol from the Python grammar for sequences of statements
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703 as read from a file or other source; for use with
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704 \cfunction{Py_CompileString()}\ttindex{Py_CompileString()}. This is
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705 the symbol to use when compiling arbitrarily long Python source code.
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706 \end{cvardesc}
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707
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708 \begin{cvardesc}{int}{Py_single_input}
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709 The start symbol from the Python grammar for a single statement; for
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710 use with \cfunction{Py_CompileString()}\ttindex{Py_CompileString()}.
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711 This is the symbol used for the interactive interpreter loop.
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712 \end{cvardesc}
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713
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714
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715 \chapter{Reference Counting \label{countingRefs}}
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716
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717 The macros in this section are used for managing reference counts
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718 of Python objects.
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719
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720 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_INCREF}{PyObject *o}
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721 Increment the reference count for object \var{o}. The object must
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722 not be \NULL{}; if you aren't sure that it isn't \NULL{}, use
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723 \cfunction{Py_XINCREF()}.
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724 \end{cfuncdesc}
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725
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726 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_XINCREF}{PyObject *o}
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727 Increment the reference count for object \var{o}. The object may be
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728 \NULL{}, in which case the macro has no effect.
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729 \end{cfuncdesc}
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730
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731 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_DECREF}{PyObject *o}
7308
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732 Decrement the reference count for object \var{o}. The object must
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733 not be \NULL{}; if you aren't sure that it isn't \NULL{}, use
7308
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734 \cfunction{Py_XDECREF()}. If the reference count reaches zero, the
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735 object's type's deallocation function (which must not be \NULL{}) is
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736 invoked.
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737
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738 \strong{Warning:} The deallocation function can cause arbitrary Python
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739 code to be invoked (e.g. when a class instance with a
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740 \method{__del__()} method is deallocated). While exceptions in such
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741 code are not propagated, the executed code has free access to all
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742 Python global variables. This means that any object that is reachable
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743 from a global variable should be in a consistent state before
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744 \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} is invoked. For example, code to delete an
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745 object from a list should copy a reference to the deleted object in a
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746 temporary variable, update the list data structure, and then call
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747 \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} for the temporary variable.
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748 \end{cfuncdesc}
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749
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750 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_XDECREF}{PyObject *o}
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751 Decrement the reference count for object \var{o}. The object may be
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752 \NULL{}, in which case the macro has no effect; otherwise the effect
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753 is the same as for \cfunction{Py_DECREF()}, and the same warning
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754 applies.
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755 \end{cfuncdesc}
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756
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757 The following functions or macros are only for use within the
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758 interpreter core: \cfunction{_Py_Dealloc()},
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759 \cfunction{_Py_ForgetReference()}, \cfunction{_Py_NewReference()}, as
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760 well as the global variable \cdata{_Py_RefTotal}.
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761
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762
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763 \chapter{Exception Handling \label{exceptionHandling}}
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764
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765 The functions described in this chapter will let you handle and raise Python
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766 exceptions. It is important to understand some of the basics of
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767 Python exception handling. It works somewhat like the
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768 \UNIX{} \cdata{errno} variable: there is a global indicator (per
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769 thread) of the last error that occurred. Most functions don't clear
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770 this on success, but will set it to indicate the cause of the error on
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771 failure. Most functions also return an error indicator, usually
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772 \NULL{} if they are supposed to return a pointer, or \code{-1} if they
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773 return an integer (exception: the \cfunction{PyArg_Parse*()} functions
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774 return \code{1} for success and \code{0} for failure). When a
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775 function must fail because some function it called failed, it
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776 generally doesn't set the error indicator; the function it called
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777 already set it.
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778
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779 The error indicator consists of three Python objects corresponding to
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780 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{
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781 \ttindex{exc_type}\ttindex{exc_value}\ttindex{exc_traceback}}
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782 the Python variables \code{sys.exc_type}, \code{sys.exc_value} and
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783 \code{sys.exc_traceback}. API functions exist to interact with the
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784 error indicator in various ways. There is a separate error indicator
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785 for each thread.
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786
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787 % XXX Order of these should be more thoughtful.
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788 % Either alphabetical or some kind of structure.
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parents:
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789
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790 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_Print}{}
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791 Print a standard traceback to \code{sys.stderr} and clear the error
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792 indicator. Call this function only when the error indicator is set.
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793 (Otherwise it will cause a fatal error!)
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794 \end{cfuncdesc}
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795
7782
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796 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_Occurred}{}
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797 Test whether the error indicator is set. If set, return the exception
7308
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798 \emph{type} (the first argument to the last call to one of the
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799 \cfunction{PyErr_Set*()} functions or to \cfunction{PyErr_Restore()}). If
7308
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800 not set, return \NULL{}. You do not own a reference to the return
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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801 value, so you do not need to \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} it.
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802 \strong{Note:} Do not compare the return value to a specific
7308
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803 exception; use \cfunction{PyErr_ExceptionMatches()} instead, shown
12222
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804 below. (The comparison could easily fail since the exception may be
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805 an instance instead of a class, in the case of a class exception, or
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806 it may the a subclass of the expected exception.)
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807 \end{cfuncdesc}
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808
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809 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyErr_ExceptionMatches}{PyObject *exc}
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810 Equivalent to
7308
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811 \samp{PyErr_GivenExceptionMatches(PyErr_Occurred(), \var{exc})}.
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812 This should only be called when an exception is actually set; a memory
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813 access violation will occur if no exception has been raised.
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814 \end{cfuncdesc}
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815
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816 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyErr_GivenExceptionMatches}{PyObject *given, PyObject *exc}
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817 Return true if the \var{given} exception matches the exception in
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818 \var{exc}. If \var{exc} is a class object, this also returns true
12222
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819 when \var{given} is an instance of a subclass. If \var{exc} is a tuple, all
6382
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820 exceptions in the tuple (and recursively in subtuples) are searched
12222
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821 for a match. If \var{given} is \NULL, a memory access violation will
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822 occur.
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823 \end{cfuncdesc}
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824
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825 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_NormalizeException}{PyObject**exc, PyObject**val, PyObject**tb}
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
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826 Under certain circumstances, the values returned by
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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827 \cfunction{PyErr_Fetch()} below can be ``unnormalized'', meaning that
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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828 \code{*\var{exc}} is a class object but \code{*\var{val}} is not an
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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829 instance of the same class. This function can be used to instantiate
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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830 the class in that case. If the values are already normalized, nothing
12222
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831 happens. The delayed normalization is implemented to improve
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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832 performance.
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833 \end{cfuncdesc}
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834
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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835 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_Clear}{}
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836 Clear the error indicator. If the error indicator is not set, there
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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837 is no effect.
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838 \end{cfuncdesc}
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839
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840 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_Fetch}{PyObject **ptype, PyObject **pvalue,
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841 PyObject **ptraceback}
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842 Retrieve the error indicator into three variables whose addresses are
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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843 passed. If the error indicator is not set, set all three variables to
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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844 \NULL{}. If it is set, it will be cleared and you own a reference to
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845 each object retrieved. The value and traceback object may be
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parents: 12200
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846 \NULL{} even when the type object is not. \strong{Note:} This
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847 function is normally only used by code that needs to handle exceptions
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parents: 12200
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848 or by code that needs to save and restore the error indicator
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849 temporarily.
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parents: 5536
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850 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 5536
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851
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parents: 13959
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852 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_Restore}{PyObject *type, PyObject *value,
b1a0fd3df1fc Document PyOS_CheckStack().
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parents: 13959
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853 PyObject *traceback}
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854 Set the error indicator from the three objects. If the error
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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855 indicator is already set, it is cleared first. If the objects are
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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856 \NULL{}, the error indicator is cleared. Do not pass a \NULL{} type
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857 and non-\NULL{} value or traceback. The exception type should be a
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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858 string or class; if it is a class, the value should be an instance of
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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859 that class. Do not pass an invalid exception type or value.
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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860 (Violating these rules will cause subtle problems later.) This call
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parents: 13959
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861 takes away a reference to each object, i.e.\ you must own a reference
5588
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parents: 5536
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862 to each object before the call and after the call you no longer own
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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863 these references. (If you don't understand this, don't use this
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864 function. I warned you.) \strong{Note:} This function is normally
5588
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parents: 5536
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865 only used by code that needs to save and restore the error indicator
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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866 temporarily.
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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867 \end{cfuncdesc}
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868
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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869 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_SetString}{PyObject *type, char *message}
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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870 This is the most common way to set the error indicator. The first
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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871 argument specifies the exception type; it is normally one of the
8120
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
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872 standard exceptions, e.g. \cdata{PyExc_RuntimeError}. You need not
5588
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873 increment its reference count. The second argument is an error
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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874 message; it is converted to a string object.
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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875 \end{cfuncdesc}
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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876
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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877 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_SetObject}{PyObject *type, PyObject *value}
7308
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878 This function is similar to \cfunction{PyErr_SetString()} but lets you
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879 specify an arbitrary Python object for the ``value'' of the exception.
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880 You need not increment its reference count.
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881 \end{cfuncdesc}
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882
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parents: 12354
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883 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_Format}{PyObject *exception,
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Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
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884 const char *format, \moreargs}
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parents: 14337
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885 This function sets the error indicator.
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886 \var{exception} should be a Python object.
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parents: 14337
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887 \var{fmt} should be a string, containing format codes, similar to
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
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parents: 14337
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888 \cfunction{printf}. The \code{width.precision} before a format code
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parents: 14337
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889 is parsed, but the width part is ignored.
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parents: 14337
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890
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parents: 14337
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891 \begin{tableii}{c|l}{character}{Character}{Meaning}
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parents: 14337
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892 \lineii{c}{Character, as an \ctype{int} parameter}
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parents: 14337
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893 \lineii{d}{Number in decimal, as an \ctype{int} parameter}
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Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
894 \lineii{x}{Number in hexadecimal, as an \ctype{int} parameter}
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Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
895 \lineii{x}{A string, as a \ctype{char *} parameter}
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
896 \end{tableii}
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
897
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
898 An unrecognized format character causes all the rest of
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
899 the format string to be copied as-is to the result string,
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
900 and any extra arguments discarded.
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
901
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
902 A new reference is returned, which is owned by the caller.
12353
54e80db49423 document PyErr_Format
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 12258
diff changeset
903 \end{cfuncdesc}
54e80db49423 document PyErr_Format
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 12258
diff changeset
904
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
905 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_SetNone}{PyObject *type}
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
906 This is a shorthand for \samp{PyErr_SetObject(\var{type}, Py_None)}.
5588
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
907 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
908
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
909 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyErr_BadArgument}{}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
910 This is a shorthand for \samp{PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
5588
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
911 \var{message})}, where \var{message} indicates that a built-in operation
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
912 was invoked with an illegal argument. It is mostly for internal use.
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
913 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
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914
7782
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
915 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_NoMemory}{}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
916 This is a shorthand for \samp{PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_MemoryError)}; it
5588
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
917 returns \NULL{} so an object allocation function can write
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
918 \samp{return PyErr_NoMemory();} when it runs out of memory.
5588
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
919 \end{cfuncdesc}
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
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920
7782
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
921 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_SetFromErrno}{PyObject *type}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
922 This is a convenience function to raise an exception when a C library
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
923 function has returned an error and set the C variable \cdata{errno}.
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
924 It constructs a tuple object whose first item is the integer
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
925 \cdata{errno} value and whose second item is the corresponding error
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
926 message (gotten from \cfunction{strerror()}\ttindex{strerror()}), and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
927 then calls
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
928 \samp{PyErr_SetObject(\var{type}, \var{object})}. On \UNIX{}, when
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
929 the \cdata{errno} value is \constant{EINTR}, indicating an interrupted
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
930 system call, this calls \cfunction{PyErr_CheckSignals()}, and if that set
5588
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
931 the error indicator, leaves it set to that. The function always
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
932 returns \NULL{}, so a wrapper function around a system call can write
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
933 \samp{return PyErr_SetFromErrno();} when the system call returns an
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
934 error.
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
935 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
936
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
937 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_BadInternalCall}{}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
938 This is a shorthand for \samp{PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
5588
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
939 \var{message})}, where \var{message} indicates that an internal
6084
0aa62cbed9f8 Consistently change Python-C API to Python/C API; added lots of new
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6074
diff changeset
940 operation (e.g. a Python/C API function) was invoked with an illegal
5588
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
941 argument. It is mostly for internal use.
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
942 \end{cfuncdesc}
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
943
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
944 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyErr_CheckSignals}{}
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
945 This function interacts with Python's signal handling. It checks
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
946 whether a signal has been sent to the processes and if so, invokes the
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
947 corresponding signal handler. If the
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
948 \module{signal}\refbimodindex{signal} module is supported, this can
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
949 invoke a signal handler written in Python. In all cases, the default
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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950 effect for \constant{SIGINT}\ttindex{SIGINT} is to raise the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
951 \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{KeyboardInterrupt}}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
952 \exception{KeyboardInterrupt} exception. If an exception is raised the
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
953 error indicator is set and the function returns \code{1}; otherwise
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
954 the function returns \code{0}. The error indicator may or may not be
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
955 cleared if it was previously set.
5588
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parents: 5536
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956 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 5536
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957
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parents: 5536
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958 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_SetInterrupt}{}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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959 This function is obsolete. It simulates the effect of a
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
960 \constant{SIGINT}\ttindex{SIGINT} signal arriving --- the next time
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
961 \cfunction{PyErr_CheckSignals()} is called,
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
962 \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{KeyboardInterrupt}}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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963 \exception{KeyboardInterrupt} will be raised.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
964 It may be called without holding the interpreter lock.
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parents: 5536
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965 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 5536
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966
7782
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
967 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_NewException}{char *name,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
968 PyObject *base,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
969 PyObject *dict}
6382
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
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parents: 6126
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970 This utility function creates and returns a new exception object. The
12222
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
971 \var{name} argument must be the name of the new exception, a C string
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
972 of the form \code{module.class}. The \var{base} and
13150
f1f4d822e761 Update comments relating to the removal of the -X option and of string
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13053
diff changeset
973 \var{dict} arguments are normally \NULL{}. This creates a
12222
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
974 class object derived from the root for all exceptions, the built-in
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
975 name \exception{Exception} (accessible in C as
13150
f1f4d822e761 Update comments relating to the removal of the -X option and of string
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13053
diff changeset
976 \cdata{PyExc_Exception}). The \member{__module__} attribute of the
f1f4d822e761 Update comments relating to the removal of the -X option and of string
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13053
diff changeset
977 new class is set to the first part (up to the last dot) of the
f1f4d822e761 Update comments relating to the removal of the -X option and of string
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13053
diff changeset
978 \var{name} argument, and the class name is set to the last part (after
f1f4d822e761 Update comments relating to the removal of the -X option and of string
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13053
diff changeset
979 the last dot). The \var{base} argument can be used to specify an
f1f4d822e761 Update comments relating to the removal of the -X option and of string
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13053
diff changeset
980 alternate base class. The \var{dict} argument can be used to specify
f1f4d822e761 Update comments relating to the removal of the -X option and of string
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13053
diff changeset
981 a dictionary of class variables and methods.
6382
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
982 \end{cfuncdesc}
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
983
14330
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
984 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_WriteUnraisable}{PyObject *obj}
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
985 This utility function prints a warning message to \var{sys.stderr}
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
986 when an exception has been set but it is impossible for the
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
987 interpreter to actually raise the exception. It is used, for example,
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
988 when an exception occurs in an \member{__del__} method.
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
989
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
990 The function is called with a single argument \var{obj} that
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
991 identifies where the context in which the unraisable exception
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
992 occurred. The repr of \var{obj} will be printed in the warning
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
993 message.
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
994 \end{cfuncdesc}
6382
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
995
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
996 \section{Standard Exceptions \label{standardExceptions}}
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997
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
998 All standard Python exceptions are available as global variables whose
12222
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parents: 12200
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999 names are \samp{PyExc_} followed by the Python exception name. These
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
1000 have the type \ctype{PyObject*}; they are all class objects. For
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diff changeset
1001 completeness, here are all the variables:
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parents: 12200
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1002
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1003 \begin{tableiii}{l|l|c}{cdata}{C Name}{Python Name}{Notes}
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parents: 12200
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1004 \lineiii{PyExc_Exception}{\exception{Exception}}{(1)}
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parents: 12200
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1005 \lineiii{PyExc_StandardError}{\exception{StandardError}}{(1)}
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parents: 12200
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1006 \lineiii{PyExc_ArithmeticError}{\exception{ArithmeticError}}{(1)}
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parents: 12200
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1007 \lineiii{PyExc_LookupError}{\exception{LookupError}}{(1)}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1008 \lineiii{PyExc_AssertionError}{\exception{AssertionError}}{}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
1009 \lineiii{PyExc_AttributeError}{\exception{AttributeError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1010 \lineiii{PyExc_EOFError}{\exception{EOFError}}{}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1011 \lineiii{PyExc_EnvironmentError}{\exception{EnvironmentError}}{(1)}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1012 \lineiii{PyExc_FloatingPointError}{\exception{FloatingPointError}}{}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1013 \lineiii{PyExc_IOError}{\exception{IOError}}{}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1014 \lineiii{PyExc_ImportError}{\exception{ImportError}}{}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1015 \lineiii{PyExc_IndexError}{\exception{IndexError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1016 \lineiii{PyExc_KeyError}{\exception{KeyError}}{}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
1017 \lineiii{PyExc_KeyboardInterrupt}{\exception{KeyboardInterrupt}}{}
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1018 \lineiii{PyExc_MemoryError}{\exception{MemoryError}}{}
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1019 \lineiii{PyExc_NameError}{\exception{NameError}}{}
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1020 \lineiii{PyExc_NotImplementedError}{\exception{NotImplementedError}}{}
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1021 \lineiii{PyExc_OSError}{\exception{OSError}}{}
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1022 \lineiii{PyExc_OverflowError}{\exception{OverflowError}}{}
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1023 \lineiii{PyExc_RuntimeError}{\exception{RuntimeError}}{}
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1024 \lineiii{PyExc_SyntaxError}{\exception{SyntaxError}}{}
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1025 \lineiii{PyExc_SystemError}{\exception{SystemError}}{}
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1026 \lineiii{PyExc_SystemExit}{\exception{SystemExit}}{}
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1027 \lineiii{PyExc_TypeError}{\exception{TypeError}}{}
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1028 \lineiii{PyExc_ValueError}{\exception{ValueError}}{}
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1029 \lineiii{PyExc_WindowsError}{\exception{WindowsError}}{(2)}
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1030 \lineiii{PyExc_ZeroDivisionError}{\exception{ZeroDivisionError}}{}
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1031 \end{tableiii}
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1032
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1033 \noindent
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1034 Notes:
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1035 \begin{description}
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1036 \item[(1)]
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1037 This is a base class for other standard exceptions.
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1038
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1039 \item[(2)]
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1040 Only defined on Windows; protect code that uses this by testing that
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1041 the preprocessor macro \code{MS_WINDOWS} is defined.
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1042 \end{description}
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1043
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1044
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1045 \section{Deprecation of String Exceptions}
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1046
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1047 All exceptions built into Python or provided in the standard library
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1048 are derived from \exception{Exception}.
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1049 \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{Exception}}
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1050
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1051 String exceptions are still supported in the interpreter to allow
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1052 existing code to run unmodified, but this will also change in a future
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1053 release.
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1054
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1055
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1056 \chapter{Utilities \label{utilities}}
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1058 The functions in this chapter perform various utility tasks, such as
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1059 parsing function arguments and constructing Python values from C
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1060 values.
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1061
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1062 \section{OS Utilities \label{os}}
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1063
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1064 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_FdIsInteractive}{FILE *fp, char *filename}
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1065 Return true (nonzero) if the standard I/O file \var{fp} with name
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1066 \var{filename} is deemed interactive. This is the case for files for
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1067 which \samp{isatty(fileno(\var{fp}))} is true. If the global flag
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1068 \cdata{Py_InteractiveFlag} is true, this function also returns true if
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1069 the \var{name} pointer is \NULL{} or if the name is equal to one of
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1070 the strings \code{'<stdin>'} or \code{'???'}.
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1071 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1072
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1073 \begin{cfuncdesc}{long}{PyOS_GetLastModificationTime}{char *filename}
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1074 Return the time of last modification of the file \var{filename}.
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1075 The result is encoded in the same way as the timestamp returned by
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1076 the standard C library function \cfunction{time()}.
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1077 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1078
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1079 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyOS_AfterFork}{}
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1080 Function to update some internal state after a process fork; this
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1081 should be called in the new process if the Python interpreter will
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1082 continue to be used. If a new executable is loaded into the new
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1083 process, this function does not need to be called.
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1084 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1085
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1086 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyOS_CheckStack}{}
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1087 Return true when the interpreter runs out of stack space. This is a
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1088 reliable check, but is only available when \code{USE_STACKCHECK} is
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1089 defined (currently on Windows using the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler
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1090 and on the Macintosh). \code{USE_CHECKSTACK} will be defined
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1091 automatically; you should never change the definition in your own
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1092 code.
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1093 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1094
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1095 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyOS_sighandler_t}{PyOS_getsig}{int i}
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1096 Return the current signal handler for signal \var{i}.
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1097 This is a thin wrapper around either \cfunction{sigaction} or
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1098 \cfunction{signal}. Do not call those functions directly!
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1099 \ctype{PyOS_sighandler_t} is a typedef alias for \ctype{void (*)(int)}.
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1100 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1101
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1102 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyOS_sighandler_t}{PyOS_setsig}{int i, PyOS_sighandler_t h}
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1103 Set the signal handler for signal \var{i} to be \var{h};
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1104 return the old signal handler.
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1105 This is a thin wrapper around either \cfunction{sigaction} or
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1106 \cfunction{signal}. Do not call those functions directly!
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1107 \ctype{PyOS_sighandler_t} is a typedef alias for \ctype{void (*)(int)}.
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1108 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1109
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1110
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1111 \section{Process Control \label{processControl}}
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1112
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1113 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_FatalError}{char *message}
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1114 Print a fatal error message and kill the process. No cleanup is
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1115 performed. This function should only be invoked when a condition is
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1116 detected that would make it dangerous to continue using the Python
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1117 interpreter; e.g., when the object administration appears to be
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1118 corrupted. On \UNIX{}, the standard C library function
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1119 \cfunction{abort()}\ttindex{abort()} is called which will attempt to
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1120 produce a \file{core} file.
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1121 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1122
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1123 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_Exit}{int status}
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1124 Exit the current process. This calls
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1125 \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}\ttindex{Py_Finalize()} and
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1126 then calls the standard C library function
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1127 \code{exit(\var{status})}\ttindex{exit()}.
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1128 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1130 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_AtExit}{void (*func) ()}
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1131 Register a cleanup function to be called by
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1132 \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}\ttindex{Py_Finalize()}.
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1133 The cleanup function will be called with no arguments and should
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1134 return no value. At most 32 \index{cleanup functions}cleanup
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1135 functions can be registered.
