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Issue #16194: document imp.load_dynamic problems when read several extension modules from the same binary object file.
author Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov@gmail.com>
date Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:51:28 +0200
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5 Code Objects
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6 ------------
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8 .. sectionauthor:: Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin@gmail.com>
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12 object: code
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14 Code objects are a low-level detail of the CPython implementation.
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15 Each one represents a chunk of executable code that hasn't yet been
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16 bound into a function.
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18 .. c:type:: PyCodeObject
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20 The C structure of the objects used to describe code objects. The
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21 fields of this type are subject to change at any time.
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24 .. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyCode_Type
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26 This is an instance of :c:type:`PyTypeObject` representing the Python
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27 :class:`code` type.
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30 .. c:function:: int PyCode_Check(PyObject *co)
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32 Return true if *co* is a :class:`code` object
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34 .. c:function:: int PyCode_GetNumFree(PyObject *co)
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36 Return the number of free variables in *co*.
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38 .. c:function:: PyCodeObject *PyCode_New(int argcount, int nlocals, int stacksize, int flags, PyObject *code, PyObject *consts, PyObject *names, PyObject *varnames, PyObject *freevars, PyObject *cellvars, PyObject *filename, PyObject *name, int firstlineno, PyObject *lnotab)
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40 Return a new code object. If you need a dummy code object to
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42 :c:func:`PyCode_New` directly can bind you to a precise Python
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43 version since the definition of the bytecode changes often.
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48 Return a new empty code object with the specified filename,
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49 function name, and first line number. It is illegal to
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50 :keyword:`exec` or :func:`eval` the resulting code object.