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| 293 extract an item from a list using \cfunction{PyList_GetItem()}, you | |
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| 7308 | 411 should discard any object references that it owns, and returns an |
| 412 error indicator, but it should \emph{not} set another exception --- | |
| 413 that would overwrite the exception that was just raised, and lose | |
| 414 important information about the exact cause of the error. | |
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| 7308 | 417 in the \cfunction{sum_sequence()} example above. It so happens that |
| 418 that example doesn't need to clean up any owned references when it | |
| 419 detects an error. The following example function shows some error | |
| 420 cleanup. First, to remind you why you like Python, we show the | |
| 421 equivalent Python code: | |
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| 444 if (!PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_KeyError)) goto error; | |
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| 7308 | 475 in \C{}! It illustrates the use of |
| 476 \cfunction{PyErr_ExceptionMatches()} and \cfunction{PyErr_Clear()} to | |
| 477 handle specific exceptions, and the use of \cfunction{Py_XDECREF()} to | |
| 478 dispose of owned references that may be \NULL{} (note the \samp{X} in | |
| 479 the name; \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} would crash when confronted with a | |
| 480 \NULL{} reference). It is important that the variables used to hold | |
| 481 owned references are initialized to \NULL{} for this to work; | |
| 482 likewise, the proposed return value is initialized to \code{-1} | |
| 483 (failure) and only set to success after the final call made is | |
| 484 successful. | |
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| 497 This initializes the table of loaded modules, and creates the | |
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500 \module{sys}\refbimodindex{sys}. It also initializes the module |
| 7782 | 501 search path (\code{sys.path}).% |
| 502 \indexiii{module}{search}{path} | |
| 7308 | 503 |
| 504 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} does not set the ``script argument list'' | |
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| 7308 | 511 details are slightly different), \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} |
| 512 calculates the module search path based upon its best guess for the | |
| 513 location of the standard Python interpreter executable, assuming that | |
| 514 the Python library is found in a fixed location relative to the Python | |
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| 7308 | 518 executable named \file{python} is found on the shell command search |
| 7782 | 519 path (the environment variable \envvar{PATH}). |
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| 7308 | 522 \file{/usr/local/bin/python}, it will assume that the libraries are in |
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| 7308 | 524 is also the ``fallback'' location, used when no executable file named |
| 7782 | 525 \file{python} is found along \envvar{PATH}.) The user can override |
| 526 this behavior by setting the environment variable \envvar{PYTHONHOME}, | |
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| 7782 | 532 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}. Note that \envvar{PYTHONHOME} still |
| 533 overrides this and \envvar{PYTHONPATH} is still inserted in front of | |
| 7308 | 534 the standard path. An application that requires total control has to |
| 535 provide its own implementation of \cfunction{Py_GetPath()}, | |
| 536 \cfunction{Py_GetPrefix()}, \cfunction{Py_GetExecPrefix()}, | |
| 537 \cfunction{Py_GetProgramFullPath()} (all defined in | |
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| 7308 | 544 can be accomplished by calling \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}. The function |
| 545 \cfunction{Py_IsInitialized()} returns true iff Python is currently in the | |
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| 616 object's type's deallocation function (which must not be \NULL{}) is | |
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| 633 \NULL{}, in which case the macro has no effect; otherwise the effect | |
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| 7308 | 639 \cfunction{_Py_Dealloc()}, \cfunction{_Py_ForgetReference()}, |
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| 661 some function it called failed, it generally doesn't set the error | |
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| 7308 | 683 not set, return \NULL{}. You do not own a reference to the return |
| 684 value, so you do not need to \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} it. | |
| 685 \strong{Note:} do not compare the return value to a specific | |
| 686 exception; use \cfunction{PyErr_ExceptionMatches()} instead, shown | |
| 687 below. | |
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| 7308 | 707 \cfunction{PyErr_Fetch()} below can be ``unnormalized'', meaning that |
| 708 \code{*\var{exc}} is a class object but \code{*\var{val}} is not an | |
| 709 instance of the same class. This function can be used to instantiate | |
| 710 the class in that case. If the values are already normalized, nothing | |
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730 Set the error indicator from the three objects. If the error |
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738 to each object before the call and after the call you no longer own |
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739 these references. (If you don't understand this, don't use this |
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746 This is the most common way to set the error indicator. The first |