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1136 When the registration is successful, \cfunction{Py_AtExit()} returns
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1137 \code{0}; on failure, it returns \code{-1}. The cleanup function
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1138 registered last is called first. Each cleanup function will be called
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1139 at most once. Since Python's internal finallization will have
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1140 completed before the cleanup function, no Python APIs should be called
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1141 by \var{func}.
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1142 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1145 \section{Importing Modules \label{importing}}
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1146
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1147 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_ImportModule}{char *name}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1148 This is a simplified interface to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1149 \cfunction{PyImport_ImportModuleEx()} below, leaving the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1150 \var{globals} and \var{locals} arguments set to \NULL{}. When the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1151 \var{name} argument contains a dot (i.e., when it specifies a
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1152 submodule of a package), the \var{fromlist} argument is set to the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1153 list \code{['*']} so that the return value is the named module rather
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1154 than the top-level package containing it as would otherwise be the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1155 case. (Unfortunately, this has an additional side effect when
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1156 \var{name} in fact specifies a subpackage instead of a submodule: the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1157 submodules specified in the package's \code{__all__} variable are
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1158 \index{package variable!\code{__all__}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1159 \withsubitem{(package variable)}{\ttindex{__all__}}loaded.) Return a
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1160 new reference to the imported module, or
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1161 \NULL{} with an exception set on failure (the module may still be
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1162 created in this case --- examine \code{sys.modules} to find out).
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1163 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{modules}}
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1164 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
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1165
7782
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
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1166 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_ImportModuleEx}{char *name, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals, PyObject *fromlist}
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1167 Import a module. This is best described by referring to the built-in
7309
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1168 Python function \function{__import__()}\bifuncindex{__import__}, as
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1169 the standard \function{__import__()} function calls this function
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1170 directly.
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1171
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1172 The return value is a new reference to the imported module or
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
1173 top-level package, or \NULL{} with an exception set on failure
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
1174 (the module may still be created in this case). Like for
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1175 \function{__import__()}, the return value when a submodule of a
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1176 package was requested is normally the top-level package, unless a
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
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1177 non-empty \var{fromlist} was given.
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diff changeset
1178 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1179
7782
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
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1180 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_Import}{PyObject *name}
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diff changeset
1181 This is a higher-level interface that calls the current ``import hook
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1182 function''. It invokes the \function{__import__()} function from the
6382
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parents: 6126
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1183 \code{__builtins__} of the current globals. This means that the
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parents: 6126
diff changeset
1184 import is done using whatever import hooks are installed in the
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
1185 current environment, e.g. by \module{rexec}\refstmodindex{rexec} or
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
1186 \module{ihooks}\refstmodindex{ihooks}.
6382
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diff changeset
1187 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1188
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
1189 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_ReloadModule}{PyObject *m}
6382
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parents: 6126
diff changeset
1190 Reload a module. This is best described by referring to the built-in
7309
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1191 Python function \function{reload()}\bifuncindex{reload}, as the standard
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1192 \function{reload()} function calls this function directly. Return a
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1193 new reference to the reloaded module, or \NULL{} with an exception set
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1194 on failure (the module still exists in this case).
6382
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diff changeset
1195 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 6126
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1196
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
1197 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_AddModule}{char *name}
6382
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parents: 6126
diff changeset
1198 Return the module object corresponding to a module name. The
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
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parents: 6126
diff changeset
1199 \var{name} argument may be of the form \code{package.module}). First
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
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parents: 6126
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1200 check the modules dictionary if there's one there, and if not, create
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1201 a new one and insert in in the modules dictionary.
9476
1ea6d2356e52 Warn that AddModule doesn't import the module.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
1202 Warning: this function does not load or import the module; if the
1ea6d2356e52 Warn that AddModule doesn't import the module.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
1203 module wasn't already loaded, you will get an empty module object.
1ea6d2356e52 Warn that AddModule doesn't import the module.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
1204 Use \cfunction{PyImport_ImportModule()} or one of its variants to
1ea6d2356e52 Warn that AddModule doesn't import the module.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
1205 import a module.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1206 Return \NULL{} with an exception set on failure.
6382
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diff changeset
1207 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1208
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
1209 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_ExecCodeModule}{char *name, PyObject *co}
6382
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1210 Given a module name (possibly of the form \code{package.module}) and a
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1211 code object read from a Python bytecode file or obtained from the
7309
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1212 built-in function \function{compile()}\bifuncindex{compile}, load the
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1213 module. Return a new reference to the module object, or \NULL{} with
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1214 an exception set if an error occurred (the module may still be created
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1215 in this case). (This function would reload the module if it was
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1216 already imported.)
6382
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1217 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1218
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1219 \begin{cfuncdesc}{long}{PyImport_GetMagicNumber}{}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1220 Return the magic number for Python bytecode files (a.k.a.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1221 \file{.pyc} and \file{.pyo} files). The magic number should be
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1222 present in the first four bytes of the bytecode file, in little-endian
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1223 byte order.
6382
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1224 \end{cfuncdesc}
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1225
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
1226 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_GetModuleDict}{}
6382
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1227 Return the dictionary used for the module administration
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1228 (a.k.a. \code{sys.modules}). Note that this is a per-interpreter
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1229 variable.
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1230 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1231
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1232 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{_PyImport_Init}{}
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parents: 6126
diff changeset
1233 Initialize the import mechanism. For internal use only.
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1234 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1235
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
1236 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyImport_Cleanup}{}
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parents: 6126
diff changeset
1237 Empty the module table. For internal use only.
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
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parents: 6126
diff changeset
1238 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 6126
diff changeset
1239
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
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parents: 6126
diff changeset
1240 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{_PyImport_Fini}{}
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parents: 6126
diff changeset
1241 Finalize the import mechanism. For internal use only.
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
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parents: 6126
diff changeset
1242 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
1243
7782
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
1244 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{_PyImport_FindExtension}{char *, char *}
6382
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diff changeset
1245 For internal use only.
6991
f349bf0e9322 A whole bunch of typos fixed by Andrew Kuchling.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6653
diff changeset
1246 \end{cfuncdesc}
f349bf0e9322 A whole bunch of typos fixed by Andrew Kuchling.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6653
diff changeset
1247
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
1248 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{_PyImport_FixupExtension}{char *, char *}
6382
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diff changeset
1249 For internal use only.
6991
f349bf0e9322 A whole bunch of typos fixed by Andrew Kuchling.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6653
diff changeset
1250 \end{cfuncdesc}
6382
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diff changeset
1251
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
1252 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyImport_ImportFrozenModule}{char *name}
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
1253 Load a frozen module named \var{name}. Return \code{1} for success,
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
1254 \code{0} if the module is not found, and \code{-1} with an exception
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
1255 set if the initialization failed. To access the imported module on a
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
1256 successful load, use \cfunction{PyImport_ImportModule()}.
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1257 (Note the misnomer --- this function would reload the module if it was
6382
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diff changeset
1258 already imported.)
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diff changeset
1259 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
1260
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1261 \begin{ctypedesc}[_frozen]{struct _frozen}
6382
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diff changeset
1262 This is the structure type definition for frozen module descriptors,
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
1263 as generated by the \program{freeze}\index{freeze utility} utility
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
1264 (see \file{Tools/freeze/} in the Python source distribution). Its
14337
3b84c5ff89da Document PyImport_AppendInittab(), PyImport_ExtendInittab(), and
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14330
diff changeset
1265 definition, found in \file{Include/import.h}, is:
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
1266
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
1267 \begin{verbatim}
6382
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1268 struct _frozen {
6480
727b52031212 struct _frozen:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 6417
diff changeset
1269 char *name;
727b52031212 struct _frozen:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 6417
diff changeset
1270 unsigned char *code;
727b52031212 struct _frozen:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 6417
diff changeset
1271 int size;
6382
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1272 };
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
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parents: 6390
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1273 \end{verbatim}
6382
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1274 \end{ctypedesc}
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1275
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1276 \begin{cvardesc}{struct _frozen*}{PyImport_FrozenModules}
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1277 This pointer is initialized to point to an array of \ctype{struct
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1278 _frozen} records, terminated by one whose members are all
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parents: 12200
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1279 \NULL{} or zero. When a frozen module is imported, it is searched in
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parents: 12200
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1280 this table. Third-party code could play tricks with this to provide a
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1281 dynamically created collection of frozen modules.
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parents: 6126
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1282 \end{cvardesc}
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1283
14337
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parents: 14330
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1284 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyImport_AppendInittab}{char *name,
3b84c5ff89da Document PyImport_AppendInittab(), PyImport_ExtendInittab(), and
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parents: 14330
diff changeset
1285 void (*initfunc)(void)}
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parents: 14330
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1286 Add a single module to the existing table of built-in modules. This
3b84c5ff89da Document PyImport_AppendInittab(), PyImport_ExtendInittab(), and
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parents: 14330
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1287 is a convenience wrapper around \cfunction{PyImport_ExtendInittab()},
3b84c5ff89da Document PyImport_AppendInittab(), PyImport_ExtendInittab(), and
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parents: 14330
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1288 returning \code{-1} if the table could not be extended. The new
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parents: 14330
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1289 module can be imported by the name \var{name}, and uses the function
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parents: 14330
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1290 \var{initfunc} as the initialization function called on the first
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parents: 14330
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1291 attempted import. This should be called before
3b84c5ff89da Document PyImport_AppendInittab(), PyImport_ExtendInittab(), and
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parents: 14330
diff changeset
1292 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}.
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parents: 14330
diff changeset
1293 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 14330
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1294
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parents: 14330
diff changeset
1295 \begin{ctypedesc}[_inittab]{struct _inittab}
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parents: 14330
diff changeset
1296 Structure describing a single entry in the list of built-in modules.
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parents: 14330
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1297 Each of these structures gives the name and initialization function
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parents: 14330
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1298 for a module built into the interpreter. Programs which embed Python
3b84c5ff89da Document PyImport_AppendInittab(), PyImport_ExtendInittab(), and
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parents: 14330
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1299 may use an array of these structures in conjunction with
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parents: 14330
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1300 \cfunction{PyImport_ExtendInittab()} to provide additional built-in
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parents: 14330
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1301 modules. The structure is defined in \file{Include/import.h} as:
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parents: 14330
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1302
3b84c5ff89da Document PyImport_AppendInittab(), PyImport_ExtendInittab(), and
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parents: 14330
diff changeset
1303 \begin{verbatim}
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parents: 14330
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1304 struct _inittab {
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parents: 14330
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1305 char *name;
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parents: 14330
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1306 void (*initfunc)(void);
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parents: 14330
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1307 };
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parents: 14330
diff changeset
1308 \end{verbatim}
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1309 \end{ctypedesc}
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parents: 14330
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1310
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parents: 14330
diff changeset
1311 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyImport_ExtendInittab}{struct _inittab *newtab}
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1312 Add a collection of modules to the table of built-in modules. The
3b84c5ff89da Document PyImport_AppendInittab(), PyImport_ExtendInittab(), and
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14330
diff changeset
1313 \var{newtab} array must end with a sentinel entry which contains
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14330
diff changeset
1314 \NULL{} for the \member{name} field; failure to provide the sentinel
3b84c5ff89da Document PyImport_AppendInittab(), PyImport_ExtendInittab(), and
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14330
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1315 value can result in a memory fault. Returns \code{0} on success or
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parents: 14330
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1316 \code{-1} if insufficient memory could be allocated to extend the
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parents: 14330
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1317 internal table. In the event of failure, no modules are added to the
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14330
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1318 internal table. This should be called before
3b84c5ff89da Document PyImport_AppendInittab(), PyImport_ExtendInittab(), and
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14330
diff changeset
1319 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}.
3b84c5ff89da Document PyImport_AppendInittab(), PyImport_ExtendInittab(), and
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parents: 14330
diff changeset
1320 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 14330
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1321
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1322
10163
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1323 \chapter{Abstract Objects Layer \label{abstract}}
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1324
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parents:
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1325 The functions in this chapter interact with Python objects regardless
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parents:
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1326 of their type, or with wide classes of object types (e.g. all
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parents:
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1327 numerical types, or all sequence types). When used on object types
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1328 for which they do not apply, they will raise a Python exception.
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1329
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1330 \section{Object Protocol \label{object}}
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1331
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1332 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Print}{PyObject *o, FILE *fp, int flags}
12222
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1333 Print an object \var{o}, on file \var{fp}. Returns \code{-1} on error.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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1334 The flags argument is used to enable certain printing options. The
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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1335 only option currently supported is \constant{Py_PRINT_RAW}; if given,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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1336 the \function{str()} of the object is written instead of the
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parents: 12200
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1337 \function{repr()}.
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parents:
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1338 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents:
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1339
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parents:
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1340 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_HasAttrString}{PyObject *o, char *attr_name}
7308
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1341 Returns \code{1} if \var{o} has the attribute \var{attr_name}, and
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
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1342 \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1343 \samp{hasattr(\var{o}, \var{attr_name})}.
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1344 This function always succeeds.
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
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parents:
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1345 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents:
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1346
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1347 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_GetAttrString}{PyObject *o,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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1348 char *attr_name}
7308
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1349 Retrieve an attribute named \var{attr_name} from object \var{o}.
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parents:
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1350 Returns the attribute value on success, or \NULL{} on failure.
7308
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1351 This is the equivalent of the Python expression
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1352 \samp{\var{o}.\var{attr_name}}.
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1353 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents:
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1354
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parents:
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1355
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parents:
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1356 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_HasAttr}{PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name}
7308
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1357 Returns \code{1} if \var{o} has the attribute \var{attr_name}, and
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1358 \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1359 \samp{hasattr(\var{o}, \var{attr_name})}.
5536
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1360 This function always succeeds.
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1361 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents:
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1362
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
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parents:
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1363
12222
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1364 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_GetAttr}{PyObject *o,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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1365 PyObject *attr_name}
7308
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parents: 7278
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1366 Retrieve an attribute named \var{attr_name} from object \var{o}.
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1367 Returns the attribute value on success, or \NULL{} on failure.
7308
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1368 This is the equivalent of the Python expression
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1369 \samp{\var{o}.\var{attr_name}}.
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1370 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1371
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1372
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parents:
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1373 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_SetAttrString}{PyObject *o, char *attr_name, PyObject *v}
7308
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1374 Set the value of the attribute named \var{attr_name}, for object
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1375 \var{o}, to the value \var{v}. Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1376 the equivalent of the Python statement \samp{\var{o}.\var{attr_name} =
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1377 \var{v}}.
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1378 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1379
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parents:
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1380
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
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1381 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_SetAttr}{PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name, PyObject *v}
7308
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1382 Set the value of the attribute named \var{attr_name}, for
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1383 object \var{o},
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1384 to the value \var{v}. Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1385 the equivalent of the Python statement \samp{\var{o}.\var{attr_name} =
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1386 \var{v}}.
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1387 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1388
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1389
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1390 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_DelAttrString}{PyObject *o, char *attr_name}
7308
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1391 Delete attribute named \var{attr_name}, for object \var{o}. Returns
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1392 \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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1393 statement: \samp{del \var{o}.\var{attr_name}}.
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1394 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
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1395
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1396
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1397 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_DelAttr}{PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name}
7308
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1398 Delete attribute named \var{attr_name}, for object \var{o}. Returns
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1399 \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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1400 statement \samp{del \var{o}.\var{attr_name}}.
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1401 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1402
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1403
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1404 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Cmp}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, int *result}
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1405 Compare the values of \var{o1} and \var{o2} using a routine provided
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parents: 7278
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1406 by \var{o1}, if one exists, otherwise with a routine provided by
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parents: 7278
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1407 \var{o2}. The result of the comparison is returned in \var{result}.
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1408 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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1409 statement\bifuncindex{cmp} \samp{\var{result} = cmp(\var{o1}, \var{o2})}.
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1410 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1411
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1412
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1413 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Compare}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
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1414 Compare the values of \var{o1} and \var{o2} using a routine provided
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parents: 7278
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1415 by \var{o1}, if one exists, otherwise with a routine provided by
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1416 \var{o2}. Returns the result of the comparison on success. On error,
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
1417 the value returned is undefined; use \cfunction{PyErr_Occurred()} to
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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1418 detect an error. This is equivalent to the Python
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diff changeset
1419 expression\bifuncindex{cmp} \samp{cmp(\var{o1}, \var{o2})}.
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parents:
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1420 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1421
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1422
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1423 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_Repr}{PyObject *o}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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1424 Compute a string representation of object \var{o}. Returns the
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1425 string representation on success, \NULL{} on failure. This is
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1426 the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{repr(\var{o})}.
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1427 Called by the \function{repr()}\bifuncindex{repr} built-in function
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
1428 and by reverse quotes.
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1429 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1430
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1431
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1432 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_Str}{PyObject *o}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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1433 Compute a string representation of object \var{o}. Returns the
5536
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parents:
diff changeset
1434 string representation on success, \NULL{} on failure. This is
7308
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1435 the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{str(\var{o})}.
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1436 Called by the \function{str()}\bifuncindex{str} built-in function and
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1437 by the \keyword{print} statement.
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1438 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1439
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1440
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1441 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyCallable_Check}{PyObject *o}
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1442 Determine if the object \var{o} is callable. Return \code{1} if the
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1443 object is callable and \code{0} otherwise.
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1444 This function always succeeds.
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1445 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1446
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1447
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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1448 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_CallObject}{PyObject *callable_object,
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
1449 PyObject *args}
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1450 Call a callable Python object \var{callable_object}, with
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
1451 arguments given by the tuple \var{args}. If no arguments are
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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1452 needed, then \var{args} may be \NULL{}. Returns the result of the
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1453 call on success, or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent
7308
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parents: 7278
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1454 of the Python expression \samp{apply(\var{o}, \var{args})}.
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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1455 \bifuncindex{apply}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1456 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1457
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1458 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_CallFunction}{PyObject *callable_object, char *format, ...}
7308
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parents: 7278
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1459 Call a callable Python object \var{callable_object}, with a
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1460 variable number of C arguments. The C arguments are described
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1461 using a \cfunction{Py_BuildValue()} style format string. The format may
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1462 be \NULL{}, indicating that no arguments are provided. Returns the
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1463 result of the call on success, or \NULL{} on failure. This is
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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1464 the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{apply(\var{o},
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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1465 \var{args})}.\bifuncindex{apply}
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1466 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1467
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1468
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1469 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_CallMethod}{PyObject *o, char *m, char *format, ...}
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
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1470 Call the method named \var{m} of object \var{o} with a variable number
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
1471 of C arguments. The C arguments are described by a
7308
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diff changeset
1472 \cfunction{Py_BuildValue()} format string. The format may be \NULL{},
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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diff changeset
1473 indicating that no arguments are provided. Returns the result of the
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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diff changeset
1474 call on success, or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
1475 Python expression \samp{\var{o}.\var{method}(\var{args})}.
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
1476 Note that special method names, such as \method{__add__()},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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1477 \method{__getitem__()}, and so on are not supported. The specific
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1478 abstract-object routines for these must be used.
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1479 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1480
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1481
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1482 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Hash}{PyObject *o}
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
1483 Compute and return the hash value of an object \var{o}. On
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
1484 failure, return \code{-1}. This is the equivalent of the Python
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
1485 expression \samp{hash(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{hash}
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1486 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1487
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1488
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1489 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_IsTrue}{PyObject *o}
7308
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1490 Returns \code{1} if the object \var{o} is considered to be true, and
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
1491 \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1492 \samp{not not \var{o}}.
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
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1493 This function always succeeds.
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1494 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1495
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
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1496
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
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1497 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_Type}{PyObject *o}
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parents:
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1498 On success, returns a type object corresponding to the object
7308
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1499 type of object \var{o}. On failure, returns \NULL{}. This is
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1500 equivalent to the Python expression \samp{type(\var{o})}.
7309
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
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1501 \bifuncindex{type}
5536
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parents:
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1502 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
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1503
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1504 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Length}{PyObject *o}
7308
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1505 Return the length of object \var{o}. If the object \var{o} provides
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1506 both sequence and mapping protocols, the sequence length is
12222
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1507 returned. On error, \code{-1} is returned. This is the equivalent
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1508 to the Python expression \samp{len(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{len}
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1509 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1510
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1511
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
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1512 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_GetItem}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key}
7308
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diff changeset
1513 Return element of \var{o} corresponding to the object \var{key} or
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diff changeset
1514 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
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1515 \samp{\var{o}[\var{key}]}.
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1516 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1517
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1518
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1519 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_SetItem}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key, PyObject *v}
7308
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1520 Map the object \var{key} to the value \var{v}.
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diff changeset
1521 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent
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1522 of the Python statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{key}] = \var{v}}.
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1523 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
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1524
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1525
9931
00fc18ac6aeb Header for PyObject_DelItem() mentioned non-existing 3rd argument.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 9476
diff changeset
1526 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_DelItem}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key}
7308
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parents: 7278
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1527 Delete the mapping for \var{key} from \var{o}. Returns \code{-1} on
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1528 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement \samp{del
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1529 \var{o}[\var{key}]}.
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1530 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1531
13592
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1532 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_AsFileDescriptor}{PyObject *o}
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1533 Derives a file-descriptor from a Python object. If the object
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1534 is an integer or long integer, its value is returned. If not, the
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1535 object's \method{fileno()} method is called if it exists; the method
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1536 must return an integer or long integer, which is returned as the file
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1537 descriptor value. Returns \code{-1} on failure.
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1538 \end{cfuncdesc}
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1539
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
1540 \section{Number Protocol \label{number}}
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1541
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1542 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyNumber_Check}{PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1543 Returns \code{1} if the object \var{o} provides numeric protocols, and
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1544 false otherwise.
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1545 This function always succeeds.
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1546 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1547
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1548
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1549 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Add}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
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1550 Returns the result of adding \var{o1} and \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1551 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
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1552 \samp{\var{o1} + \var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1553 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1554
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1555
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1556 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Subtract}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1557 Returns the result of subtracting \var{o2} from \var{o1}, or
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1558 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1559 \samp{\var{o1} - \var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1560 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1561
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1562
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1563 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Multiply}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
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1564 Returns the result of multiplying \var{o1} and \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1565 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1566 \samp{\var{o1} * \var{o2}}.
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1567 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1568
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1569
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1570 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Divide}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
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1571 Returns the result of dividing \var{o1} by \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1572 failure.
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1573 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} /
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1574 \var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1575 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1576
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1577
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1578 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Remainder}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
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1579 Returns the remainder of dividing \var{o1} by \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
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1580 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1581 \samp{\var{o1} \%\ \var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1582 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1583
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1584
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1585 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Divmod}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7309
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1586 See the built-in function \function{divmod()}\bifuncindex{divmod}.
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
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1587 Returns \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1588 expression \samp{divmod(\var{o1}, \var{o2})}.
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1589 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1590
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1591
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1592 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Power}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, PyObject *o3}
7309
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
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1593 See the built-in function \function{pow()}\bifuncindex{pow}. Returns
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1594 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
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1595 \samp{pow(\var{o1}, \var{o2}, \var{o3})}, where \var{o3} is optional.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1596 If \var{o3} is to be ignored, pass \cdata{Py_None} in its place
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1597 (passing \NULL{} for \var{o3} would cause an illegal memory access).