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748 standard exceptions, e.g. \cdata{PyExc_RuntimeError}. You need not |
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749 increment its reference count. The second argument is an error |
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753 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_SetObject}{PyObject *type, PyObject *value} |
| 7308 | 754 This function is similar to \cfunction{PyErr_SetString()} but lets you |
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| 7308 | 760 This is a shorthand for \samp{PyErr_SetObject(\var{type}, Py_None)}. |
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| 7308 | 764 This is a shorthand for \samp{PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, |
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765 \var{message})}, where \var{message} indicates that a built-in operation |
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| 7782 | 769 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_NoMemory}{} |
| 7308 | 770 This is a shorthand for \samp{PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_MemoryError)}; it |
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| 7308 | 772 \samp{return PyErr_NoMemory();} when it runs out of memory. |
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| 7081 | 776 This is a convenience function to raise an exception when a \C{} library |
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779 \cdata{errno} value and whose second item is the corresponding error |
| 7308 | 780 message (gotten from \cfunction{strerror()}), and then calls |
| 781 \samp{PyErr_SetObject(\var{type}, \var{object})}. On \UNIX{}, when | |
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| 7308 | 783 system call, this calls \cfunction{PyErr_CheckSignals()}, and if that set |
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784 the error indicator, leaves it set to that. The function always |
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| 7308 | 786 \samp{return PyErr_SetFromErrno();} when the system call returns an |
| 787 error. | |
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| 7308 | 791 This is a shorthand for \samp{PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, |
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799 whether a signal has been sent to the processes and if so, invokes the |
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| 7308 | 805 error indicator is set and the function returns \code{1}; otherwise |
| 806 the function returns \code{0}. The error indicator may or may not be | |
| 807 cleared if it was previously set. | |
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| 7308 | 812 the effect of a \constant{SIGINT} signal arriving --- the next time |
| 813 \cfunction{PyErr_CheckSignals()} is called, | |
| 814 \exception{KeyboadInterrupt} will be raised. | |
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| 818 PyObject *base, | |
| 819 PyObject *dict} | |
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| 7081 | 821 \var{name} argument must be the name of the new exception, a \C{} string |
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| 7308 | 845 objects or string objects, depending on the use of the \code{-X} |
| 846 option to the interpreter. For completeness, here are all the | |
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855 \cdata{PyExc_FloatingPointError}, |
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857 \cdata{PyExc_ImportError}, |
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860 \cdata{PyExc_KeyboardInterrupt}, |
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863 \cdata{PyExc_OverflowError}, |
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864 \cdata{PyExc_RuntimeError}, |
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865 \cdata{PyExc_SyntaxError}, |
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867 \cdata{PyExc_SystemExit}, |
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868 \cdata{PyExc_TypeError}, |
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869 \cdata{PyExc_ValueError}, |
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870 \cdata{PyExc_ZeroDivisionError}. |
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| 7081 | 877 parsing function arguments and constructing Python values from \C{} |
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881 \label{os} |
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883 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_FdIsInteractive}{FILE *fp, char *filename} |
| 7308 | 884 Return true (nonzero) if the standard I/O file \var{fp} with name |
| 885 \var{filename} is deemed interactive. This is the case for files for | |
| 886 which \samp{isatty(fileno(\var{fp}))} is true. If the global flag | |
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| 7308 | 893 Return the time of last modification of the file \var{filename}. |
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| 7308 | 895 the standard \C{} library function \cfunction{time()}. |
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| 7308 | 907 corrupted. On \UNIX{}, the standard \C{} library function |
| 908 \cfunction{abort()} is called which will attempt to produce a | |
| 909 \file{core} file. | |
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| 7308 | 913 Exit the current process. This calls \cfunction{Py_Finalize()} and |
| 914 then calls the standard \C{} library function | |
| 915 \code{exit(\var{status})}. | |
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919 Register a cleanup function to be called by \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}. |
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| 7308 | 935 This is a simplified interface to \cfunction{PyImport_ImportModuleEx()} |
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| 7782 | 946 be created in this case --- examine \code{sys.modules} to find out). |