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1598 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1599
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1600
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1601 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Negative}{PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1602 Returns the negation of \var{o} on success, or \NULL{} on failure.
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1603 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{-\var{o}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1604 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1605
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1606
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1607 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Positive}{PyObject *o}
7308
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parents: 7278
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1608 Returns \var{o} on success, or \NULL{} on failure.
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1609 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{+\var{o}}.
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1610 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1611
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1612
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1613 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Absolute}{PyObject *o}
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1614 Returns the absolute value of \var{o}, or \NULL{} on failure. This is
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1615 the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{abs(\var{o})}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1616 \bifuncindex{abs}
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1617 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1618
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1619
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1620 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Invert}{PyObject *o}
7308
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
1621 Returns the bitwise negation of \var{o} on success, or \NULL{} on
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1622 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1623 \samp{\~\var{o}}.
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1624 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1625
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1626
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1627 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Lshift}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1628 Returns the result of left shifting \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success,
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1629 or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1630 expression \samp{\var{o1} << \var{o2}}.
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1631 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1632
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1633
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1634 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Rshift}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
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parents: 7278
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1635 Returns the result of right shifting \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success,
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1636 or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1637 expression \samp{\var{o1} >> \var{o2}}.
5536
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parents:
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1638 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1639
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1640
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1641 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_And}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
14528
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1642 Returns the ``bitwise and'' of \var{o2} and \var{o2} on success and
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1643 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1644 \samp{\var{o1} \& \var{o2}}.
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1645 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1646
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1647
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1648 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Xor}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
14528
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1649 Returns the ``bitwise exclusive or'' of \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success,
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1650 or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1651 expression \samp{\var{o1} \^{ }\var{o2}}.
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1652 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1653
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1654 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Or}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
14528
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1655 Returns the ``bitwise or'' of \var{o1} and \var{o2} on success, or
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1656 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1657 \samp{\var{o1} | \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1658 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1659
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1660
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1661 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceAdd}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1662 Returns the result of adding \var{o1} and \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on failure.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1663 The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1} supports it. This is the
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1664 equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} += \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1665 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1666
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1667
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1668 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceSubtract}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1669 Returns the result of subtracting \var{o2} from \var{o1}, or
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1670 \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1671 supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1672 -= \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1673 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1674
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1675
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1676 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceMultiply}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1677 Returns the result of multiplying \var{o1} and \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1678 failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1} supports it.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1679 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} *= \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1680 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1681
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1682
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1683 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceDivide}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1684 Returns the result of dividing \var{o1} by \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on failure.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1685 The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1} supports it. This is the
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1686 equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} /= \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1687 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1688
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1689
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1690 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceRemainder}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1691 Returns the remainder of dividing \var{o1} by \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1692 failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1} supports it.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1693 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} \%= \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1694 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1695
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1696
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1697 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlacePower}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, PyObject *o3}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1698 See the built-in function \function{pow()}\bifuncindex{pow}. Returns
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1699 \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1700 supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1701 **= \var{o2}} when o3 is \cdata{Py_None}, or an in-place variant of
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1702 \samp{pow(\var{o1}, \var{o2}, var{o3})} otherwise. If \var{o3} is to be
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1703 ignored, pass \cdata{Py_None} in its place (passing \NULL{} for \var{o3}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1704 would cause an illegal memory access).
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1705 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1706
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1707 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceLshift}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1708 Returns the result of left shifting \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success, or
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1709 \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1710 supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1711 <<= \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1712 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1713
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1714
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1715 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceRshift}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1716 Returns the result of right shifting \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success, or
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1717 \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1718 supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1719 >>= \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1720 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1721
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1722
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1723 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceAnd}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1724 Returns the ``bitwise and'' of \var{o2} and \var{o2} on success
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1725 and \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1726 supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1727 \&= \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1728 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1729
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1730
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1731 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceXor}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1732 Returns the ``bitwise exclusive or'' of \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success, or
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1733 \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1734 supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1735 \^= \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1736 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1737
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1738 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceOr}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1739 Returns the ``bitwise or'' of \var{o1} and \var{o2} on success, or \NULL{}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1740 on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1} supports
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1741 it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} |=
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1742 \var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1743 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1744
14769
aa18e5239b46 PyNumber_Coerce() returns an int, not a PyObject *.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14736
diff changeset
1745 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyNumber_Coerce}{PyObject **p1, PyObject **p2}
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1746 This function takes the addresses of two variables of type
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1747 \ctype{PyObject*}. If the objects pointed to by \code{*\var{p1}} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1748 \code{*\var{p2}} have the same type, increment their reference count
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1749 and return \code{0} (success). If the objects can be converted to a
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1750 common numeric type, replace \code{*p1} and \code{*p2} by their
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1751 converted value (with 'new' reference counts), and return \code{0}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1752 If no conversion is possible, or if some other error occurs, return
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1753 \code{-1} (failure) and don't increment the reference counts. The
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1754 call \code{PyNumber_Coerce(\&o1, \&o2)} is equivalent to the Python
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1755 statement \samp{\var{o1}, \var{o2} = coerce(\var{o1}, \var{o2})}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1756 \bifuncindex{coerce}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1757 \end{cfuncdesc}
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1758
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1759 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Int}{PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1760 Returns the \var{o} converted to an integer object on success, or
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1761 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1762 expression \samp{int(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{int}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1763 \end{cfuncdesc}
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1764
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1765 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Long}{PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1766 Returns the \var{o} converted to a long integer object on success,
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1767 or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1768 expression \samp{long(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{long}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1769 \end{cfuncdesc}
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1770
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1771 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Float}{PyObject *o}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1772 Returns the \var{o} converted to a float object on success, or
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1773 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1774 \samp{float(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{float}
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1775 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1776
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1777
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1778 \section{Sequence Protocol \label{sequence}}
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1779
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1780 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_Check}{PyObject *o}
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1781 Return \code{1} if the object provides sequence protocol, and
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1782 \code{0} otherwise. This function always succeeds.
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1783 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1784
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1785 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_Length}{PyObject *o}
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1786 Returns the number of objects in sequence \var{o} on success, and
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1787 \code{-1} on failure. For objects that do not provide sequence
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1788 protocol, this is equivalent to the Python expression
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1789 \samp{len(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{len}
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1790 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1791
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1792 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Concat}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
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1793 Return the concatenation of \var{o1} and \var{o2} on success, and \NULL{} on
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1794 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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1795 expression \samp{\var{o1} + \var{o2}}.
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1796 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1797
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1798
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1799 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Repeat}{PyObject *o, int count}
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1800 Return the result of repeating sequence object
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1801 \var{o} \var{count} times, or \NULL{} on failure. This is the
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1802 equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o} * \var{count}}.
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1803 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1804
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1805 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_InPlaceConcat}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
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1806 Return the concatenation of \var{o1} and \var{o2} on success, and \NULL{} on
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1807 failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1} supports it.
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1808 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} += \var{o2}}.
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1809 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1810
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1811
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1812 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_InPlaceRepeat}{PyObject *o, int count}
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1813 Return the result of repeating sequence object \var{o} \var{count} times, or
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1814 \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o}
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1815 supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o}
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1816 *= \var{count}}.
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1817 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1818
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1819
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1820 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_GetItem}{PyObject *o, int i}
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1821 Return the \var{i}th element of \var{o}, or \NULL{} on failure. This
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1822 is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o}[\var{i}]}.
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1823 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1824
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1825
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1826 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_GetSlice}{PyObject *o, int i1, int i2}
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1827 Return the slice of sequence object \var{o} between \var{i1} and
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1828 \var{i2}, or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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1829 expression \samp{\var{o}[\var{i1}:\var{i2}]}.
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1830 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1831
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1832
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1833 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_SetItem}{PyObject *o, int i, PyObject *v}
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1834 Assign object \var{v} to the \var{i}th element of \var{o}.
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1835 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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1836 statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{i}] = \var{v}}.
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1837 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1838
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1839 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_DelItem}{PyObject *o, int i}
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1840 Delete the \var{i}th element of object \var{v}. Returns
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1841 \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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1842 statement \samp{del \var{o}[\var{i}]}.
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1843 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1844
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1845 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_SetSlice}{PyObject *o, int i1,
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1846 int i2, PyObject *v}
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1847 Assign the sequence object \var{v} to the slice in sequence
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1848 object \var{o} from \var{i1} to \var{i2}. This is the equivalent of
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1849 the Python statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{i1}:\var{i2}] = \var{v}}.
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1850 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1851
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1852 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_DelSlice}{PyObject *o, int i1, int i2}
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1853 Delete the slice in sequence object \var{o} from \var{i1} to \var{i2}.
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1854 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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1855 statement \samp{del \var{o}[\var{i1}:\var{i2}]}.
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1856 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1857
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1858 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Tuple}{PyObject *o}
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1859 Returns the \var{o} as a tuple on success, and \NULL{} on failure.
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1860 This is equivalent to the Python expression \samp{tuple(\var{o})}.
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1861 \bifuncindex{tuple}
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1862 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1863
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1864 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_Count}{PyObject *o, PyObject *value}
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1865 Return the number of occurrences of \var{value} in \var{o}, that is,
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1866 return the number of keys for which \code{\var{o}[\var{key}] ==
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1867 \var{value}}. On failure, return \code{-1}. This is equivalent to
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1868 the Python expression \samp{\var{o}.count(\var{value})}.
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1869 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1871 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_Contains}{PyObject *o, PyObject *value}
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1872 Determine if \var{o} contains \var{value}. If an item in \var{o} is
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1873 equal to \var{value}, return \code{1}, otherwise return \code{0}. On
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1874 error, return \code{-1}. This is equivalent to the Python expression
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1875 \samp{\var{value} in \var{o}}.
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1876 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1877
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1878 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_Index}{PyObject *o, PyObject *value}
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1879 Return the first index \var{i} for which \code{\var{o}[\var{i}] ==
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1880 \var{value}}. On error, return \code{-1}. This is equivalent to
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1881 the Python expression \samp{\var{o}.index(\var{value})}.
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1882 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1883
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1884 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_List}{PyObject *o}
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1885 Return a list object with the same contents as the arbitrary sequence
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1886 \var{o}. The returned list is guaranteed to be new.
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1887 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1888
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1889 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Tuple}{PyObject *o}
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1890 Return a tuple object with the same contents as the arbitrary sequence
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1891 \var{o}. If \var{o} is a tuple, a new reference will be returned,
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1892 otherwise a tuple will be constructed with the appropriate contents.
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1893 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1894
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1895
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1896 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Fast}{PyObject *o, const char *m}
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1897 Returns the sequence \var{o} as a tuple, unless it is already a
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1898 tuple or list, in which case \var{o} is returned. Use
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1899 \cfunction{PySequence_Fast_GET_ITEM()} to access the members of the
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1900 result. Returns \NULL{} on failure. If the object is not a sequence,
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1901 raises \exception{TypeError} with \var{m} as the message text.
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1902 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1903
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1904 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Fast_GET_ITEM}{PyObject *o, int i}
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1905 Return the \var{i}th element of \var{o}, assuming that \var{o} was
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1906 returned by \cfunction{PySequence_Fast()}, and that \var{i} is within
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1907 bounds. The caller is expected to get the length of the sequence by
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1908 calling \cfunction{PyObject_Size()} on \var{o}, since lists and tuples
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1909 are guaranteed to always return their true length.
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1910 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1911
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1912
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1913 \section{Mapping Protocol \label{mapping}}
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1914
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1915 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_Check}{PyObject *o}
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1916 Return \code{1} if the object provides mapping protocol, and
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1917 \code{0} otherwise. This function always succeeds.
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1918 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1920
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1921 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_Length}{PyObject *o}
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1922 Returns the number of keys in object \var{o} on success, and
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1923 \code{-1} on failure. For objects that do not provide mapping
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1924 protocol, this is equivalent to the Python expression
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1925 \samp{len(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{len}
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1926 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1927
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1928
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1929 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_DelItemString}{PyObject *o, char *key}
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1930 Remove the mapping for object \var{key} from the object \var{o}.
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1931 Return \code{-1} on failure. This is equivalent to
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1932 the Python statement \samp{del \var{o}[\var{key}]}.
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1933 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1935
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1936 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_DelItem}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key}
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1937 Remove the mapping for object \var{key} from the object \var{o}.
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1938 Return \code{-1} on failure. This is equivalent to
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1939 the Python statement \samp{del \var{o}[\var{key}]}.
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1940 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1941
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1942
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1943 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_HasKeyString}{PyObject *o, char *key}
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1944 On success, return \code{1} if the mapping object has the key
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1945 \var{key} and \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python
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1946 expression \samp{\var{o}.has_key(\var{key})}.
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1947 This function always succeeds.
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1948 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1949
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1950
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1951 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_HasKey}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key}
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1952 Return \code{1} if the mapping object has the key \var{key} and
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1953 \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression
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1954 \samp{\var{o}.has_key(\var{key})}.
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1955 This function always succeeds.
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1956 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1957
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1958
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1959 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMapping_Keys}{PyObject *o}
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1960 On success, return a list of the keys in object \var{o}. On
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1961 failure, return \NULL{}. This is equivalent to the Python
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1962 expression \samp{\var{o}.keys()}.
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1963 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1965
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1966 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMapping_Values}{PyObject *o}
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1967 On success, return a list of the values in object \var{o}. On
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1968 failure, return \NULL{}. This is equivalent to the Python
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1969 expression \samp{\var{o}.values()}.
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1970 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1972
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1973 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMapping_Items}{PyObject *o}
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1974 On success, return a list of the items in object \var{o}, where
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1975 each item is a tuple containing a key-value pair. On
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1976 failure, return \NULL{}. This is equivalent to the Python
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1977 expression \samp{\var{o}.items()}.
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1978 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1980
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1981 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMapping_GetItemString}{PyObject *o, char *key}
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1982 Return element of \var{o} corresponding to the object \var{key} or
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1983 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
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1984 \samp{\var{o}[\var{key}]}.
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1985 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1986
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1987 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_SetItemString}{PyObject *o, char *key, PyObject *v}
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1988 Map the object \var{key} to the value \var{v} in object \var{o}.
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1989 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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1990 statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{key}] = \var{v}}.
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1991 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1992
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1993
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1994 \chapter{Concrete Objects Layer \label{concrete}}
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1995
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1996 The functions in this chapter are specific to certain Python object
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1997 types. Passing them an object of the wrong type is not a good idea;
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1998 if you receive an object from a Python program and you are not sure
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1999 that it has the right type, you must perform a type check first;
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2001 \cfunction{PyDict_Check()}. The chapter is structured like the
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2002 ``family tree'' of Python object types.
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2005 \section{Fundamental Objects \label{fundamental}}
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2007 This section describes Python type objects and the singleton object
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2008 \code{None}.
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2011 \subsection{Type Objects \label{typeObjects}}
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2012
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2013 \obindex{type}
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2014 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyTypeObject}
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2015 The C structure of the objects used to describe built-in types.
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2016 \end{ctypedesc}
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2017
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2018 \begin{cvardesc}{PyObject*}{PyType_Type}
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2019 This is the type object for type objects; it is the same object as
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2020 \code{types.TypeType} in the Python layer.
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2021 \withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{TypeType}}
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2024 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyType_Check}{PyObject *o}
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2025 Returns true is the object \var{o} is a type object.
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2026 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2027
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2028 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyType_HasFeature}{PyObject *o, int feature}
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2029 Returns true if the type object \var{o} sets the feature
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2030 \var{feature}. Type features are denoted by single bit flags. The
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2031 only defined feature flag is \constant{Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER},
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2032 described in section \ref{buffer-structs}.
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2033 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2034
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2035
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2036 \subsection{The None Object \label{noneObject}}
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2037
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2038 \obindex{None@\texttt{None}}
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2039 Note that the \ctype{PyTypeObject} for \code{None} is not directly
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2040 exposed in the Python/C API. Since \code{None} is a singleton,
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2041 testing for object identity (using \samp{==} in C) is sufficient.
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2042 There is no \cfunction{PyNone_Check()} function for the same reason.
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2043
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2044 \begin{cvardesc}{PyObject*}{Py_None}
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2045 The Python \code{None} object, denoting lack of value. This object has
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2046 no methods.
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2047 \end{cvardesc}
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2048
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2049
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2050 \section{Sequence Objects \label{sequenceObjects}}
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2051
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2052 \obindex{sequence}
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2053 Generic operations on sequence objects were discussed in the previous
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2054 chapter; this section deals with the specific kinds of sequence
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2055 objects that are intrinsic to the Python language.
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2056
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2057
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2058 \subsection{String Objects \label{stringObjects}}
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2059
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2060 \obindex{string}
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2061 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyStringObject}
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2062 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python string object.
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2063 \end{ctypedesc}
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2064
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2065 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyString_Type}
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2066 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python string
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2067 type; it is the same object as \code{types.TypeType} in the Python
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2068 layer.\withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{StringType}}.
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2069 \end{cvardesc}
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2070
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2071 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyString_Check}{PyObject *o}
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2072 Returns true if the object \var{o} is a string object.
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2073 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2074
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2075 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_FromString}{const char *v}
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2076 Returns a new string object with the value \var{v} on success, and
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2077 \NULL{} on failure.
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2078 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2079
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2080 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_FromStringAndSize}{const char *v,
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2081 int len}
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2082 Returns a new string object with the value \var{v} and length
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2083 \var{len} on success, and \NULL{} on failure. If \var{v} is \NULL{},
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2084 the contents of the string are uninitialized.
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2085 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2086
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2087 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyString_Size}{PyObject *string}
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2088 Returns the length of the string in string object \var{string}.
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2089 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2090
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2091 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyString_GET_SIZE}{PyObject *string}
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parents: 15038
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2092 Macro form of \cfunction{PyString_Size()} but without error
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2093 checking.
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2094 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2095
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2096 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{PyString_AsString}{PyObject *string}
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2097 Returns a null-terminated representation of the contents of
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2098 \var{string}. The pointer refers to the internal buffer of
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2099 \var{string}, not a copy. The data must not be modified in any way.
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2100 It must not be de-allocated.
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2101 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2102
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2103 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{PyString_AS_STRING}{PyObject *string}
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2104 Macro form of \cfunction{PyString_AsString()} but without error
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2105 checking.
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2106 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2107
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2108 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyString_AsStringAndSize}{PyObject *obj,
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parents: 14635
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2109 char **buffer,
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2110 int *length}
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parents: 14635
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2111 Returns a null-terminated representation of the contents of the object
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parents: 14635
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2112 \var{obj} through the output variables \var{buffer} and \var{length}.
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parents: 14635
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2113
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2114 The function accepts both string and Unicode objects as input. For
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parents: 14635
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2115 Unicode objects it returns the default encoded version of the object.
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parents: 14635
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2116 If \var{length} is set to \NULL{}, the resulting buffer may not contain
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parents: 14635
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2117 null characters; if it does, the function returns -1 and a
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parents: 14635
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2118 TypeError is raised.
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2119
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2120 The buffer refers to an internal string buffer of \var{obj}, not a
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
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2121 copy. The data must not be modified in any way. It must not be
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
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2122 de-allocated.
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
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2123 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2124
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2125 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyString_Concat}{PyObject **string,
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2126 PyObject *newpart}
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2127 Creates a new string object in \var{*string} containing the
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parents: 12126
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2128 contents of \var{newpart} appended to \var{string}; the caller will
42f21e47b486 Improve explanation of reference counts for PyString_Concat().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12126
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2129 own the new reference. The reference to the old value of \var{string}
42f21e47b486 Improve explanation of reference counts for PyString_Concat().
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parents: 12126
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2130 will be stolen. If the new string
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2131 cannot be created, the old reference to \var{string} will still be
7cf97658cae7 Be explicit about the reference count of the original value of the
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2132 discarded and the value of \var{*string} will be set to
7cf97658cae7 Be explicit about the reference count of the original value of the
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2133 \NULL{}; the appropriate exception will be set.
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2134 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2135
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2136 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyString_ConcatAndDel}{PyObject **string,
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2137 PyObject *newpart}
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2138 Creates a new string object in \var{*string} containing the contents
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2139 of \var{newpart} appended to \var{string}. This version decrements
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2140 the reference count of \var{newpart}.
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2141 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2142
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2143 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{_PyString_Resize}{PyObject **string, int newsize}
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2144 A way to resize a string object even though it is ``immutable''.
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2145 Only use this to build up a brand new string object; don't use this if
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2146 the string may already be known in other parts of the code.
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2147 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2148
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2149 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_Format}{PyObject *format,
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2150 PyObject *args}
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2151 Returns a new string object from \var{format} and \var{args}. Analogous
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2152 to \code{\var{format} \%\ \var{args}}. The \var{args} argument must be
8109
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2153 a tuple.
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2154 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2155
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2156 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyString_InternInPlace}{PyObject **string}
8109
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2157 Intern the argument \var{*string} in place. The argument must be the
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2158 address of a pointer variable pointing to a Python string object.
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2159 If there is an existing interned string that is the same as
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2160 \var{*string}, it sets \var{*string} to it (decrementing the reference
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2161 count of the old string object and incrementing the reference count of
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
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2162 the interned string object), otherwise it leaves \var{*string} alone
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
2163 and interns it (incrementing its reference count). (Clarification:
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
2164 even though there is a lot of talk about reference counts, think of
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
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parents: 8109
diff changeset
2165 this function as reference-count-neutral; you own the object after
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
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parents: 8109
diff changeset
2166 the call if and only if you owned it before the call.)
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
2167 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
2168
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
2169 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_InternFromString}{const char *v}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
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parents: 8109
diff changeset
2170 A combination of \cfunction{PyString_FromString()} and
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
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parents: 8109
diff changeset
2171 \cfunction{PyString_InternInPlace()}, returning either a new string object
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
2172 that has been interned, or a new (``owned'') reference to an earlier
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
2173 interned string object with the same value.
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
2174 \end{cfuncdesc}
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
2175
13404
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2176 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_Decode}{const char *s,
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2177 int size,
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2178 const char *encoding,
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2179 const char *errors}
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2180 Create a string object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the encoded
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2181 buffer \var{s}. \var{encoding} and \var{errors} have the same meaning
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2182 as the parameters of the same name in the unicode() builtin
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2183 function. The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2184 registry. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2185 codec.
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2186 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2187
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2188 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_Encode}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2189 int size,
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2190 const char *encoding,
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2191 const char *errors}
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2192 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size and returns a
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2193 Python string object. \var{encoding} and \var{errors} have the same
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2194 meaning as the parameters of the same name in the string .encode()
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2195 method. The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2196 registry. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2197 codec.
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2198 \end{cfuncdesc}
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2199
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2200 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_AsEncodedString}{PyObject *unicode,
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2201 const char *encoding,
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2202 const char *errors}
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2203 Encodes a string object and returns the result as Python string
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2204 object. \var{encoding} and \var{errors} have the same meaning as the
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2205 parameters of the same name in the string .encode() method. The codec
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2206 to be used is looked up using the Python codec registry. Returns
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2207 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2208 \end{cfuncdesc}
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2209
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
2210
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2211 \subsection{Unicode Objects \label{unicodeObjects}}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2212 \sectionauthor{Marc-Andre Lemburg}{mal@lemburg.com}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2213
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2214 %--- Unicode Type -------------------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2215
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2216 These are the basic Unicode object types used for the Unicode
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2217 implementation in Python:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2218
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2219 \begin{ctypedesc}{Py_UNICODE}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2220 This type represents a 16-bit unsigned storage type which is used by
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2221 Python internally as basis for holding Unicode ordinals. On platforms
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2222 where \ctype{wchar_t} is available and also has 16-bits,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2223 \ctype{Py_UNICODE} is a typedef alias for \ctype{wchar_t} to enhance
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2224 native platform compatibility. On all other platforms,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2225 \ctype{Py_UNICODE} is a typedef alias for \ctype{unsigned short}.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2226 \end{ctypedesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2227
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2228 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyUnicodeObject}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2229 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python Unicode object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2230 \end{ctypedesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2231
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2232 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyUnicode_Type}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2233 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python Unicode type.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2234 \end{cvardesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2235
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2236 %--- These are really C macros... is there a macrodesc TeX macro ?
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2237
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2238 The following APIs are really C macros and can be used to do fast
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2239 checks and to access internal read-only data of Unicode objects:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2240
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2241 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_Check}{PyObject *o}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2242 Returns true if the object \var{o} is a Unicode object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2243 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2244
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2245 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_GET_SIZE}{PyObject *o}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2246 Returns the size of the object. o has to be a
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2247 PyUnicodeObject (not checked).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2248 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2249
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2250 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_GET_DATA_SIZE}{PyObject *o}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2251 Returns the size of the object's internal buffer in bytes. o has to be
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2252 a PyUnicodeObject (not checked).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2253 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2254
12932
1fa7c119b7a5 Updates from Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@leburg.com> for the Unicode support.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12930
diff changeset
2255 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_UNICODE*}{PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE}{PyObject *o}
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2256 Returns a pointer to the internal Py_UNICODE buffer of the object. o
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2257 has to be a PyUnicodeObject (not checked).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2258 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2259
12932
1fa7c119b7a5 Updates from Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@leburg.com> for the Unicode support.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12930
diff changeset
2260 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{PyUnicode_AS_DATA}{PyObject *o}
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2261 Returns a (const char *) pointer to the internal buffer of the object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2262 o has to be a PyUnicodeObject (not checked).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2263 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2264
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2265 % --- Unicode character properties ---------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2266
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2267 Unicode provides many different character properties. The most often
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2268 needed ones are available through these macros which are mapped to C
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2269 functions depending on the Python configuration.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2270
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2271 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISSPACE}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2272 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a whitespace character.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2273 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2274
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2275 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISLOWER}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2276 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a lowercase character.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2277 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2278
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2279 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISUPPER}{Py_UNICODE ch}
13321
ac24d82d8e33 Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13217
diff changeset
2280 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is an uppercase character.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2281 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2282
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2283 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISTITLE}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2284 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a titlecase character.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2285 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2286
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2287 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISLINEBREAK}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2288 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a linebreak character.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2289 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2290
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2291 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISDECIMAL}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2292 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a decimal character.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2293 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2294
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2295 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISDIGIT}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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2296 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a digit character.
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2297 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2298
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diff changeset
2299 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISNUMERIC}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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2300 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a numeric character.
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diff changeset
2301 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2302
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2303 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISALPHA}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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diff changeset
2304 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is an alphabetic character.
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diff changeset
2305 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2306
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2307 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISALNUM}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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2308 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is an alphanumeric character.
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diff changeset
2309 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2310
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2311 These APIs can be used for fast direct character conversions:
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2312
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diff changeset
2313 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_UNICODE}{Py_UNICODE_TOLOWER}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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diff changeset
2314 Returns the character \var{ch} converted to lower case.
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diff changeset
2315 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2316
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diff changeset
2317 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_UNICODE}{Py_UNICODE_TOUPPER}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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2318 Returns the character \var{ch} converted to upper case.
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diff changeset
2319 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2320
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diff changeset
2321 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_UNICODE}{Py_UNICODE_TOTITLE}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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2322 Returns the character \var{ch} converted to title case.
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2323 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2324
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diff changeset
2325 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_TODECIMAL}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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2326 Returns the character \var{ch} converted to a decimal positive integer.
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2327 Returns -1 in case this is not possible. Does not raise exceptions.
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2328 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2329
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diff changeset
2330 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_TODIGIT}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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diff changeset
2331 Returns the character \var{ch} converted to a single digit integer.
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2332 Returns -1 in case this is not possible. Does not raise exceptions.
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2333 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2334
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diff changeset
2335 \begin{cfuncdesc}{double}{Py_UNICODE_TONUMERIC}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2336 Returns the character \var{ch} converted to a (positive) double.
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2337 Returns -1.0 in case this is not possible. Does not raise exceptions.
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2338 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2339
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diff changeset
2340 % --- Plain Py_UNICODE ---------------------------------------------------
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2341
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diff changeset
2342 To create Unicode objects and access their basic sequence properties,
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diff changeset
2343 use these APIs:
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2344
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diff changeset
2345 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_FromUnicode}{const Py_UNICODE *u,
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diff changeset
2346 int size}
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diff changeset
2347
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diff changeset
2348 Create a Unicode Object from the Py_UNICODE buffer \var{u} of the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2349 given size. \var{u} may be \NULL{} which causes the contents to be
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2350 undefined. It is the user's responsibility to fill in the needed data.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2351 The buffer is copied into the new object.
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diff changeset
2352 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2353
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
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diff changeset
2354 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_UNICODE*}{PyUnicode_AsUnicode}{PyObject *unicode}
12258
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diff changeset
2355 Return a read-only pointer to the Unicode object's internal
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
2356 \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer.
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diff changeset
2357 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2358
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diff changeset
2359 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_GetSize}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2360 Return the length of the Unicode object.
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diff changeset
2361 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2362
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diff changeset
2363 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject}{PyObject *obj,
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diff changeset
2364 const char *encoding,
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diff changeset
2365 const char *errors}
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diff changeset
2366
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diff changeset
2367 Coerce an encoded object obj to an Unicode object and return a
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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diff changeset
2368 reference with incremented refcount.
12258
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2369
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diff changeset
2370 Coercion is done in the following way:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2371 \begin{enumerate}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2372 \item Unicode objects are passed back as-is with incremented
13404
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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diff changeset
2373 refcount. Note: these cannot be decoded; passing a non-NULL
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
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diff changeset
2374 value for encoding will result in a TypeError.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2375
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2376 \item String and other char buffer compatible objects are decoded
13404
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diff changeset
2377 according to the given encoding and using the error handling
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2378 defined by errors. Both can be NULL to have the interface use
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2379 the default values (see the next section for details).
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diff changeset
2380
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
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diff changeset
2381 \item All other objects cause an exception.
12258
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diff changeset
2382 \end{enumerate}
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diff changeset
2383 The API returns NULL in case of an error. The caller is responsible
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2384 for decref'ing the returned objects.
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diff changeset
2385 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2386
13404
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diff changeset
2387 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_FromObject}{PyObject *obj}
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diff changeset
2388
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2389 Shortcut for PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject(obj, NULL, ``strict'')
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2390 which is used throughout the interpreter whenever coercion to
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2391 Unicode is needed.
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
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diff changeset
2392 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
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diff changeset
2393
12258
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diff changeset
2394 % --- wchar_t support for platforms which support it ---------------------
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diff changeset
2395
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diff changeset
2396 If the platform supports \ctype{wchar_t} and provides a header file
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diff changeset
2397 wchar.h, Python can interface directly to this type using the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2398 following functions. Support is optimized if Python's own
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diff changeset
2399 \ctype{Py_UNICODE} type is identical to the system's \ctype{wchar_t}.
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diff changeset
2400
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diff changeset
2401 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_FromWideChar}{const wchar_t *w,
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diff changeset
2402 int size}
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diff changeset
2403 Create a Unicode Object from the \ctype{whcar_t} buffer \var{w} of the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2404 given size. Returns \NULL{} on failure.
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diff changeset
2405 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2406
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diff changeset
2407 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_AsWideChar}{PyUnicodeObject *unicode,
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diff changeset
2408 wchar_t *w,
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diff changeset
2409 int size}
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diff changeset
2410 Copies the Unicode Object contents into the \ctype{whcar_t} buffer
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diff changeset
2411 \var{w}. At most \var{size} \ctype{whcar_t} characters are copied.
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diff changeset
2412 Returns the number of \ctype{whcar_t} characters copied or -1 in case
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diff changeset
2413 of an error.
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diff changeset
2414 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2415
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diff changeset
2416
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diff changeset
2417 \subsubsection{Builtin Codecs \label{builtinCodecs}}
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diff changeset
2418
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diff changeset
2419 Python provides a set of builtin codecs which are written in C
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diff changeset
2420 for speed. All of these codecs are directly usable via the
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diff changeset
2421 following functions.
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diff changeset
2422
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diff changeset
2423 Many of the following APIs take two arguments encoding and
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2424 errors. These parameters encoding and errors have the same semantics
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2425 as the ones of the builtin unicode() Unicode object constructor.
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2426
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2427 Setting encoding to NULL causes the default encoding to be used which
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2428 is UTF-8.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2429
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2430 Error handling is set by errors which may also be set to NULL meaning
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2431 to use the default handling defined for the codec. Default error
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2432 handling for all builtin codecs is ``strict'' (ValueErrors are raised).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2433
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2434 The codecs all use a similar interface. Only deviation from the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2435 following generic ones are documented for simplicity.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2436
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2437 % --- Generic Codecs -----------------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2438
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2439 These are the generic codec APIs:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2440
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2441 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Decode}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2442 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2443 const char *encoding,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2444 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2445 Create a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the encoded
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2446 string \var{s}. \var{encoding} and \var{errors} have the same meaning
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2447 as the parameters of the same name in the unicode() builtin
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2448 function. The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2449 registry. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2450 codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2451 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2452
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2453 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Encode}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2454 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2455 const char *encoding,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2456 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2457 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size and returns a
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2458 Python string object. \var{encoding} and \var{errors} have the same
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2459 meaning as the parameters of the same name in the Unicode .encode()
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2460 method. The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2461 registry. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2462 codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2463 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2464
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2465 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsEncodedString}{PyObject *unicode,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2466 const char *encoding,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2467 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2468 Encodes a Unicode object and returns the result as Python string
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2469 object. \var{encoding} and \var{errors} have the same meaning as the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2470 parameters of the same name in the Unicode .encode() method. The codec
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2471 to be used is looked up using the Python codec registry. Returns
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2472 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2473 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2474
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2475 % --- UTF-8 Codecs -------------------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2476
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2477 These are the UTF-8 codec APIs:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2478
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2479 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2480 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2481 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2482 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the UTF-8
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2483 encoded string \var{s}. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2484 raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2485 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2486
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2487 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeUTF8}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2488 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2489 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2490 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using UTF-8
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2491 and returns a Python string object. Returns \NULL{} in case an
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2492 exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2493 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2494
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2495 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsUTF8String}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2496 Encodes a Unicode objects using UTF-8 and returns the result as Python
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2497 string object. Error handling is ``strict''. Returns
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2498 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2499 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2500
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2501 % --- UTF-16 Codecs ------------------------------------------------------ */
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2502
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2503 These are the UTF-16 codec APIs:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2504
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2505 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeUTF16}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2506 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2507 const char *errors,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2508 int *byteorder}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2509 Decodes \var{length} bytes from a UTF-16 encoded buffer string and
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2510 returns the corresponding Unicode object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2511
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2512 \var{errors} (if non-NULL) defines the error handling. It defaults
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2513 to ``strict''.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2514
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2515 If \var{byteorder} is non-\NULL{}, the decoder starts decoding using
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2516 the given byte order:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2517
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2518 \begin{verbatim}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2519 *byteorder == -1: little endian
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2520 *byteorder == 0: native order
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2521 *byteorder == 1: big endian
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2522 \end{verbatim}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2523
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2524 and then switches according to all byte order marks (BOM) it finds in
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2525 the input data. BOM marks are not copied into the resulting Unicode
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2526 string. After completion, \var{*byteorder} is set to the current byte
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2527 order at the end of input data.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2528
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2529 If \var{byteorder} is \NULL{}, the codec starts in native order mode.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2530
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2531 Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2532 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2533
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2534 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeUTF16}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2535 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2536 const char *errors,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2537 int byteorder}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2538 Returns a Python string object holding the UTF-16 encoded value of the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2539 Unicode data in \var{s}.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2540
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
2541 If \var{byteorder} is not \code{0}, output is written according to the
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2542 following byte order:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2543
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2544 \begin{verbatim}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2545 byteorder == -1: little endian
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2546 byteorder == 0: native byte order (writes a BOM mark)
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2547 byteorder == 1: big endian
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2548 \end{verbatim}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2549
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
2550 If byteorder is \code{0}, the output string will always start with the
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2551 Unicode BOM mark (U+FEFF). In the other two modes, no BOM mark is
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2552 prepended.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2553
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2554 Note that \ctype{Py_UNICODE} data is being interpreted as UTF-16
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2555 reduced to UCS-2. This trick makes it possible to add full UTF-16
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2556 capabilities at a later point without comprimising the APIs.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2557
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2558 Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2559 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2560
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2561 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsUTF16String}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2562 Returns a Python string using the UTF-16 encoding in native byte
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2563 order. The string always starts with a BOM mark. Error handling is
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2564 ``strict''. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2565 codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2566 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2567
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2568 % --- Unicode-Escape Codecs ----------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2569
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2570 These are the ``Unicode Esacpe'' codec APIs:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2571
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2572 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2573 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2574 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2575 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the Unicode-Esacpe
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2576 encoded string \var{s}. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2577 raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2578 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2579
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2580 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeUnicodeEscape}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2581 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2582 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2583 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using Unicode-Escape
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2584 and returns a Python string object. Returns \NULL{} in case an
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2585 exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2586 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2587
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2588 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsUnicodeEscapeString}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2589 Encodes a Unicode objects using Unicode-Escape and returns the result
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2590 as Python string object. Error handling is ``strict''. Returns
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2591 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2592 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2593
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2594 % --- Raw-Unicode-Escape Codecs ------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2595
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2596 These are the ``Raw Unicode Esacpe'' codec APIs:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2597
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2598 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeRawUnicodeEscape}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2599 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2600 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2601 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the Raw-Unicode-Esacpe
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2602 encoded string \var{s}. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2603 raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2604 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2605
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2606 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeRawUnicodeEscape}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2607 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2608 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2609 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using Raw-Unicode-Escape
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2610 and returns a Python string object. Returns \NULL{} in case an
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2611 exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2612 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2613
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2614 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsRawUnicodeEscapeString}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2615 Encodes a Unicode objects using Raw-Unicode-Escape and returns the result
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2616 as Python string object. Error handling is ``strict''. Returns
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2617 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2618 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2619
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2620 % --- Latin-1 Codecs -----------------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2621
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2622 These are the Latin-1 codec APIs:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2623
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2624 Latin-1 corresponds to the first 256 Unicode ordinals and only these
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2625 are accepted by the codecs during encoding.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2626
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2627 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeLatin1}{const char *s,
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2628 int size,
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2629 const char *errors}
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2630 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the Latin-1
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2631 encoded string \var{s}. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2632 raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2633 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2634
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2635 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeLatin1}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2636 int size,
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2637 const char *errors}
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2638 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using Latin-1
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2639 and returns a Python string object. Returns \NULL{} in case an
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2640 exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2641 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2642
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2643 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsLatin1String}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2644 Encodes a Unicode objects using Latin-1 and returns the result as
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2645 Python string object. Error handling is ``strict''. Returns
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2646 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2647 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2648
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2649 % --- ASCII Codecs -------------------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2650
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2651 These are the \ASCII{} codec APIs. Only 7-bit \ASCII{} data is
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2652 accepted. All other codes generate errors.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2653
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2654 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeASCII}{const char *s,
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2655 int size,
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2656 const char *errors}
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2657 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2658 \ASCII{} encoded string \var{s}. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2659 was raised by the codec.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2660 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2661
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2662 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeASCII}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2663 int size,
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2664 const char *errors}
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2665 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2666 \ASCII{} and returns a Python string object. Returns \NULL{} in case
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2667 an exception was raised by the codec.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2668 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2669
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2670 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsASCIIString}{PyObject *unicode}
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2671 Encodes a Unicode objects using \ASCII{} and returns the result as Python
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2672 string object. Error handling is ``strict''. Returns
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2673 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2674 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2675
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2676 % --- Character Map Codecs -----------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2677
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2678 These are the mapping codec APIs:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2679
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2680 This codec is special in that it can be used to implement many
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2681 different codecs (and this is in fact what was done to obtain most of
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2682 the standard codecs included in the \module{encodings} package). The
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2683 codec uses mapping to encode and decode characters.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2684
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2685 Decoding mappings must map single string characters to single Unicode
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2686 characters, integers (which are then interpreted as Unicode ordinals)
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2687 or None (meaning "undefined mapping" and causing an error).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2688
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2689 Encoding mappings must map single Unicode characters to single string
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2690 characters, integers (which are then interpreted as Latin-1 ordinals)
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2691 or None (meaning "undefined mapping" and causing an error).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2692
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2693 The mapping objects provided must only support the __getitem__ mapping
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2694 interface.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2695
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2696 If a character lookup fails with a LookupError, the character is
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2697 copied as-is meaning that its ordinal value will be interpreted as
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2698 Unicode or Latin-1 ordinal resp. Because of this, mappings only need
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2699 to contain those mappings which map characters to different code
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2700 points.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2701
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2702 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeCharmap}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2703 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2704 PyObject *mapping,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2705 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2706 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the encoded
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2707 string \var{s} using the given \var{mapping} object. Returns \NULL{}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2708 in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2709 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2710
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2711 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeCharmap}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2712 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2713 PyObject *mapping,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2714 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2715 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2716 given \var{mapping} object and returns a Python string object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2717 Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2718 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2719
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2720 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsCharmapString}{PyObject *unicode,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2721 PyObject *mapping}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2722 Encodes a Unicode objects using the given \var{mapping} object and
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2723 returns the result as Python string object. Error handling is
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2724 ``strict''. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2725 codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2726 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2727
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2728 The following codec API is special in that maps Unicode to Unicode.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2729
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2730 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_TranslateCharmap}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2731 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2732 PyObject *table,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2733 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2734 Translates a \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given length by applying
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2735 a character mapping \var{table} to it and returns the resulting
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2736 Unicode object. Returns \NULL{} when an exception was raised by the
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2737 codec.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2738
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2739 The \var{mapping} table must map Unicode ordinal integers to Unicode
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2740 ordinal integers or None (causing deletion of the character).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2741
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2742 Mapping tables must only provide the __getitem__ interface,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2743 e.g. dictionaries or sequences. Unmapped character ordinals (ones
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2744 which cause a LookupError) are left untouched and are copied as-is.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2745 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2746
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2747 % --- MBCS codecs for Windows --------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2748
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2749 These are the MBCS codec APIs. They are currently only available on
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2750 Windows and use the Win32 MBCS converters to implement the
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2751 conversions. Note that MBCS (or DBCS) is a class of encodings, not
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2752 just one. The target encoding is defined by the user settings on the
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2753 machine running the codec.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2754
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2755 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeMBCS}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2756 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2757 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2758 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the MBCS
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2759 encoded string \var{s}. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2760 raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2761 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2762
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2763 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeMBCS}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2764 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2765 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2766 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using MBCS
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2767 and returns a Python string object. Returns \NULL{} in case an
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2768 exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2769 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2770
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2771 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsMBCSString}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2772 Encodes a Unicode objects using MBCS and returns the result as Python
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2773 string object. Error handling is ``strict''. Returns \NULL{} in case
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2774 an exception was raised by the codec.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2775 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2776
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2777 % --- Methods & Slots ----------------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2778
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2779 \subsubsection{Methods and Slot Functions \label{unicodeMethodsAndSlots}}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2780
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2781 The following APIs are capable of handling Unicode objects and strings
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2782 on input (we refer to them as strings in the descriptions) and return
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2783 Unicode objects or integers as apporpriate.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2784
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2785 They all return \NULL{} or -1 in case an exception occurrs.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2786
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2787 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Concat}{PyObject *left,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2788 PyObject *right}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2789 Concat two strings giving a new Unicode string.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2790 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2791
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2792 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Split}{PyObject *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2793 PyObject *sep,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2794 int maxsplit}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2795 Split a string giving a list of Unicode strings.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2796
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2797 If sep is NULL, splitting will be done at all whitespace
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2798 substrings. Otherwise, splits occur at the given separator.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2799
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2800 At most maxsplit splits will be done. If negative, no limit is set.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2801
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2802 Separators are not included in the resulting list.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2803 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2804
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2805 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Splitlines}{PyObject *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2806 int maxsplit}
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2807 Split a Unicode string at line breaks, returning a list of Unicode
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2808 strings. CRLF is considered to be one line break. The Line break
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2809 characters are not included in the resulting strings.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2810 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2811
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2812 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Translate}{PyObject *str,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2813 PyObject *table,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2814 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2815 Translate a string by applying a character mapping table to it and
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2816 return the resulting Unicode object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2817
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2818 The mapping table must map Unicode ordinal integers to Unicode ordinal
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2819 integers or None (causing deletion of the character).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2820
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2821 Mapping tables must only provide the __getitem__ interface,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2822 e.g. dictionaries or sequences. Unmapped character ordinals (ones
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2823 which cause a LookupError) are left untouched and are copied as-is.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2824
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2825 \var{errors} has the usual meaning for codecs. It may be \NULL{}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2826 which indicates to use the default error handling.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2827 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2828
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2829 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Join}{PyObject *separator,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2830 PyObject *seq}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2831 Join a sequence of strings using the given separator and return
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2832 the resulting Unicode string.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2833 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2834
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2835 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Tailmatch}{PyObject *str,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2836 PyObject *substr,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2837 int start,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2838 int end,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2839 int direction}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2840 Return 1 if \var{substr} matches \var{str}[\var{start}:\var{end}] at
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2841 the given tail end (\var{direction} == -1 means to do a prefix match,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2842 \var{direction} == 1 a suffix match), 0 otherwise.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2843 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2844
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2845 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Find}{PyObject *str,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2846 PyObject *substr,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2847 int start,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2848 int end,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2849 int direction}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2850 Return the first position of \var{substr} in
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2851 \var{str}[\var{start}:\var{end}] using the given \var{direction}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2852 (\var{direction} == 1 means to do a forward search,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2853 \var{direction} == -1 a backward search), 0 otherwise.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2854 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2855
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2856 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Count}{PyObject *str,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2857 PyObject *substr,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2858 int start,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2859 int end}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2860 Count the number of occurrences of \var{substr} in
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2861 \var{str}[\var{start}:\var{end}]
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2862 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2863
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2864 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Replace}{PyObject *str,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2865 PyObject *substr,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2866 PyObject *replstr,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2867 int maxcount}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2868 Replace at most \var{maxcount} occurrences of \var{substr} in
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2869 \var{str} with \var{replstr} and return the resulting Unicode object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2870 \var{maxcount} == -1 means: replace all occurrences.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2871 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2872
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2873 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_Compare}{PyObject *left, PyObject *right}
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2874 Compare two strings and return -1, 0, 1 for less than, equal,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2875 greater than resp.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2876 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2877
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2878 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Format}{PyObject *format,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2879 PyObject *args}
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2880 Returns a new string object from \var{format} and \var{args}; this is
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2881 analogous to \code{\var{format} \%\ \var{args}}. The
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2882 \var{args} argument must be a tuple.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2883 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2884
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2885 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_Contains}{PyObject *container,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2886 PyObject *element}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2887 Checks whether \var{element} is contained in \var{container} and
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2888 returns true or false accordingly.
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2889
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2890 \var{element} has to coerce to a one element Unicode string. \code{-1} is
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2891 returned in case of an error.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2892 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2893
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2894
11176
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2895 \subsection{Buffer Objects \label{bufferObjects}}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2896 \sectionauthor{Greg Stein}{gstein@lyra.org}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2897
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2898 \obindex{buffer}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2899 Python objects implemented in C can export a group of functions called
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2900 the ``buffer\index{buffer interface} interface.'' These functions can
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2901 be used by an object to expose its data in a raw, byte-oriented
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2902 format. Clients of the object can use the buffer interface to access
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2903 the object data directly, without needing to copy it first.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2904
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2905 Two examples of objects that support
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2906 the buffer interface are strings and arrays. The string object exposes
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2907 the character contents in the buffer interface's byte-oriented
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2908 form. An array can also expose its contents, but it should be noted
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2909 that array elements may be multi-byte values.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2910
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2911 An example user of the buffer interface is the file object's
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2912 \method{write()} method. Any object that can export a series of bytes
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2913 through the buffer interface can be written to a file. There are a
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2914 number of format codes to \cfunction{PyArgs_ParseTuple()} that operate
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2915 against an object's buffer interface, returning data from the target
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2916 object.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2917
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2918 More information on the buffer interface is provided in the section
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2919 ``Buffer Object Structures'' (section \ref{buffer-structs}), under
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2920 the description for \ctype{PyBufferProcs}\ttindex{PyBufferProcs}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2921
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2922 A ``buffer object'' is defined in the \file{bufferobject.h} header
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2923 (included by \file{Python.h}). These objects look very similar to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2924 string objects at the Python programming level: they support slicing,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2925 indexing, concatenation, and some other standard string
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2926 operations. However, their data can come from one of two sources: from
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2927 a block of memory, or from another object which exports the buffer
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2928 interface.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2929
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2930 Buffer objects are useful as a way to expose the data from another
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2931 object's buffer interface to the Python programmer. They can also be
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2932 used as a zero-copy slicing mechanism. Using their ability to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2933 reference a block of memory, it is possible to expose any data to the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2934 Python programmer quite easily. The memory could be a large, constant
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2935 array in a C extension, it could be a raw block of memory for
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2936 manipulation before passing to an operating system library, or it
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2937 could be used to pass around structured data in its native, in-memory
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2938 format.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2939
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2940 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyBufferObject}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2941 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a buffer object.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2942 \end{ctypedesc}
11176
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
2943
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2944 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyBuffer_Type}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2945 The instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} which represents the Python
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2946 buffer type; it is the same object as \code{types.BufferType} in the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2947 Python layer.\withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{BufferType}}.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
2948 \end{cvardesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2949
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2950 \begin{cvardesc}{int}{Py_END_OF_BUFFER}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2951 This constant may be passed as the \var{size} parameter to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2952 \cfunction{PyBuffer_FromObject()} or
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2953 \cfunction{PyBuffer_FromReadWriteObject()}. It indicates that the new
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2954 \ctype{PyBufferObject} should refer to \var{base} object from the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2955 specified \var{offset} to the end of its exported buffer. Using this
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2956 enables the caller to avoid querying the \var{base} object for its
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2957 length.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2958 \end{cvardesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2959
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2960 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyBuffer_Check}{PyObject *p}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
2961 Return true if the argument has type \cdata{PyBuffer_Type}.
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2962 \end{cfuncdesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2963
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2964 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyBuffer_FromObject}{PyObject *base,
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2965 int offset, int size}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2966 Return a new read-only buffer object. This raises
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2967 \exception{TypeError} if \var{base} doesn't support the read-only
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2968 buffer protocol or doesn't provide exactly one buffer segment, or it
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2969 raises \exception{ValueError} if \var{offset} is less than zero. The
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2970 buffer will hold a reference to the \var{base} object, and the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2971 buffer's contents will refer to the \var{base} object's buffer
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2972 interface, starting as position \var{offset} and extending for
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2973 \var{size} bytes. If \var{size} is \constant{Py_END_OF_BUFFER}, then
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2974 the new buffer's contents extend to the length of the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2975 \var{base} object's exported buffer data.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2976 \end{cfuncdesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2977
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2978 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyBuffer_FromReadWriteObject}{PyObject *base,
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2979 int offset,
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2980 int size}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2981 Return a new writable buffer object. Parameters and exceptions are
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2982 similar to those for \cfunction{PyBuffer_FromObject()}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2983 If the \var{base} object does not export the writeable buffer
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2984 protocol, then \exception{TypeError} is raised.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2985 \end{cfuncdesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2986
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2987 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyBuffer_FromMemory}{void *ptr, int size}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2988 Return a new read-only buffer object that reads from a specified
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2989 location in memory, with a specified size.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2990 The caller is responsible for ensuring that the memory buffer, passed
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2991 in as \var{ptr}, is not deallocated while the returned buffer object
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2992 exists. Raises \exception{ValueError} if \var{size} is less than
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2993 zero. Note that \constant{Py_END_OF_BUFFER} may \emph{not} be passed
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2994 for the \var{size} parameter; \exception{ValueError} will be raised in
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2995 that case.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2996 \end{cfuncdesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2997
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
2998 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyBuffer_FromReadWriteMemory}{void *ptr, int size}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2999 Similar to \cfunction{PyBuffer_FromMemory()}, but the returned buffer
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3000 is writable.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3001 \end{cfuncdesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3002
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3003 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyBuffer_New}{int size}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3004 Returns a new writable buffer object that maintains its own memory
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3005 buffer of \var{size} bytes. \exception{ValueError} is returned if
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3006 \var{size} is not zero or positive.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3007 \end{cfuncdesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3008
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3009
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3010 \subsection{Tuple Objects \label{tupleObjects}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3011
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3012 \obindex{tuple}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3013 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyTupleObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3014 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python tuple object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3015 \end{ctypedesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3016
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3017 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyTuple_Type}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3018 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python tuple
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3019 type; it is the same object as \code{types.TupleType} in the Python
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3020 layer.\withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{TupleType}}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3021 \end{cvardesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3022
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3023 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyTuple_Check}{PyObject *p}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3024 Return true if the argument is a tuple object.
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3025 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3026
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3027 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyTuple_New}{int len}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3028 Return a new tuple object of size \var{len}, or \NULL{} on failure.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3029 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3030
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3031 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyTuple_Size}{PyTupleObject *p}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3032 Takes a pointer to a tuple object, and returns the size
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3033 of that tuple.
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3034 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3035
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3036 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyTuple_GetItem}{PyTupleObject *p, int pos}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3037 Returns the object at position \var{pos} in the tuple pointed
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3038 to by \var{p}. If \var{pos} is out of bounds, returns \NULL{} and
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3039 sets an \exception{IndexError} exception.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3040 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3041
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3042 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyTuple_GET_ITEM}{PyTupleObject *p, int pos}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3043 Does the same, but does no checking of its arguments.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3044 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3045
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3046 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyTuple_GetSlice}{PyTupleObject *p,
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3047 int low,
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3048 int high}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3049 Takes a slice of the tuple pointed to by \var{p} from
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3050 \var{low} to \var{high} and returns it as a new tuple.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3051 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3052
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3053 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyTuple_SetItem}{PyObject *p,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3054 int pos, PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3055 Inserts a reference to object \var{o} at position \var{pos} of
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3056 the tuple pointed to by \var{p}. It returns \code{0} on success.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3057 \strong{Note:} This function ``steals'' a reference to \var{o}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3058 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3059
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3060 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyTuple_SET_ITEM}{PyObject *p,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3061 int pos, PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3062 Does the same, but does no error checking, and
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3063 should \emph{only} be used to fill in brand new tuples.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3064 \strong{Note:} This function ``steals'' a reference to \var{o}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3065 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3066
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3067 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{_PyTuple_Resize}{PyTupleObject *p,
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3068 int newsize, int last_is_sticky}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3069 Can be used to resize a tuple. \var{newsize} will be the new length
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3070 of the tuple. Because tuples are \emph{supposed} to be immutable,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3071 this should only be used if there is only one reference to the object.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3072 Do \emph{not} use this if the tuple may already be known to some other
15038
e9713cbe2ba8 The _PyTuple_Resize() last_is_sticky flag must now always be false.
Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>
parents: 14926
diff changeset
3073 part of the code. The tuple will always grow or shrink at the end. The
e9713cbe2ba8 The _PyTuple_Resize() last_is_sticky flag must now always be false.
Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>
parents: 14926
diff changeset
3074 \var{last_is_sticky} flag is not used and should always be false. Think
e9713cbe2ba8 The _PyTuple_Resize() last_is_sticky flag must now always be false.
Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>
parents: 14926
diff changeset
3075 of this as destroying the old tuple and creating a new one, only more
e9713cbe2ba8 The _PyTuple_Resize() last_is_sticky flag must now always be false.
Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>
parents: 14926
diff changeset
3076 efficiently. Returns \code{0} on success and \code{-1} on failure (in
e9713cbe2ba8 The _PyTuple_Resize() last_is_sticky flag must now always be false.
Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>
parents: 14926
diff changeset
3077 which case a \exception{MemoryError} or \exception{SystemError} will be
e9713cbe2ba8 The _PyTuple_Resize() last_is_sticky flag must now always be false.
Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>
parents: 14926
diff changeset
3078 raised).
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3079 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3080
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3081
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3082 \subsection{List Objects \label{listObjects}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3083
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3084 \obindex{list}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3085 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyListObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3086 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python list object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3087 \end{ctypedesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3088
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3089 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyList_Type}
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3090 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python list
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3091 type. This is the same object as \code{types.ListType}.
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3092 \withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{ListType}}
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3093 \end{cvardesc}
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3094
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3095 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_Check}{PyObject *p}
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3096 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyListObject}.
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3097 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3098
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3099 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyList_New}{int len}
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3100 Returns a new list of length \var{len} on success, or \NULL{} on
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3101 failure.
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3102 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3103
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3104 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_Size}{PyObject *list}
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3105 Returns the length of the list object in \var{list}; this is
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3106 equivalent to \samp{len(\var{list})} on a list object.
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3107 \bifuncindex{len}
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3108 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3109
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3110 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_GET_SIZE}{PyObject *list}
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3111 Macro form of \cfunction{PyList_Size()} without error checking.
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3112 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3113
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3114 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyList_GetItem}{PyObject *list, int index}
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3115 Returns the object at position \var{pos} in the list pointed
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3116 to by \var{p}. If \var{pos} is out of bounds, returns \NULL{} and
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3117 sets an \exception{IndexError} exception.
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3118 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3119
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3120 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyList_GET_ITEM}{PyObject *list, int i}
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3121 Macro form of \cfunction{PyList_GetItem()} without error checking.
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3122 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3123
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3124 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_SetItem}{PyObject *list, int index,
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3125 PyObject *item}
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3126 Sets the item at index \var{index} in list to \var{item}.
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3127 \strong{Note:} This function ``steals'' a reference to \var{item}.
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3128 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3129
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3130 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyList_SET_ITEM}{PyObject *list, int i,
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3131 PyObject *o}
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3132 Macro form of \cfunction{PyList_SetItem()} without error checking.
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3133 \strong{Note:} This function ``steals'' a reference to \var{item}.
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3134 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3135
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3136 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_Insert}{PyObject *list, int index,
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3137 PyObject *item}
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3138 Inserts the item \var{item} into list \var{list} in front of index
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3139 \var{index}. Returns \code{0} if successful; returns \code{-1} and
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3140 raises an exception if unsuccessful. Analogous to
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3141 \code{\var{list}.insert(\var{index}, \var{item})}.
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3142 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3143
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3144 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_Append}{PyObject *list, PyObject *item}
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3145 Appends the object \var{item} at the end of list \var{list}. Returns
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3146 \code{0} if successful; returns \code{-1} and sets an exception if
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3147 unsuccessful. Analogous to \code{\var{list}.append(\var{item})}.
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3148 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3149
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3150 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyList_GetSlice}{PyObject *list,
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3151 int low, int high}
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3152 Returns a list of the objects in \var{list} containing the objects
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3153 \emph{between} \var{low} and \var{high}. Returns NULL and sets an
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3154 exception if unsuccessful.
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3155 Analogous to \code{\var{list}[\var{low}:\var{high}]}.
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3156 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3157
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3158 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_SetSlice}{PyObject *list,
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3159 int low, int high,
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3160 PyObject *itemlist}
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3161 Sets the slice of \var{list} between \var{low} and \var{high} to the
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3162 contents of \var{itemlist}. Analogous to
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3163 \code{\var{list}[\var{low}:\var{high}] = \var{itemlist}}. Returns
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3164 \code{0} on success, \code{-1} on failure.
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3165 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3166
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3167 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_Sort}{PyObject *list}
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3168 Sorts the items of \var{list} in place. Returns \code{0} on success,
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3169 \code{-1} on failure. This is equivalent to
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3170 \samp{\var{list}.sort()}.
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3171 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3172
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3173 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_Reverse}{PyObject *list}
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3174 Reverses the items of \var{list} in place. Returns \code{0} on
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3175 success, \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of
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3176 \samp{\var{list}.reverse()}.
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3177 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3178
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3179 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyList_AsTuple}{PyObject *list}
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3180 Returns a new tuple object containing the contents of \var{list};
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3181 equivalent to \samp{tuple(\var{list})}.\bifuncindex{tuple}
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3182 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3183
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3184
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3185 \section{Mapping Objects \label{mapObjects}}
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3186
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3187 \obindex{mapping}
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3188
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3189
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3190 \subsection{Dictionary Objects \label{dictObjects}}
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3191
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3192 \obindex{dictionary}
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3193 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyDictObject}
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3194 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python dictionary object.
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3195 \end{ctypedesc}
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3196
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3197 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyDict_Type}
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3198 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python dictionary
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3199 type. This is exposed to Python programs as \code{types.DictType} and
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3200 \code{types.DictionaryType}.
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3201 \withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{DictType}\ttindex{DictionaryType}}
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3202 \end{cvardesc}
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3203
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3204 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_Check}{PyObject *p}
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3205 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyDictObject}.
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3206 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3207
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3208 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_New}{}
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3209 Returns a new empty dictionary, or \NULL{} on failure.
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3210 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3211
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3212 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyDict_Clear}{PyObject *p}
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3213 Empties an existing dictionary of all key-value pairs.
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3214 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3215
12126
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Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
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3216 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_Copy}{PyObject *p}
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3217 Returns a new dictionary that contains the same key-value pairs as p.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3218 Empties an existing dictionary of all key-value pairs.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3219 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3220
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3221 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_SetItem}{PyObject *p, PyObject *key,
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3222 PyObject *val}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3223 Inserts \var{value} into the dictionary with a key of \var{key}.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3224 \var{key} must be hashable; if it isn't, \exception{TypeError} will be
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3225 raised.
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3226 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
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3227
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parents: 7268
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3228 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_SetItemString}{PyDictObject *p,
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parents: 7268
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3229 char *key,
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3230 PyObject *val}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
3231 Inserts \var{value} into the dictionary using \var{key}
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
3232 as a key. \var{key} should be a \ctype{char*}. The key object is
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
3233 created using \code{PyString_FromString(\var{key})}.
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3234 \ttindex{PyString_FromString()}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3235 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3236
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3237 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_DelItem}{PyObject *p, PyObject *key}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
3238 Removes the entry in dictionary \var{p} with key \var{key}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3239 \var{key} must be hashable; if it isn't, \exception{TypeError} is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3240 raised.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3241 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3242
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3243 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_DelItemString}{PyObject *p, char *key}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
3244 Removes the entry in dictionary \var{p} which has a key
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3245 specified by the string \var{key}.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3246 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3247
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3248 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_GetItem}{PyObject *p, PyObject *key}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
3249 Returns the object from dictionary \var{p} which has a key
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3250 \var{key}. Returns \NULL{} if the key \var{key} is not present, but
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3251 \emph{without} setting an exception.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3252 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3253
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3254 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_GetItemString}{PyObject *p, char *key}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3255 This is the same as \cfunction{PyDict_GetItem()}, but \var{key} is
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3256 specified as a \ctype{char*}, rather than a \ctype{PyObject*}.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3257 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3258
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3259 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_Items}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3260 Returns a \ctype{PyListObject} containing all the items
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3261 from the dictionary, as in the dictinoary method \method{items()} (see
11451
38c7444f633a Use \citetitle and \programopt as appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11222
diff changeset
3262 the \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference}).
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3263 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3264
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3265 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_Keys}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3266 Returns a \ctype{PyListObject} containing all the keys
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3267 from the dictionary, as in the dictionary method \method{keys()} (see the
11451
38c7444f633a Use \citetitle and \programopt as appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11222
diff changeset
3268 \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference}).
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3269 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3270
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3271 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_Values}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3272 Returns a \ctype{PyListObject} containing all the values
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3273 from the dictionary \var{p}, as in the dictionary method
11451
38c7444f633a Use \citetitle and \programopt as appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11222
diff changeset
3274 \method{values()} (see the \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library
38c7444f633a Use \citetitle and \programopt as appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11222
diff changeset
3275 Reference}).
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3276 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3277
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3278 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_Size}{PyObject *p}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3279 Returns the number of items in the dictionary. This is equivalent to
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3280 \samp{len(\var{p})} on a dictionary.\bifuncindex{len}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3281 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3282
13920
d057cd543ed9 ANY becomes void, to reflect the requirement for ANSI C.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13592
diff changeset
3283 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_Next}{PyDictObject *p, int *ppos,
d057cd543ed9 ANY becomes void, to reflect the requirement for ANSI C.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13592
diff changeset
3284 PyObject **pkey, PyObject **pvalue}
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3285
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3286 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3287
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3288
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3289 \section{Numeric Objects \label{numericObjects}}
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3290
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3291 \obindex{numeric}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3292
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3293
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3294 \subsection{Plain Integer Objects \label{intObjects}}
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3295
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3296 \obindex{integer}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3297 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyIntObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3298 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python integer object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3299 \end{ctypedesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3300
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3301 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyInt_Type}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3302 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python plain
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3303 integer type. This is the same object as \code{types.IntType}.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3304 \withsubitem{(in modules types)}{\ttindex{IntType}}
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3305 \end{cvardesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3306
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3307 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyInt_Check}{PyObject* o}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3308 Returns true if \var{o} is of type \cdata{PyInt_Type}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3309 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3310
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3311 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyInt_FromLong}{long ival}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3312 Creates a new integer object with a value of \var{ival}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3313
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3314 The current implementation keeps an array of integer objects for all
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3315 integers between \code{-1} and \code{100}, when you create an int in
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3316 that range you actually just get back a reference to the existing
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3317 object. So it should be possible to change the value of \code{1}. I
7807
5d15f4fd6d69 Capitalize "Python" for consistency.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7782
diff changeset
3318 suspect the behaviour of Python in this case is undefined. :-)
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3319 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3320
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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3321 \begin{cfuncdesc}{long}{PyInt_AsLong}{PyObject *io}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3322 Will first attempt to cast the object to a \ctype{PyIntObject}, if
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3323 it is not already one, and then return its value.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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diff changeset
3324 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
3325
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3326 \begin{cfuncdesc}{long}{PyInt_AS_LONG}{PyObject *io}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3327 Returns the value of the object \var{io}. No error checking is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3328 performed.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3329 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3330
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3331 \begin{cfuncdesc}{long}{PyInt_GetMax}{}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3332 Returns the system's idea of the largest integer it can handle
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3333 (\constant{LONG_MAX}\ttindex{LONG_MAX}, as defined in the system
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3334 header files).
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3335 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
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3336
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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parents: 7268
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3337
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
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parents: 9931
diff changeset
3338 \subsection{Long Integer Objects \label{longObjects}}
7269
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diff changeset
3339
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3340 \obindex{long integer}
7269
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3341 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyLongObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3342 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python long integer
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
3343 object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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parents: 7268
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3344 \end{ctypedesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3345
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3346 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyLong_Type}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3347 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python long
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3348 integer type. This is the same object as \code{types.LongType}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3349 \withsubitem{(in modules types)}{\ttindex{LongType}}
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3350 \end{cvardesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3351
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3352 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyLong_Check}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3353 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyLongObject}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3354 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3355
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3356 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyLong_FromLong}{long v}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3357 Returns a new \ctype{PyLongObject} object from \var{v}, or \NULL{} on
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3358 failure.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3359 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3360
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3361 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyLong_FromUnsignedLong}{unsigned long v}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3362 Returns a new \ctype{PyLongObject} object from a C \ctype{unsigned
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3363 long}, or \NULL{} on failure.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3364 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3365
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3366 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyLong_FromDouble}{double v}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3367 Returns a new \ctype{PyLongObject} object from the integer part of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3368 \var{v}, or \NULL{} on failure.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3369 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3370
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3371 \begin{cfuncdesc}{long}{PyLong_AsLong}{PyObject *pylong}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3372 Returns a C \ctype{long} representation of the contents of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3373 \var{pylong}. If \var{pylong} is greater than
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3374 \constant{LONG_MAX}\ttindex{LONG_MAX}, an \exception{OverflowError} is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3375 raised.\withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{OverflowError}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3376 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3377
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3378 \begin{cfuncdesc}{unsigned long}{PyLong_AsUnsignedLong}{PyObject *pylong}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3379 Returns a C \ctype{unsigned long} representation of the contents of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3380 \var{pylong}. If \var{pylong} is greater than
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3381 \constant{ULONG_MAX}\ttindex{ULONG_MAX}, an \exception{OverflowError}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3382 is raised.\withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{OverflowError}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3383 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3384
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3385 \begin{cfuncdesc}{double}{PyLong_AsDouble}{PyObject *pylong}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3386 Returns a C \ctype{double} representation of the contents of \var{pylong}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3387 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3388
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3389 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyLong_FromString}{char *str, char **pend,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3390 int base}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3391 Return a new \ctype{PyLongObject} based on the string value in
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3392 \var{str}, which is interpreted according to the radix in \var{base}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3393 If \var{pend} is non-\NULL, \code{*\var{pend}} will point to the first
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3394 character in \var{str} which follows the representation of the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3395 number. If \var{base} is \code{0}, the radix will be determined base
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3396 on the leading characters of \var{str}: if \var{str} starts with
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3397 \code{'0x'} or \code{'0X'}, radix 16 will be used; if \var{str} starts
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3398 with \code{'0'}, radix 8 will be used; otherwise radix 10 will be
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3399 used. If \var{base} is not \code{0}, it must be between \code{2} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3400 \code{36}, inclusive. Leading spaces are ignored. If there are no
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3401 digits, \exception{ValueError} will be raised.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3402 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3403
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3404
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3405 \subsection{Floating Point Objects \label{floatObjects}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3406
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3407 \obindex{floating point}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3408 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyFloatObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3409 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python floating point
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3410 object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3411 \end{ctypedesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3412
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3413 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyFloat_Type}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3414 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python floating
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3415 point type. This is the same object as \code{types.FloatType}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3416 \withsubitem{(in modules types)}{\ttindex{FloatType}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3417 \end{cvardesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3418
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3419 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyFloat_Check}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3420 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyFloatObject}.
5588
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
3421 \end{cfuncdesc}
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
3422
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3423 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFloat_FromDouble}{double v}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3424 Creates a \ctype{PyFloatObject} object from \var{v}, or \NULL{} on
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3425 failure.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3426 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3427
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3428 \begin{cfuncdesc}{double}{PyFloat_AsDouble}{PyObject *pyfloat}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3429 Returns a C \ctype{double} representation of the contents of \var{pyfloat}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3430 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3431
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3432 \begin{cfuncdesc}{double}{PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE}{PyObject *pyfloat}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3433 Returns a C \ctype{double} representation of the contents of
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3434 \var{pyfloat}, but without error checking.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3435 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3436
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3437
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3438 \subsection{Complex Number Objects \label{complexObjects}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3439
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3440 \obindex{complex number}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3441 Python's complex number objects are implemented as two distinct types
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3442 when viewed from the C API: one is the Python object exposed to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3443 Python programs, and the other is a C structure which represents the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3444 actual complex number value. The API provides functions for working
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3445 with both.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3446
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3447 \subsubsection{Complex Numbers as C Structures}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3448
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3449 Note that the functions which accept these structures as parameters
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3450 and return them as results do so \emph{by value} rather than
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3451 dereferencing them through pointers. This is consistent throughout
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3452 the API.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3453
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3454 \begin{ctypedesc}{Py_complex}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3455 The C structure which corresponds to the value portion of a Python
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3456 complex number object. Most of the functions for dealing with complex
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3457 number objects use structures of this type as input or output values,
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3458 as appropriate. It is defined as:
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3459
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3460 \begin{verbatim}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3461 typedef struct {
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3462 double real;
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3463 double imag;
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3464 } Py_complex;
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3465 \end{verbatim}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3466 \end{ctypedesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3467
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3468 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{_Py_c_sum}{Py_complex left, Py_complex right}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3469 Return the sum of two complex numbers, using the C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3470 \ctype{Py_complex} representation.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3471 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3472
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3473 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{_Py_c_diff}{Py_complex left, Py_complex right}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3474 Return the difference between two complex numbers, using the C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3475 \ctype{Py_complex} representation.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3476 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3477
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3478 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{_Py_c_neg}{Py_complex complex}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3479 Return the negation of the complex number \var{complex}, using the C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3480 \ctype{Py_complex} representation.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3481 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3482
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3483 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{_Py_c_prod}{Py_complex left, Py_complex right}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3484 Return the product of two complex numbers, using the C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3485 \ctype{Py_complex} representation.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3486 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3487
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3488 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{_Py_c_quot}{Py_complex dividend,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3489 Py_complex divisor}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3490 Return the quotient of two complex numbers, using the C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3491 \ctype{Py_complex} representation.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3492 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3493
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3494 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{_Py_c_pow}{Py_complex num, Py_complex exp}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3495 Return the exponentiation of \var{num} by \var{exp}, using the C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3496 \ctype{Py_complex} representation.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3497 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3498
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3499
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3500 \subsubsection{Complex Numbers as Python Objects}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3501
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3502 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyComplexObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3503 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python complex number object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3504 \end{ctypedesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3505
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3506 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyComplex_Type}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3507 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python complex
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3508 number type.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3509 \end{cvardesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3510
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3511 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyComplex_Check}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3512 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyComplexObject}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3513 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3514
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3515 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyComplex_FromCComplex}{Py_complex v}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3516 Create a new Python complex number object from a C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3517 \ctype{Py_complex} value.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3518 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3519
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3520 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyComplex_FromDoubles}{double real, double imag}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3521 Returns a new \ctype{PyComplexObject} object from \var{real} and \var{imag}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3522 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3523
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3524 \begin{cfuncdesc}{double}{PyComplex_RealAsDouble}{PyObject *op}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3525 Returns the real part of \var{op} as a C \ctype{double}.
5588
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
3526 \end{cfuncdesc}
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
3527
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3528 \begin{cfuncdesc}{double}{PyComplex_ImagAsDouble}{PyObject *op}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3529 Returns the imaginary part of \var{op} as a C \ctype{double}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3530 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3531
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3532 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{PyComplex_AsCComplex}{PyObject *op}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3533 Returns the \ctype{Py_complex} value of the complex number \var{op}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3534 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3535
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3536
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3537
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3538 \section{Other Objects \label{otherObjects}}
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3539
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3540 \subsection{File Objects \label{fileObjects}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3541
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3542 \obindex{file}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3543 Python's built-in file objects are implemented entirely on the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3544 \ctype{FILE*} support from the C standard library. This is an
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3545 implementation detail and may change in future releases of Python.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3546
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3547 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyFileObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3548 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python file object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3549 \end{ctypedesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3550
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3551 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyFile_Type}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3552 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python file
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3553 type. This is exposed to Python programs as \code{types.FileType}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3554 \withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{FileType}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3555 \end{cvardesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3556
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3557 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyFile_Check}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3558 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyFileObject}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3559 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3560
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3561 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFile_FromString}{char *filename, char *mode}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3562 On success, returns a new file object that is opened on the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3563 file given by \var{filename}, with a file mode given by \var{mode},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3564 where \var{mode} has the same semantics as the standard C routine
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3565 \cfunction{fopen()}\ttindex{fopen()}. On failure, returns \NULL.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3566 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3567
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3568 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFile_FromFile}{FILE *fp,
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3569 char *name, char *mode,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3570 int (*close)(FILE*)}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3571 Creates a new \ctype{PyFileObject} from the already-open standard C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3572 file pointer, \var{fp}. The function \var{close} will be called when
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3573 the file should be closed. Returns \NULL{} on failure.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3574 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3575
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3576 \begin{cfuncdesc}{FILE*}{PyFile_AsFile}{PyFileObject *p}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3577 Returns the file object associated with \var{p} as a \ctype{FILE*}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3578 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3579
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3580 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFile_GetLine}{PyObject *p, int n}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3581 Equivalent to \code{\var{p}.readline(\optional{\var{n}})}, this
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3582 function reads one line from the object \var{p}. \var{p} may be a
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3583 file object or any object with a \method{readline()} method. If
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3584 \var{n} is \code{0}, exactly one line is read, regardless of the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3585 length of the line. If \var{n} is greater than \code{0}, no more than
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3586 \var{n} bytes will be read from the file; a partial line can be
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3587 returned. In both cases, an empty string is returned if the end of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3588 the file is reached immediately. If \var{n} is less than \code{0},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3589 however, one line is read regardless of length, but
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3590 \exception{EOFError} is raised if the end of the file is reached
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3591 immediately.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3592 \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{EOFError}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3593 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3594
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3595 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFile_Name}{PyObject *p}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3596 Returns the name of the file specified by \var{p} as a string object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3597 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3598
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3599 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyFile_SetBufSize}{PyFileObject *p, int n}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3600 Available on systems with \cfunction{setvbuf()}\ttindex{setvbuf()}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3601 only. This should only be called immediately after file object
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3602 creation.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3603 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3604
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3605 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyFile_SoftSpace}{PyObject *p, int newflag}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3606 This function exists for internal use by the interpreter.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3607 Sets the \member{softspace} attribute of \var{p} to \var{newflag} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3608 \withsubitem{(file attribute)}{\ttindex{softspace}}returns the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3609 previous value. \var{p} does not have to be a file object
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3610 for this function to work properly; any object is supported (thought
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3611 its only interesting if the \member{softspace} attribute can be set).
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3612 This function clears any errors, and will return \code{0} as the
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3613 previous value if the attribute either does not exist or if there were
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3614 errors in retrieving it. There is no way to detect errors from this
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3615 function, but doing so should not be needed.
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3616 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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parents: 7268
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3617
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3618 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyFile_WriteObject}{PyObject *obj, PyFileObject *p,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3619 int flags}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3620 Writes object \var{obj} to file object \var{p}. The only supported
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3621 flag for \var{flags} is \constant{Py_PRINT_RAW}\ttindex{Py_PRINT_RAW};
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3622 if given, the \function{str()} of the object is written instead of the
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3623 \function{repr()}. Returns \code{0} on success or \code{-1} on
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3624 failure; the appropriate exception will be set.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3625 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3626
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3627 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyFile_WriteString}{char *s, PyFileObject *p,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3628 int flags}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3629 Writes string \var{s} to file object \var{p}. Returns \code{0} on
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3630 success or \code{-1} on failure; the appropriate exception will be
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3631 set.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3632 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3633
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3634
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3635 \subsection{Module Objects \label{moduleObjects}}
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3636
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3637 \obindex{module}
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3638 There are only a few functions special to module objects.
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
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parents: 9931
diff changeset
3639
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3640 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyModule_Type}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3641 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python module
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3642 type. This is exposed to Python programs as \code{types.ModuleType}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3643 \withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{ModuleType}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3644 \end{cvardesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3645
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3646 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyModule_Check}{PyObject *p}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3647 Returns true if its argument is a module object.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3648 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3649
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3650 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyModule_New}{char *name}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3651 Return a new module object with the \member{__name__} attribute set to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3652 \var{name}. Only the module's \member{__doc__} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3653 \member{__name__} attributes are filled in; the caller is responsible
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3654 for providing a \member{__file__} attribute.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3655 \withsubitem{(module attribute)}{
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3656 \ttindex{__name__}\ttindex{__doc__}\ttindex{__file__}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3657 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3658
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3659 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyModule_GetDict}{PyObject *module}
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3660 Return the dictionary object that implements \var{module}'s namespace;
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3661 this object is the same as the \member{__dict__} attribute of the
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3662 module object. This function never fails.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3663 \withsubitem{(module attribute)}{\ttindex{__dict__}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3664 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3665
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3666 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{PyModule_GetName}{PyObject *module}
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3667 Return \var{module}'s \member{__name__} value. If the module does not
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3668 provide one, or if it is not a string, \exception{SystemError} is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3669 raised and \NULL{} is returned.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3670 \withsubitem{(module attribute)}{\ttindex{__name__}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3671 \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{SystemError}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3672 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3673
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3674 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{PyModule_GetFilename}{PyObject *module}
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3675 Return the name of the file from which \var{module} was loaded using
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3676 \var{module}'s \member{__file__} attribute. If this is not defined,
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3677 or if it is not a string, raise \exception{SystemError} and return
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3678 \NULL.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3679 \withsubitem{(module attribute)}{\ttindex{__file__}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3680 \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{SystemError}}
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3681 \end{cfuncdesc}
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3682
14782
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3683 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyModule_AddObject}{PyObject *module,
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3684 char *name, PyObject *value}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3685 Add an object to \var{module} as \var{name}. This is a convenience
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3686 function which can be used from the module's initialization function.
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3687 This steals a reference to \var{value}. Returns \code{-1} on error,
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3688 \code{0} on success.
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3689 \versionadded{2.0}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3690 \end{cfuncdesc}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3691
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3692 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyModule_AddIntConstant}{PyObject *module,
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3693 char *name, int value}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3694 Add an integer constant to \var{module} as \var{name}. This convenience
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3695 function can be used from the module's initialization function.
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3696 Returns \code{-1} on error, \code{0} on success.
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3697 \versionadded{2.0}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3698 \end{cfuncdesc}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3699
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3700 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyModule_AddStringConstant}{PyObject *module,
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3701 char *name, char *value}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3702 Add a string constant to \var{module} as \var{name}. This convenience
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3703 function can be used from the module's initialization function. The
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3704 string \var{value} must be null-terminated. Returns \code{-1} on
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3705 error, \code{0} on success.
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3706 \versionadded{2.0}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3707 \end{cfuncdesc}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3708
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3709
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3710 \subsection{CObjects \label{cObjects}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3711
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3712 \obindex{CObject}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3713 Refer to \emph{Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3714 section 1.12 (``Providing a C API for an Extension Module''), for more
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3715 information on using these objects.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3716
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3717
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3718 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyCObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3719 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents an opaque value, useful for
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3720 C extension modules who need to pass an opaque value (as a
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3721 \ctype{void*} pointer) through Python code to other C code. It is
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3722 often used to make a C function pointer defined in one module
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3723 available to other modules, so the regular import mechanism can be
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3724 used to access C APIs defined in dynamically loaded modules.
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3725 \end{ctypedesc}
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3726
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3727 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyCObject_Check}{PyObject *p}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3728 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyCObject}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3729 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3730
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3731 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyCObject_FromVoidPtr}{void* cobj,
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3732 void (*destr)(void *)}
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
3733 Creates a \ctype{PyCObject} from the \code{void *}\var{cobj}. The
10851
fcb25335d6ae PyCObject_FromVoidPtr(): Clarify that the destr function will only be
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 10786
diff changeset
3734 \var{destr} function will be called when the object is reclaimed, unless
fcb25335d6ae PyCObject_FromVoidPtr(): Clarify that the destr function will only be
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 10786
diff changeset
3735 it is \NULL.
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3736 \end{cfuncdesc}
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3737
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3738 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyCObject_FromVoidPtrAndDesc}{void* cobj,
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3739 void* desc, void (*destr)(void *, void *) }
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3740 Creates a \ctype{PyCObject} from the \ctype{void *}\var{cobj}. The
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3741 \var{destr} function will be called when the object is reclaimed. The
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3742 \var{desc} argument can be used to pass extra callback data for the
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3743 destructor function.
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3744 \end{cfuncdesc}
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3745
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3746 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void*}{PyCObject_AsVoidPtr}{PyObject* self}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3747 Returns the object \ctype{void *} that the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3748 \ctype{PyCObject} \var{self} was created with.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3749 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3750
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3751 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void*}{PyCObject_GetDesc}{PyObject* self}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3752 Returns the description \ctype{void *} that the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3753 \ctype{PyCObject} \var{self} was created with.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3754 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3755
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3756
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3757 \chapter{Initialization, Finalization, and Threads
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3758 \label{initialization}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3759
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3760 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_Initialize}{}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3761 Initialize the Python interpreter. In an application embedding
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3762 Python, this should be called before using any other Python/C API
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3763 functions; with the exception of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3764 \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()}\ttindex{Py_SetProgramName()},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3765 \cfunction{PyEval_InitThreads()}\ttindex{PyEval_InitThreads()},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3766 \cfunction{PyEval_ReleaseLock()}\ttindex{PyEval_ReleaseLock()},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3767 and \cfunction{PyEval_AcquireLock()}\ttindex{PyEval_AcquireLock()}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3768 This initializes the table of loaded modules (\code{sys.modules}), and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3769 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{modules}\ttindex{path}}creates the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3770 fundamental modules \module{__builtin__}\refbimodindex{__builtin__},
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3771 \module{__main__}\refbimodindex{__main__} and
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3772 \module{sys}\refbimodindex{sys}. It also initializes the module
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3773 search\indexiii{module}{search}{path} path (\code{sys.path}).
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3774 It does not set \code{sys.argv}; use
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3775 \cfunction{PySys_SetArgv()}\ttindex{PySys_SetArgv()} for that. This
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3776 is a no-op when called for a second time (without calling
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3777 \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}\ttindex{Py_Finalize()} first). There is no
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3778 return value; it is a fatal error if the initialization fails.
6382
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
3779 \end{cfuncdesc}
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
3780
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
3781 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_IsInitialized}{}
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
3782 Return true (nonzero) when the Python interpreter has been
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3783 initialized, false (zero) if not. After \cfunction{Py_Finalize()} is
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3784 called, this returns false until \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} is called
6382
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
3785 again.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3786 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3787
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3788 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_Finalize}{}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3789 Undo all initializations made by \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} and
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3790 subsequent use of Python/C API functions, and destroy all
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3791 sub-interpreters (see \cfunction{Py_NewInterpreter()} below) that were
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3792 created and not yet destroyed since the last call to
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3793 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}. Ideally, this frees all memory allocated
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3794 by the Python interpreter. This is a no-op when called for a second
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3795 time (without calling \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} again first). There
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3796 is no return value; errors during finalization are ignored.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3797
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3798 This function is provided for a number of reasons. An embedding
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3799 application might want to restart Python without having to restart the
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3800 application itself. An application that has loaded the Python
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3801 interpreter from a dynamically loadable library (or DLL) might want to
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3802 free all memory allocated by Python before unloading the DLL. During a
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3803 hunt for memory leaks in an application a developer might want to free
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3804 all memory allocated by Python before exiting from the application.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3805
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3806 \strong{Bugs and caveats:} The destruction of modules and objects in
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3807 modules is done in random order; this may cause destructors
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3808 (\method{__del__()} methods) to fail when they depend on other objects
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3809 (even functions) or modules. Dynamically loaded extension modules
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3810 loaded by Python are not unloaded. Small amounts of memory allocated
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3811 by the Python interpreter may not be freed (if you find a leak, please
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3812 report it). Memory tied up in circular references between objects is
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3813 not freed. Some memory allocated by extension modules may not be
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3814 freed. Some extension may not work properly if their initialization
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3815 routine is called more than once; this can happen if an applcation
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3816 calls \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} and \cfunction{Py_Finalize()} more
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3817 than once.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3818 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3819
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3820 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{Py_NewInterpreter}{}
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3821 Create a new sub-interpreter. This is an (almost) totally separate
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3822 environment for the execution of Python code. In particular, the new
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3823 interpreter has separate, independent versions of all imported
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3824 modules, including the fundamental modules
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3825 \module{__builtin__}\refbimodindex{__builtin__},
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3826 \module{__main__}\refbimodindex{__main__} and
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3827 \module{sys}\refbimodindex{sys}. The table of loaded modules
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3828 (\code{sys.modules}) and the module search path (\code{sys.path}) are
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3829 also separate. The new environment has no \code{sys.argv} variable.
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3830 It has new standard I/O stream file objects \code{sys.stdin},
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3831 \code{sys.stdout} and \code{sys.stderr} (however these refer to the
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3832 same underlying \ctype{FILE} structures in the C library).
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3833 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3834 \ttindex{stdout}\ttindex{stderr}\ttindex{stdin}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3835
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3836 The return value points to the first thread state created in the new
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3837 sub-interpreter. This thread state is made the current thread state.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3838 Note that no actual thread is created; see the discussion of thread
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3839 states below. If creation of the new interpreter is unsuccessful,
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
3840 \NULL{} is returned; no exception is set since the exception state
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3841 is stored in the current thread state and there may not be a current
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3842 thread state. (Like all other Python/C API functions, the global
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3843 interpreter lock must be held before calling this function and is
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3844 still held when it returns; however, unlike most other Python/C API
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3845 functions, there needn't be a current thread state on entry.)
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3846
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3847 Extension modules are shared between (sub-)interpreters as follows:
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3848 the first time a particular extension is imported, it is initialized
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3849 normally, and a (shallow) copy of its module's dictionary is
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3850 squirreled away. When the same extension is imported by another
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3851 (sub-)interpreter, a new module is initialized and filled with the
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3852 contents of this copy; the extension's \code{init} function is not
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3853 called. Note that this is different from what happens when an
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3854 extension is imported after the interpreter has been completely
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3855 re-initialized by calling
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3856 \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}\ttindex{Py_Finalize()} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3857 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}\ttindex{Py_Initialize()}; in that case,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3858 the extension's \code{init\var{module}} function \emph{is} called
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3859 again.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3860
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3861 \strong{Bugs and caveats:} Because sub-interpreters (and the main
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3862 interpreter) are part of the same process, the insulation between them
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3863 isn't perfect --- for example, using low-level file operations like
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3864 \withsubitem{(in module os)}{\ttindex{close()}}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3865 \function{os.close()} they can (accidentally or maliciously) affect each
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3866 other's open files. Because of the way extensions are shared between
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3867 (sub-)interpreters, some extensions may not work properly; this is
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3868 especially likely when the extension makes use of (static) global
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3869 variables, or when the extension manipulates its module's dictionary
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3870 after its initialization. It is possible to insert objects created in
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3871 one sub-interpreter into a namespace of another sub-interpreter; this
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3872 should be done with great care to avoid sharing user-defined
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3873 functions, methods, instances or classes between sub-interpreters,
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3874 since import operations executed by such objects may affect the
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3875 wrong (sub-)interpreter's dictionary of loaded modules. (XXX This is
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3876 a hard-to-fix bug that will be addressed in a future release.)
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3877 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3878
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3879 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_EndInterpreter}{PyThreadState *tstate}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3880 Destroy the (sub-)interpreter represented by the given thread state.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3881 The given thread state must be the current thread state. See the
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3882 discussion of thread states below. When the call returns, the current
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
3883 thread state is \NULL{}. All thread states associated with this
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3884 interpreted are destroyed. (The global interpreter lock must be held
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3885 before calling this function and is still held when it returns.)
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3886 \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}\ttindex{Py_Finalize()} will destroy all
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3887 sub-interpreters that haven't been explicitly destroyed at that point.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3888 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3889
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3890 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_SetProgramName}{char *name}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3891 This function should be called before
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3892 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}\ttindex{Py_Initialize()} is called
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3893 for the first time, if it is called at all. It tells the interpreter
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3894 the value of the \code{argv[0]} argument to the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3895 \cfunction{main()}\ttindex{main()} function of the program. This is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3896 used by \cfunction{Py_GetPath()}\ttindex{Py_GetPath()} and some other
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3897 functions below to find the Python run-time libraries relative to the
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
3898 interpreter executable. The default value is \code{'python'}. The
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3899 argument should point to a zero-terminated character string in static
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3900 storage whose contents will not change for the duration of the
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3901 program's execution. No code in the Python interpreter will change
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3902 the contents of this storage.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3903 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3904
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3905 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{Py_GetProgramName}{}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3906 Return the program name set with
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3907 \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()}\ttindex{Py_SetProgramName()}, or the
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3908 default. The returned string points into static storage; the caller
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3909 should not modify its value.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3910 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3911
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3912 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{Py_GetPrefix}{}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3913 Return the \emph{prefix} for installed platform-independent files. This
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3914 is derived through a number of complicated rules from the program name
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3915 set with \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()} and some environment variables;
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
3916 for example, if the program name is \code{'/usr/local/bin/python'},
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
3917 the prefix is \code{'/usr/local'}. The returned string points into
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3918 static storage; the caller should not modify its value. This
8021
3b91affa333e In descriptions of Py_GetPrefix() and Py_GetExecPrefix(), make sure the
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7923
diff changeset
3919 corresponds to the \makevar{prefix} variable in the top-level
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
3920 \file{Makefile} and the \longprogramopt{prefix} argument to the
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3921 \program{configure} script at build time. The value is available to
7081
0baa2ab42ee9 Consistency:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7071
diff changeset
3922 Python code as \code{sys.prefix}. It is only useful on \UNIX{}. See
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3923 also the next function.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3924 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3925
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3926 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{Py_GetExecPrefix}{}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3927 Return the \emph{exec-prefix} for installed platform-\emph{de}pendent
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3928 files. This is derived through a number of complicated rules from the
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3929 program name set with \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()} and some environment
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3930 variables; for example, if the program name is
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
3931 \code{'/usr/local/bin/python'}, the exec-prefix is
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
3932 \code{'/usr/local'}. The returned string points into static storage;
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3933 the caller should not modify its value. This corresponds to the
8021
3b91affa333e In descriptions of Py_GetPrefix() and Py_GetExecPrefix(), make sure the
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7923
diff changeset
3934 \makevar{exec_prefix} variable in the top-level \file{Makefile} and the
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
3935 \longprogramopt{exec-prefix} argument to the
11453
a05a05602902 Missed a couple of program options that had been marked by \code.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11451
diff changeset
3936 \program{configure} script at build time. The value is available to
a05a05602902 Missed a couple of program options that had been marked by \code.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11451
diff changeset
3937 Python code as \code{sys.exec_prefix}. It is only useful on \UNIX{}.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3938
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3939 Background: The exec-prefix differs from the prefix when platform
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3940 dependent files (such as executables and shared libraries) are
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3941 installed in a different directory tree. In a typical installation,
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3942 platform dependent files may be installed in the
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
3943 \file{/usr/local/plat} subtree while platform independent may be
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
3944 installed in \file{/usr/local}.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3945
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3946 Generally speaking, a platform is a combination of hardware and
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3947 software families, e.g. Sparc machines running the Solaris 2.x
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3948 operating system are considered the same platform, but Intel machines
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3949 running Solaris 2.x are another platform, and Intel machines running
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3950 Linux are yet another platform. Different major revisions of the same
7081
0baa2ab42ee9 Consistency:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7071
diff changeset
3951 operating system generally also form different platforms. Non-\UNIX{}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3952 operating systems are a different story; the installation strategies
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3953 on those systems are so different that the prefix and exec-prefix are
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3954 meaningless, and set to the empty string. Note that compiled Python
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3955 bytecode files are platform independent (but not independent from the
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3956 Python version by which they were compiled!).
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3957
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3958 System administrators will know how to configure the \program{mount} or
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
3959 \program{automount} programs to share \file{/usr/local} between platforms
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
3960 while having \file{/usr/local/plat} be a different filesystem for each
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3961 platform.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3962 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3963
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3964 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{Py_GetProgramFullPath}{}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3965 Return the full program name of the Python executable; this is
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3966 computed as a side-effect of deriving the default module search path
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3967 from the program name (set by
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3968 \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()}\ttindex{Py_SetProgramName()} above).
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3969 The returned string points into static storage; the caller should not
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3970 modify its value. The value is available to Python code as
6382
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
3971 \code{sys.executable}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3972 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{executable}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3973 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3974
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3975 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{Py_GetPath}{}
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3976 \indexiii{module}{search}{path}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3977 Return the default module search path; this is computed from the
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3978 program name (set by \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()} above) and some
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3979 environment variables. The returned string consists of a series of
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3980 directory names separated by a platform dependent delimiter character.
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3981 The delimiter character is \character{:} on \UNIX{}, \character{;} on
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3982 DOS/Windows, and \character{\e n} (the \ASCII{} newline character) on
7271
0061d3916ae4 "ASCII" --> "\ASCII{}"
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7269
diff changeset
3983 Macintosh. The returned string points into static storage; the caller
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3984 should not modify its value. The value is available to Python code
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3985 as the list \code{sys.path}\withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{path}},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3986 which may be modified to change the future search path for loaded
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3987 modules.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3988
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3989 % XXX should give the exact rules
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3990 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3991
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3992 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetVersion}{}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3993 Return the version of this Python interpreter. This is a string that
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3994 looks something like
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3995
6074
5e5e54a6dba6 Fixes to make it pass latex without complaints.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6041
diff changeset
3996 \begin{verbatim}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3997 "1.5 (#67, Dec 31 1997, 22:34:28) [GCC 2.7.2.2]"
6074
5e5e54a6dba6 Fixes to make it pass latex without complaints.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6041
diff changeset
3998 \end{verbatim}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3999
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4000 The first word (up to the first space character) is the current Python
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4001 version; the first three characters are the major and minor version
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4002 separated by a period. The returned string points into static storage;
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4003 the caller should not modify its value. The value is available to
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4004 Python code as the list \code{sys.version}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4005 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{version}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4006 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4007
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4008 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetPlatform}{}
7081
0baa2ab42ee9 Consistency:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7071
diff changeset
4009 Return the platform identifier for the current platform. On \UNIX{},
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4010 this is formed from the ``official'' name of the operating system,
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4011 converted to lower case, followed by the major revision number; e.g.,
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4012 for Solaris 2.x, which is also known as SunOS 5.x, the value is
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4013 \code{'sunos5'}. On Macintosh, it is \code{'mac'}. On Windows, it
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4014 is \code{'win'}. The returned string points into static storage;
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4015 the caller should not modify its value. The value is available to
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4016 Python code as \code{sys.platform}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4017 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{platform}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4018 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4019
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4020 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetCopyright}{}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4021 Return the official copyright string for the current Python version,
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4022 for example
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4023
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4024 \code{'Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam'}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4025
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4026 The returned string points into static storage; the caller should not
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4027 modify its value. The value is available to Python code as the list
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4028 \code{sys.copyright}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4029 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{copyright}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4030 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4031
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4032 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetCompiler}{}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4033 Return an indication of the compiler used to build the current Python
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4034 version, in square brackets, for example:
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4035
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4036 \begin{verbatim}
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4037 "[GCC 2.7.2.2]"
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4038 \end{verbatim}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4039
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4040 The returned string points into static storage; the caller should not
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4041 modify its value. The value is available to Python code as part of
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4042 the variable \code{sys.version}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4043 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{version}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4044 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4045
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4046 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetBuildInfo}{}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4047 Return information about the sequence number and build date and time
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4048 of the current Python interpreter instance, for example
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4049
6074
5e5e54a6dba6 Fixes to make it pass latex without complaints.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6041
diff changeset
4050 \begin{verbatim}
5e5e54a6dba6 Fixes to make it pass latex without complaints.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6041
diff changeset
4051 "#67, Aug 1 1997, 22:34:28"
5e5e54a6dba6 Fixes to make it pass latex without complaints.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6041
diff changeset
4052 \end{verbatim}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4053
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4054 The returned string points into static storage; the caller should not
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4055 modify its value. The value is available to Python code as part of
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4056 the variable \code{sys.version}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4057 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{version}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4058 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4059
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4060 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySys_SetArgv}{int argc, char **argv}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4061 Set \code{sys.argv} based on \var{argc} and \var{argv}. These
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4062 parameters are similar to those passed to the program's
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4063 \cfunction{main()}\ttindex{main()} function with the difference that
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4064 the first entry should refer to the script file to be executed rather
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4065 than the executable hosting the Python interpreter. If there isn't a
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4066 script that will be run, the first entry in \var{argv} can be an empty
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4067 string. If this function fails to initialize \code{sys.argv}, a fatal
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4068 condition is signalled using
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4069 \cfunction{Py_FatalError()}\ttindex{Py_FatalError()}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4070 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{argv}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4071 % XXX impl. doesn't seem consistent in allowing 0/NULL for the params;
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4072 % check w/ Guido.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4073 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4074
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4075 % XXX Other PySys thingies (doesn't really belong in this chapter)
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4076
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
4077 \section{Thread State and the Global Interpreter Lock
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
4078 \label{threads}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4079
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4080 \index{global interpreter lock}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4081 \index{interpreter lock}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4082 \index{lock, interpreter}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4083
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4084 The Python interpreter is not fully thread safe. In order to support
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4085 multi-threaded Python programs, there's a global lock that must be
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4086 held by the current thread before it can safely access Python objects.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4087 Without the lock, even the simplest operations could cause problems in
7422
2d508822e7f6 Fixed typo reported by Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@imag.fr>.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7314
diff changeset
4088 a multi-threaded program: for example, when two threads simultaneously
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4089 increment the reference count of the same object, the reference count
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4090 could end up being incremented only once instead of twice.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4091
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4092 Therefore, the rule exists that only the thread that has acquired the
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4093 global interpreter lock may operate on Python objects or call Python/C
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4094 API functions. In order to support multi-threaded Python programs,
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4095 the interpreter regularly releases and reacquires the lock --- by
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4096 default, every ten bytecode instructions (this can be changed with
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4097 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{setcheckinterval()}}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4098 \function{sys.setcheckinterval()}). The lock is also released and
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4099 reacquired around potentially blocking I/O operations like reading or
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4100 writing a file, so that other threads can run while the thread that
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4101 requests the I/O is waiting for the I/O operation to complete.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4102
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4103 The Python interpreter needs to keep some bookkeeping information
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4104 separate per thread --- for this it uses a data structure called
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4105 \ctype{PyThreadState}\ttindex{PyThreadState}. This is new in Python
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4106 1.5; in earlier versions, such state was stored in global variables,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4107 and switching threads could cause problems. In particular, exception
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4108 handling is now thread safe, when the application uses
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4109 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{exc_info()}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4110 \function{sys.exc_info()} to access the exception last raised in the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4111 current thread.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4112
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4113 There's one global variable left, however: the pointer to the current
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4114 \ctype{PyThreadState}\ttindex{PyThreadState} structure. While most
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4115 thread packages have a way to store ``per-thread global data,''
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4116 Python's internal platform independent thread abstraction doesn't
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4117 support this yet. Therefore, the current thread state must be
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4118 manipulated explicitly.
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4119
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4120 This is easy enough in most cases. Most code manipulating the global
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4121 interpreter lock has the following simple structure:
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4122
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4123 \begin{verbatim}
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4124 Save the thread state in a local variable.
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4125 Release the interpreter lock.
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4126 ...Do some blocking I/O operation...
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4127 Reacquire the interpreter lock.
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4128 Restore the thread state from the local variable.
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4129 \end{verbatim}
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4130
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4131 This is so common that a pair of macros exists to simplify it:
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4132
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4133 \begin{verbatim}
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4134 Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4135 ...Do some blocking I/O operation...
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4136 Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4137 \end{verbatim}
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4138
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4139 The \code{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS}\ttindex{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS} macro
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4140 opens a new block and declares a hidden local variable; the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4141 \code{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS}\ttindex{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS} macro closes
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4142 the block. Another advantage of using these two macros is that when
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4143 Python is compiled without thread support, they are defined empty,
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4144 thus saving the thread state and lock manipulations.
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4145
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4146 When thread support is enabled, the block above expands to the
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4147 following code:
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4148
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4149 \begin{verbatim}
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4150 PyThreadState *_save;
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4151
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4152 _save = PyEval_SaveThread();
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4153 ...Do some blocking I/O operation...
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4154 PyEval_RestoreThread(_save);
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4155 \end{verbatim}
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4156
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4157 Using even lower level primitives, we can get roughly the same effect
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4158 as follows:
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4159
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4160 \begin{verbatim}
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4161 PyThreadState *_save;
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4162
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4163 _save = PyThreadState_Swap(NULL);
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4164 PyEval_ReleaseLock();
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4165 ...Do some blocking I/O operation...
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4166 PyEval_AcquireLock();
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4167 PyThreadState_Swap(_save);
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4168 \end{verbatim}
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4169
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4170 There are some subtle differences; in particular,
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4171 \cfunction{PyEval_RestoreThread()}\ttindex{PyEval_RestoreThread()} saves
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4172 and restores the value of the global variable
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4173 \cdata{errno}\ttindex{errno}, since the lock manipulation does not
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
4174 guarantee that \cdata{errno} is left alone. Also, when thread support
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4175 is disabled,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4176 \cfunction{PyEval_SaveThread()}\ttindex{PyEval_SaveThread()} and
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4177 \cfunction{PyEval_RestoreThread()} don't manipulate the lock; in this
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4178 case, \cfunction{PyEval_ReleaseLock()}\ttindex{PyEval_ReleaseLock()} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4179 \cfunction{PyEval_AcquireLock()}\ttindex{PyEval_AcquireLock()} are not
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4180 available. This is done so that dynamically loaded extensions
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4181 compiled with thread support enabled can be loaded by an interpreter
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4182 that was compiled with disabled thread support.
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4183
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4184 The global interpreter lock is used to protect the pointer to the
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4185 current thread state. When releasing the lock and saving the thread
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4186 state, the current thread state pointer must be retrieved before the
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4187 lock is released (since another thread could immediately acquire the
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4188 lock and store its own thread state in the global variable).
14926
76c1e40c5c5d Reversely --> Conversely
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14870
diff changeset
4189 Conversely, when acquiring the lock and restoring the thread state,
76c1e40c5c5d Reversely --> Conversely
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14870
diff changeset
4190 the lock must be acquired before storing the thread state pointer.
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4191
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4192 Why am I going on with so much detail about this? Because when
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4193 threads are created from C, they don't have the global interpreter
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4194 lock, nor is there a thread state data structure for them. Such
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4195 threads must bootstrap themselves into existence, by first creating a
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4196 thread state data structure, then acquiring the lock, and finally
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4197 storing their thread state pointer, before they can start using the
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4198 Python/C API. When they are done, they should reset the thread state
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4199 pointer, release the lock, and finally free their thread state data
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4200 structure.
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4201
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4202 When creating a thread data structure, you need to provide an
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4203 interpreter state data structure. The interpreter state data
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4204 structure hold global data that is shared by all threads in an
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4205 interpreter, for example the module administration
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4206 (\code{sys.modules}). Depending on your needs, you can either create
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4207 a new interpreter state data structure, or share the interpreter state
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4208 data structure used by the Python main thread (to access the latter,
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
4209 you must obtain the thread state and access its \member{interp} member;
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4210 this must be done by a thread that is created by Python or by the main
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4211 thread after Python is initialized).
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4212
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4213
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4214 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyInterpreterState}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4215 This data structure represents the state shared by a number of
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4216 cooperating threads. Threads belonging to the same interpreter
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4217 share their module administration and a few other internal items.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4218 There are no public members in this structure.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4219
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4220 Threads belonging to different interpreters initially share nothing,
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4221 except process state like available memory, open file descriptors and
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4222 such. The global interpreter lock is also shared by all threads,
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4223 regardless of to which interpreter they belong.
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4224 \end{ctypedesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4225
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4226 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyThreadState}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4227 This data structure represents the state of a single thread. The only
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
4228 public data member is \ctype{PyInterpreterState *}\member{interp},
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
4229 which points to this thread's interpreter state.
6390
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4230 \end{ctypedesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4231
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4232 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_InitThreads}{}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4233 Initialize and acquire the global interpreter lock. It should be
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4234 called in the main thread before creating a second thread or engaging
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4235 in any other thread operations such as
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4236 \cfunction{PyEval_ReleaseLock()}\ttindex{PyEval_ReleaseLock()} or
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4237 \code{PyEval_ReleaseThread(\var{tstate})}\ttindex{PyEval_ReleaseThread()}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4238 It is not needed before calling
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4239 \cfunction{PyEval_SaveThread()}\ttindex{PyEval_SaveThread()} or
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4240 \cfunction{PyEval_RestoreThread()}\ttindex{PyEval_RestoreThread()}.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4241
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4242 This is a no-op when called for a second time. It is safe to call
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4243 this function before calling
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4244 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}\ttindex{Py_Initialize()}.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4245
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4246 When only the main thread exists, no lock operations are needed. This
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4247 is a common situation (most Python programs do not use threads), and
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4248 the lock operations slow the interpreter down a bit. Therefore, the
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4249 lock is not created initially. This situation is equivalent to having
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4250 acquired the lock: when there is only a single thread, all object
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4251 accesses are safe. Therefore, when this function initializes the
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
4252 lock, it also acquires it. Before the Python
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
4253 \module{thread}\refbimodindex{thread} module creates a new thread,
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
4254 knowing that either it has the lock or the lock hasn't been created
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
4255 yet, it calls \cfunction{PyEval_InitThreads()}. When this call
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
4256 returns, it is guaranteed that the lock has been created and that it
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
4257 has acquired it.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4258
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4259 It is \strong{not} safe to call this function when it is unknown which
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4260 thread (if any) currently has the global interpreter lock.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4261
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4262 This function is not available when thread support is disabled at
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4263 compile time.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4264 \end{cfuncdesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4265
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4266 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_AcquireLock}{}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4267 Acquire the global interpreter lock. The lock must have been created
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4268 earlier. If this thread already has the lock, a deadlock ensues.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4269 This function is not available when thread support is disabled at
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4270 compile time.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4271 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4272
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4273 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_ReleaseLock}{}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4274 Release the global interpreter lock. The lock must have been created
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4275 earlier. This function is not available when thread support is
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4276 disabled at compile time.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4277 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4278
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4279 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_AcquireThread}{PyThreadState *tstate}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4280 Acquire the global interpreter lock and then set the current thread
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4281 state to \var{tstate}, which should not be \NULL{}. The lock must
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4282 have been created earlier. If this thread already has the lock,
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4283 deadlock ensues. This function is not available when thread support
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4284 is disabled at compile time.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4285 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4286
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4287 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_ReleaseThread}{PyThreadState *tstate}
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4288 Reset the current thread state to \NULL{} and release the global
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4289 interpreter lock. The lock must have been created earlier and must be
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4290 held by the current thread. The \var{tstate} argument, which must not
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4291 be \NULL{}, is only used to check that it represents the current
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4292 thread state --- if it isn't, a fatal error is reported. This
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4293 function is not available when thread support is disabled at compile
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4294 time.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4295 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4296
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4297 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{PyEval_SaveThread}{}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4298 Release the interpreter lock (if it has been created and thread
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4299 support is enabled) and reset the thread state to \NULL{},
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4300 returning the previous thread state (which is not \NULL{}). If
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4301 the lock has been created, the current thread must have acquired it.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4302 (This function is available even when thread support is disabled at
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4303 compile time.)
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4304 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4305
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4306 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_RestoreThread}{PyThreadState *tstate}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4307 Acquire the interpreter lock (if it has been created and thread
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4308 support is enabled) and set the thread state to \var{tstate}, which
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4309 must not be \NULL{}. If the lock has been created, the current
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4310 thread must not have acquired it, otherwise deadlock ensues. (This
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4311 function is available even when thread support is disabled at compile
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4312 time.)
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4313 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4314
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4315 The following macros are normally used without a trailing semicolon;
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4316 look for example usage in the Python source distribution.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4317
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4318 \begin{csimplemacrodesc}{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4319 This macro expands to
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4320 \samp{\{ PyThreadState *_save; _save = PyEval_SaveThread();}.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4321 Note that it contains an opening brace; it must be matched with a
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4322 following \code{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS} macro. See above for further
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4323 discussion of this macro. It is a no-op when thread support is
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4324 disabled at compile time.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4325 \end{csimplemacrodesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4326
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4327 \begin{csimplemacrodesc}{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4328 This macro expands to
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4329 \samp{PyEval_RestoreThread(_save); \}}.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4330 Note that it contains a closing brace; it must be matched with an
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4331 earlier \code{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS} macro. See above for further
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4332 discussion of this macro. It is a no-op when thread support is
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4333 disabled at compile time.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4334 \end{csimplemacrodesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4335
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4336 \begin{csimplemacrodesc}{Py_BEGIN_BLOCK_THREADS}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4337 This macro expands to \samp{PyEval_RestoreThread(_save);} i.e. it
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4338 is equivalent to \code{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS} without the closing
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4339 brace. It is a no-op when thread support is disabled at compile
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4340 time.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4341 \end{csimplemacrodesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4342
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4343 \begin{csimplemacrodesc}{Py_BEGIN_UNBLOCK_THREADS}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4344 This macro expands to \samp{_save = PyEval_SaveThread();} i.e. it is
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4345 equivalent to \code{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS} without the opening brace
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4346 and variable declaration. It is a no-op when thread support is
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4347 disabled at compile time.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4348 \end{csimplemacrodesc}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4349
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4350 All of the following functions are only available when thread support
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4351 is enabled at compile time, and must be called only when the
7314
d23bb969e63a Removed various "(New in 1.5a?!)" constructs. Other notes pertaining to
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7310
diff changeset
4352 interpreter lock has been created.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4353
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4354 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyInterpreterState*}{PyInterpreterState_New}{}
8881
febca6b1827d Clarify that the Python interpreter lock need *not* be held by
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8782
diff changeset
4355 Create a new interpreter state object. The interpreter lock need not
febca6b1827d Clarify that the Python interpreter lock need *not* be held by
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8782
diff changeset
4356 be held, but may be held if it is necessary to serialize calls to this
febca6b1827d Clarify that the Python interpreter lock need *not* be held by
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8782
diff changeset
4357 function.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4358 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4359
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4360 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyInterpreterState_Clear}{PyInterpreterState *interp}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4361 Reset all information in an interpreter state object. The interpreter
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4362 lock must be held.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4363 \end{cfuncdesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4364
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4365 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyInterpreterState_Delete}{PyInterpreterState *interp}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4366 Destroy an interpreter state object. The interpreter lock need not be
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4367 held. The interpreter state must have been reset with a previous
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4368 call to \cfunction{PyInterpreterState_Clear()}.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4369 \end{cfuncdesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4370
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4371 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{PyThreadState_New}{PyInterpreterState *interp}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4372 Create a new thread state object belonging to the given interpreter
8881
febca6b1827d Clarify that the Python interpreter lock need *not* be held by
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8782
diff changeset
4373 object. The interpreter lock need not be held, but may be held if it
febca6b1827d Clarify that the Python interpreter lock need *not* be held by
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8782
diff changeset
4374 is necessary to serialize calls to this function.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4375 \end{cfuncdesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4376
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4377 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyThreadState_Clear}{PyThreadState *tstate}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4378 Reset all information in a thread state object. The interpreter lock
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4379 must be held.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4380 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4381
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4382 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyThreadState_Delete}{PyThreadState *tstate}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4383 Destroy a thread state object. The interpreter lock need not be
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4384 held. The thread state must have been reset with a previous
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4385 call to \cfunction{PyThreadState_Clear()}.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4386 \end{cfuncdesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4387
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4388 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{PyThreadState_Get}{}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4389 Return the current thread state. The interpreter lock must be held.
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4390 When the current thread state is \NULL{}, this issues a fatal
6991
f349bf0e9322 A whole bunch of typos fixed by Andrew Kuchling.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6653
diff changeset
4391 error (so that the caller needn't check for \NULL{}).
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4392 \end{cfuncdesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4393
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4394 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{PyThreadState_Swap}{PyThreadState *tstate}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4395 Swap the current thread state with the thread state given by the
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4396 argument \var{tstate}, which may be \NULL{}. The interpreter lock
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4397 must be held.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4398 \end{cfuncdesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4399
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4400
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4401 \chapter{Memory Management \label{memory}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4402 \sectionauthor{Vladimir Marangozov}{Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4403
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4404
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4405 \section{Overview \label{memoryOverview}}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4406
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4407 Memory management in Python involves a private heap containing all
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4408 Python objects and data structures. The management of this private
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4409 heap is ensured internally by the \emph{Python memory manager}. The
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4410 Python memory manager has different components which deal with various
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4411 dynamic storage management aspects, like sharing, segmentation,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4412 preallocation or caching.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4413
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4414 At the lowest level, a raw memory allocator ensures that there is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4415 enough room in the private heap for storing all Python-related data
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4416 by interacting with the memory manager of the operating system. On top
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4417 of the raw memory allocator, several object-specific allocators
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4418 operate on the same heap and implement distinct memory management
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4419 policies adapted to the peculiarities of every object type. For
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4420 example, integer objects are managed differently within the heap than
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4421 strings, tuples or dictionaries because integers imply different
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4422 storage requirements and speed/space tradeoffs. The Python memory
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4423 manager thus delegates some of the work to the object-specific
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4424 allocators, but ensures that the latter operate within the bounds of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4425 the private heap.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4426
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4427 It is important to understand that the management of the Python heap
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4428 is performed by the interpreter itself and that the user has no
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4429 control on it, even if she regularly manipulates object pointers to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4430 memory blocks inside that heap. The allocation of heap space for
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4431 Python objects and other internal buffers is performed on demand by
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4432 the Python memory manager through the Python/C API functions listed in
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4433 this document.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4434
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4435 To avoid memory corruption, extension writers should never try to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4436 operate on Python objects with the functions exported by the C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4437 library: \cfunction{malloc()}\ttindex{malloc()},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4438 \cfunction{calloc()}\ttindex{calloc()},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4439 \cfunction{realloc()}\ttindex{realloc()} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4440 \cfunction{free()}\ttindex{free()}. This will result in
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4441 mixed calls between the C allocator and the Python memory manager
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4442 with fatal consequences, because they implement different algorithms
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4443 and operate on different heaps. However, one may safely allocate and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4444 release memory blocks with the C library allocator for individual
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4445 purposes, as shown in the following example:
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4446
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4447 \begin{verbatim}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4448 PyObject *res;
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4449 char *buf = (char *) malloc(BUFSIZ); /* for I/O */
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4450
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4451 if (buf == NULL)
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4452 return PyErr_NoMemory();
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4453 ...Do some I/O operation involving buf...
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4454 res = PyString_FromString(buf);
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4455 free(buf); /* malloc'ed */
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4456 return res;
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4457 \end{verbatim}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4458
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4459 In this example, the memory request for the I/O buffer is handled by
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4460 the C library allocator. The Python memory manager is involved only
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4461 in the allocation of the string object returned as a result.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4462
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4463 In most situations, however, it is recommended to allocate memory from
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4464 the Python heap specifically because the latter is under control of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4465 the Python memory manager. For example, this is required when the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4466 interpreter is extended with new object types written in C. Another
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4467 reason for using the Python heap is the desire to \emph{inform} the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4468 Python memory manager about the memory needs of the extension module.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4469 Even when the requested memory is used exclusively for internal,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4470 highly-specific purposes, delegating all memory requests to the Python
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4471 memory manager causes the interpreter to have a more accurate image of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4472 its memory footprint as a whole. Consequently, under certain
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4473 circumstances, the Python memory manager may or may not trigger
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4474 appropriate actions, like garbage collection, memory compaction or
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4475 other preventive procedures. Note that by using the C library
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4476 allocator as shown in the previous example, the allocated memory for
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4477 the I/O buffer escapes completely the Python memory manager.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4478
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4479
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4480 \section{Memory Interface \label{memoryInterface}}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4481
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4482 The following function sets, modeled after the ANSI C standard, are
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4483 available for allocating and releasing memory from the Python heap:
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4484
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4485
13920
d057cd543ed9 ANY becomes void, to reflect the requirement for ANSI C.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13592
diff changeset
4486 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void*}{PyMem_Malloc}{size_t n}
d057cd543ed9 ANY becomes void, to reflect the requirement for ANSI C.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13592
diff changeset
4487 Allocates \var{n} bytes and returns a pointer of type \ctype{void*} to
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4488 the allocated memory, or \NULL{} if the request fails. Requesting zero
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4489 bytes returns a non-\NULL{} pointer.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4490 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4491
13920
d057cd543ed9 ANY becomes void, to reflect the requirement for ANSI C.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13592
diff changeset
4492 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void*}{PyMem_Realloc}{void *p, size_t n}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4493 Resizes the memory block pointed to by \var{p} to \var{n} bytes. The
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4494 contents will be unchanged to the minimum of the old and the new
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4495 sizes. If \var{p} is \NULL{}, the call is equivalent to
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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4496 \cfunction{PyMem_Malloc(\var{n})}; if \var{n} is equal to zero, the memory block
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4497 is resized but is not freed, and the returned pointer is non-\NULL{}.
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4498 Unless \var{p} is \NULL{}, it must have been returned by a previous
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4499 call to \cfunction{PyMem_Malloc()} or \cfunction{PyMem_Realloc()}.
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4500 \end{cfuncdesc}
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4501
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4502 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyMem_Free}{void *p}
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4503 Frees the memory block pointed to by \var{p}, which must have been
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4504 returned by a previous call to \cfunction{PyMem_Malloc()} or
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4505 \cfunction{PyMem_Realloc()}. Otherwise, or if
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4506 \cfunction{PyMem_Free(p)} has been called before, undefined behaviour
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4507 occurs. If \var{p} is \NULL{}, no operation is performed.
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4508 \end{cfuncdesc}
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4509
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4510 The following type-oriented macros are provided for convenience. Note
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4511 that \var{TYPE} refers to any C type.
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4512
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4513 \begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyMem_New}{TYPE, size_t n}
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4514 Same as \cfunction{PyMem_Malloc()}, but allocates \code{(\var{n} *
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4515 sizeof(\var{TYPE}))} bytes of memory. Returns a pointer cast to
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4516 \ctype{\var{TYPE}*}.
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4517 \end{cfuncdesc}
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4518
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4519 \begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyMem_Resize}{void *p, TYPE, size_t n}
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4520 Same as \cfunction{PyMem_Realloc()}, but the memory block is resized
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4521 to \code{(\var{n} * sizeof(\var{TYPE}))} bytes. Returns a pointer
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4522 cast to \ctype{\var{TYPE}*}.
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4523 \end{cfuncdesc}
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4524
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4525 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyMem_Del}{void *p}
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4526 Same as \cfunction{PyMem_Free()}.
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4527 \end{cfuncdesc}
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4528
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4529 In addition, the following macro sets are provided for calling the
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4530 Python memory allocator directly, without involving the C API functions
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4531 listed above. However, note that their use does not preserve binary
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4532 compatibility accross Python versions and is therefore deprecated in
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4533 extension modules.
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4534
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diff changeset
4535 \cfunction{PyMem_MALLOC()}, \cfunction{PyMem_REALLOC()}, \cfunction{PyMem_FREE()}.
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4536
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4537 \cfunction{PyMem_NEW()}, \cfunction{PyMem_RESIZE()}, \cfunction{PyMem_DEL()}.
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4538
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4539
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4540 \section{Examples \label{memoryExamples}}
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4541
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4542 Here is the example from section \ref{memoryOverview}, rewritten so
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4543 that the I/O buffer is allocated from the Python heap by using the
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diff changeset
4544 first function set:
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4545
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4546 \begin{verbatim}
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4547 PyObject *res;
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4548 char *buf = (char *) PyMem_Malloc(BUFSIZ); /* for I/O */
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4549
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diff changeset
4550 if (buf == NULL)
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4551 return PyErr_NoMemory();
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diff changeset
4552 /* ...Do some I/O operation involving buf... */
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4553 res = PyString_FromString(buf);
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4554 PyMem_Free(buf); /* allocated with PyMem_Malloc */
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diff changeset
4555 return res;
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diff changeset
4556 \end{verbatim}
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4557
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diff changeset
4558 The same code using the type-oriented function set:
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diff changeset
4559
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diff changeset
4560 \begin{verbatim}
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4561 PyObject *res;
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4562 char *buf = PyMem_New(char, BUFSIZ); /* for I/O */
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4563
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4564 if (buf == NULL)
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4565 return PyErr_NoMemory();
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4566 /* ...Do some I/O operation involving buf... */
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4567 res = PyString_FromString(buf);
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4568 PyMem_Del(buf); /* allocated with PyMem_New */
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4569 return res;
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4570 \end{verbatim}
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4571
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4572 Note that in the two examples above, the buffer is always
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
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4573 manipulated via functions belonging to the same set. Indeed, it
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4574 is required to use the same memory API family for a given
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4575 memory block, so that the risk of mixing different allocators is
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diff changeset
4576 reduced to a minimum. The following code sequence contains two errors,
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4577 one of which is labeled as \emph{fatal} because it mixes two different
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4578 allocators operating on different heaps.
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parents: 12200
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4579
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4580 \begin{verbatim}
14526
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4581 char *buf1 = PyMem_New(char, BUFSIZ);
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4582 char *buf2 = (char *) malloc(BUFSIZ);
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4583 char *buf3 = (char *) PyMem_Malloc(BUFSIZ);
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parents: 12200
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4584 ...
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parents: 14519
diff changeset
4585 PyMem_Del(buf3); /* Wrong -- should be PyMem_Free() */
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4586 free(buf2); /* Right -- allocated via malloc() */
14526
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diff changeset
4587 free(buf1); /* Fatal -- should be PyMem_Del() */
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4588 \end{verbatim}
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4589
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diff changeset
4590 In addition to the functions aimed at handling raw memory blocks from
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4591 the Python heap, objects in Python are allocated and released with
14526
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parents: 14519
diff changeset
4592 \cfunction{PyObject_New()}, \cfunction{PyObject_NewVar()} and
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
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parents: 14519
diff changeset
4593 \cfunction{PyObject_Del()}, or with their corresponding macros
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
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diff changeset
4594 \cfunction{PyObject_NEW()}, \cfunction{PyObject_NEW_VAR()} and
13217
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parents: 13150
diff changeset
4595 \cfunction{PyObject_DEL()}.
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parents: 13150
diff changeset
4596
e2aee6190b19 Uncomment some additions from Vladimir pertinent to 2.0 but not 1.5.2.
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parents: 13150
diff changeset
4597 These will be explained in the next chapter on defining and
e2aee6190b19 Uncomment some additions from Vladimir pertinent to 2.0 but not 1.5.2.
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parents: 13150
diff changeset
4598 implementing new object types in C.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4599
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4600
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
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parents: 9931
diff changeset
4601 \chapter{Defining New Object Types \label{newTypes}}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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4602
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4603 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{_PyObject_New}{PyTypeObject *type}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
4604 \end{cfuncdesc}
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
4605
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diff changeset
4606 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyVarObject*}{_PyObject_NewVar}{PyTypeObject *type, int size}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
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diff changeset
4607 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
4608
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
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parents: 14519
diff changeset
4609 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{_PyObject_Del}{PyObject *op}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
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diff changeset
4610 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
4611
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diff changeset
4612 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_Init}{PyObject *op,
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diff changeset
4613 PyTypeObject *type}
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parents: 14519
diff changeset
4614 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
4615
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
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parents: 14519
diff changeset
4616 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyVarObject*}{PyObject_InitVar}{PyVarObject *op,
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
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diff changeset
4617 PyTypeObject *type, int size}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
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diff changeset
4618 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4619
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4620 \begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyObject_New}{TYPE, PyTypeObject *type}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4621 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4622
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4623 \begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyObject_NewVar}{TYPE, PyTypeObject *type,
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4624 int size}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4625 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4626
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4627 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyObject_Del}{PyObject *op}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4628 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4629
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4630 \begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyObject_NEW}{TYPE, PyTypeObject *type}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4631 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4632
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4633 \begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyObject_NEW_VAR}{TYPE, PyTypeObject *type,
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4634 int size}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4635 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4636
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4637 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyObject_DEL}{PyObject *op}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4638 \end{cfuncdesc}
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4639
8057
5aacdd097941 Some patches by Drew Csillag; plus a few of my own uncommitted changes.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8029
diff changeset
4640 Py_InitModule (!!!)
5aacdd097941 Some patches by Drew Csillag; plus a few of my own uncommitted changes.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8029
diff changeset
4641
5aacdd097941 Some patches by Drew Csillag; plus a few of my own uncommitted changes.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8029
diff changeset
4642 PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords, PyArg_ParseTuple, PyArg_Parse
5aacdd097941 Some patches by Drew Csillag; plus a few of my own uncommitted changes.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8029
diff changeset
4643
5aacdd097941 Some patches by Drew Csillag; plus a few of my own uncommitted changes.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8029
diff changeset
4644 Py_BuildValue
5588
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4645
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4646 DL_IMPORT
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4647
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4648 Py*_Check
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4649
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4650 _Py_NoneStruct
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4651
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4652
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4653 \section{Common Object Structures \label{common-structs}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4654
5588
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4655 PyObject, PyVarObject
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4656
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4657 PyObject_HEAD, PyObject_HEAD_INIT, PyObject_VAR_HEAD
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4658
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4659 Typedefs:
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4660 unaryfunc, binaryfunc, ternaryfunc, inquiry, coercion, intargfunc,
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4661 intintargfunc, intobjargproc, intintobjargproc, objobjargproc,
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4662 destructor, printfunc, getattrfunc, getattrofunc, setattrfunc,
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4663 setattrofunc, cmpfunc, reprfunc, hashfunc
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4664
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4665 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyCFunction}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4666 Type of the functions used to implement most Python callables in C.
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4667 \end{ctypedesc}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4668
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4669 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyMethodDef}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4670 Structure used to describe a method of an extension type. This
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4671 structure has four fields:
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4672
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4673 \begin{tableiii}{l|l|l}{member}{Field}{C Type}{Meaning}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4674 \lineiii{ml_name}{char *}{name of the method}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4675 \lineiii{ml_meth}{PyCFunction}{pointer to the C implementation}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4676 \lineiii{ml_flags}{int}{flag bits indicating how the call should be
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4677 constructed}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4678 \lineiii{ml_doc}{char *}{points to the contents of the docstring}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4679 \end{tableiii}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4680 \end{ctypedesc}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4681
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4682 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{Py_FindMethod}{PyMethodDef[] table,
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4683 PyObject *ob, char *name}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4684 Return a bound method object for an extension type implemented in C.
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4685 This function also handles the special attribute \member{__methods__},
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4686 returning a list of all the method names defined in \var{table}.
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4687 \end{cfuncdesc}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4688
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4689
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4690 \section{Mapping Object Structures \label{mapping-structs}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4691
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4692 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyMappingMethods}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4693 Structure used to hold pointers to the functions used to implement the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4694 mapping protocol for an extension type.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4695 \end{ctypedesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4696
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4697
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4698 \section{Number Object Structures \label{number-structs}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4699
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4700 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyNumberMethods}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4701 Structure used to hold pointers to the functions an extension type
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4702 uses to implement the number protocol.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4703 \end{ctypedesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4704
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4705
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4706 \section{Sequence Object Structures \label{sequence-structs}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4707
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4708 \begin{ctypedesc}{PySequenceMethods}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4709 Structure used to hold pointers to the functions which an object uses
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4710 to implement the sequence protocol.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4711 \end{ctypedesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4712
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4713
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4714 \section{Buffer Object Structures \label{buffer-structs}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4715 \sectionauthor{Greg J. Stein}{greg@lyra.org}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4716
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4717 The buffer interface exports a model where an object can expose its
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4718 internal data as a set of chunks of data, where each chunk is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4719 specified as a pointer/length pair. These chunks are called
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4720 \dfn{segments} and are presumed to be non-contiguous in memory.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4721
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4722 If an object does not export the buffer interface, then its
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4723 \member{tp_as_buffer} member in the \ctype{PyTypeObject} structure
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4724 should be \NULL{}. Otherwise, the \member{tp_as_buffer} will point to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4725 a \ctype{PyBufferProcs} structure.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4726
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4727 \strong{Note:} It is very important that your
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4728 \ctype{PyTypeObject} structure uses \code{Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT} for the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4729 value of the \member{tp_flags} member rather than \code{0}. This
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4730 tells the Python runtime that your \ctype{PyBufferProcs} structure
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4731 contains the \member{bf_getcharbuffer} slot. Older versions of Python
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4732 did not have this member, so a new Python interpreter using an old
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4733 extension needs to be able to test for its presence before using it.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4734
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4735 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyBufferProcs}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4736 Structure used to hold the function pointers which define an
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4737 implementation of the buffer protocol.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4738
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4739 The first slot is \member{bf_getreadbuffer}, of type
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4740 \ctype{getreadbufferproc}. If this slot is \NULL{}, then the object
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4741 does not support reading from the internal data. This is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4742 non-sensical, so implementors should fill this in, but callers should
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4743 test that the slot contains a non-\NULL{} value.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4744
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4745 The next slot is \member{bf_getwritebuffer} having type
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4746 \ctype{getwritebufferproc}. This slot may be \NULL{} if the object
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4747 does not allow writing into its returned buffers.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4748
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4749 The third slot is \member{bf_getsegcount}, with type
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4750 \ctype{getsegcountproc}. This slot must not be \NULL{} and is used to
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4751 inform the caller how many segments the object contains. Simple
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4752 objects such as \ctype{PyString_Type} and
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4753 \ctype{PyBuffer_Type} objects contain a single segment.
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parents: 12200
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4754
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4755 The last slot is \member{bf_getcharbuffer}, of type
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4756 \ctype{getcharbufferproc}. This slot will only be present if the
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4757 \code{Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER} flag is present in the
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4758 \member{tp_flags} field of the object's \ctype{PyTypeObject}. Before using
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4759 this slot, the caller should test whether it is present by using the
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
4760 \cfunction{PyType_HasFeature()}\ttindex{PyType_HasFeature()} function.
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diff changeset
4761 If present, it may be \NULL, indicating that the object's contents
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4762 cannot be used as \emph{8-bit characters}.
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4763 The slot function may also raise an error if the object's contents
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parents: 12200
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4764 cannot be interpreted as 8-bit characters. For example, if the object
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4765 is an array which is configured to hold floating point values, an
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diff changeset
4766 exception may be raised if a caller attempts to use
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4767 \member{bf_getcharbuffer} to fetch a sequence of 8-bit characters.
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diff changeset
4768 This notion of exporting the internal buffers as ``text'' is used to
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4769 distinguish between objects that are binary in nature, and those which
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4770 have character-based content.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4771
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diff changeset
4772 \strong{Note:} The current policy seems to state that these characters
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4773 may be multi-byte characters. This implies that a buffer size of
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4774 \var{N} does not mean there are \var{N} characters present.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4775 \end{ctypedesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4776
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4777 \begin{datadesc}{Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4778 Flag bit set in the type structure to indicate that the
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4779 \member{bf_getcharbuffer} slot is known. This being set does not
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4780 indicate that the object supports the buffer interface or that the
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4781 \member{bf_getcharbuffer} slot is non-\NULL.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4782 \end{datadesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4783
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4784 \begin{ctypedesc}[getreadbufferproc]{int (*getreadbufferproc)
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4785 (PyObject *self, int segment, void **ptrptr)}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4786 Return a pointer to a readable segment of the buffer. This function
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4787 is allowed to raise an exception, in which case it must return
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4788 \code{-1}. The \var{segment} which is passed must be zero or
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4789 positive, and strictly less than the number of segments returned by
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4790 the \member{bf_getsegcount} slot function. On success, returns
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4791 \code{0} and sets \code{*\var{ptrptr}} to a pointer to the buffer
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4792 memory.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4793 \end{ctypedesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4794
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4795 \begin{ctypedesc}[getwritebufferproc]{int (*getwritebufferproc)
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4796 (PyObject *self, int segment, void **ptrptr)}
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
4797 Return a pointer to a writable memory buffer in \code{*\var{ptrptr}};
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
4798 the memory buffer must correspond to buffer segment \var{segment}.
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
4799 Must return \code{-1} and set an exception on error.
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
4800 \exception{TypeError} should be raised if the object only supports
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
4801 read-only buffers, and \exception{SystemError} should be raised when
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
4802 \var{segment} specifies a segment that doesn't exist.
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
4803 % Why doesn't it raise ValueError for this one?
12222
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diff changeset
4804 % GJS: because you shouldn't be calling it with an invalid
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diff changeset
4805 % segment. That indicates a blatant programming error in the C
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diff changeset
4806 % code.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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diff changeset
4807 \end{ctypedesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
4808
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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diff changeset
4809 \begin{ctypedesc}[getsegcountproc]{int (*getsegcountproc)
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diff changeset
4810 (PyObject *self, int *lenp)}
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diff changeset
4811 Return the number of memory segments which comprise the buffer. If
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4812 \var{lenp} is not \NULL, the implementation must report the sum of the
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4813 sizes (in bytes) of all segments in \code{*\var{lenp}}.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4814 The function cannot fail.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4815 \end{ctypedesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4816
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4817 \begin{ctypedesc}[getcharbufferproc]{int (*getcharbufferproc)
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4818 (PyObject *self, int segment, const char **ptrptr)}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4819 \end{ctypedesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4820
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4821
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4822 % \chapter{Debugging \label{debugging}}
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diff changeset
4823 %
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diff changeset
4824 % XXX Explain Py_DEBUG, Py_TRACE_REFS, Py_REF_DEBUG.
6991
f349bf0e9322 A whole bunch of typos fixed by Andrew Kuchling.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6653
diff changeset
4825
f349bf0e9322 A whole bunch of typos fixed by Andrew Kuchling.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6653
diff changeset
4826
14736
2b9a890162b0 Include the new text on reporting bugs in a few useful places.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14696
diff changeset
4827 \appendix
2b9a890162b0 Include the new text on reporting bugs in a few useful places.
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parents: 14696
diff changeset
4828 \chapter{Reporting Bugs}
2b9a890162b0 Include the new text on reporting bugs in a few useful places.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14696
diff changeset
4829 \input{reportingbugs}
2b9a890162b0 Include the new text on reporting bugs in a few useful places.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14696
diff changeset
4830
7708
4991aaab17bd Revert the index stuff to work better with LaTeX2HTML.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7620
diff changeset
4831 \input{api.ind} % Index -- must be last
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
4832
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
4833 \end{document}