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| 7308 | 958 \function{__import__()}, the return value when a submodule of a |
| 959 package was requested is normally the top-level package, unless a | |
| 960 non-empty \var{fromlist} was given. | |
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| 7308 | 965 function''. It invokes the \function{__import__()} function from the |
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974 Python function \function{reload()}\bifuncindex{reload}, as the standard |
| 7308 | 975 \function{reload()} function calls this function directly. Return a |
| 976 new reference to the reloaded module, or \NULL{} with an exception set | |
| 977 on failure (the module still exists in this case). | |
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| 7782 | 980 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_AddModule}{char *name} |
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| 7782 | 996 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_ExecCodeModule}{char *name, PyObject *co} |
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| 7308 | 1007 Return the magic number for Python bytecode files (a.k.a. \file{.pyc} |
| 1008 and \file{.pyo} files). The magic number should be present in the | |
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1041 initialization failed. To access the imported module on a successful |
| 7308 | 1042 load, use \cfunction{PyImport_ImportModule()}. |
| 1043 (Note the misnomer --- this function would reload the module if it was | |
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| 7782 | 1049 as generated by the \program{freeze}\index{freeze utility} utility |
| 1050 (see \file{Tools/freeze/} in the Python source distribution). Its | |
| 1051 definition is: | |
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| 6480 | 1055 char *name; |
| 1056 unsigned char *code; | |
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| 7782 | 1066 table. Third-party code could play tricks with this to provide a |
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1082 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Print}{PyObject *o, FILE *fp, int flags} |
| 7308 | 1083 Print an object \var{o}, on file \var{fp}. Returns \code{-1} on error |
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1089 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_HasAttrString}{PyObject *o, char *attr_name} |
| 7308 | 1090 Returns \code{1} if \var{o} has the attribute \var{attr_name}, and |
| 1091 \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression | |
| 1092 \samp{hasattr(\var{o}, \var{attr_name})}. | |
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1096 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_GetAttrString}{PyObject *o, char *attr_name} |
| 7308 | 1097 Retrieve an attribute named \var{attr_name} from object \var{o}. |
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| 7308 | 1099 This is the equivalent of the Python expression |
| 1100 \samp{\var{o}.\var{attr_name}}. | |
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1104 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_HasAttr}{PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name} |
| 7308 | 1105 Returns \code{1} if \var{o} has the attribute \var{attr_name}, and |
| 1106 \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression | |
| 1107 \samp{hasattr(\var{o}, \var{attr_name})}. | |
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1112 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_GetAttr}{PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name} |
| 7308 | 1113 Retrieve an attribute named \var{attr_name} from object \var{o}. |
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| 7308 | 1115 This is the equivalent of the Python expression |
| 1116 \samp{\var{o}.\var{attr_name}}. | |
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1120 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_SetAttrString}{PyObject *o, char *attr_name, PyObject *v} |
| 7308 | 1121 Set the value of the attribute named \var{attr_name}, for object |
| 1122 \var{o}, to the value \var{v}. Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is | |
| 1123 the equivalent of the Python statement \samp{\var{o}.\var{attr_name} = | |
| 1124 \var{v}}. | |
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1128 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_SetAttr}{PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name, PyObject *v} |
| 7308 | 1129 Set the value of the attribute named \var{attr_name}, for |
| 1130 object \var{o}, | |
| 1131 to the value \var{v}. Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is | |
| 1132 the equivalent of the Python statement \samp{\var{o}.\var{attr_name} = | |
| 1133 \var{v}}. | |
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1137 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_DelAttrString}{PyObject *o, char *attr_name} |
| 7308 | 1138 Delete attribute named \var{attr_name}, for object \var{o}. Returns |
| 1139 \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1140 statement: \samp{del \var{o}.\var{attr_name}}. | |
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1144 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_DelAttr}{PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name} |
| 7308 | 1145 Delete attribute named \var{attr_name}, for object \var{o}. Returns |
| 1146 \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1147 statement \samp{del \var{o}.\var{attr_name}}. | |
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1151 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Cmp}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, int *result} |
| 7308 | 1152 Compare the values of \var{o1} and \var{o2} using a routine provided |
| 1153 by \var{o1}, if one exists, otherwise with a routine provided by | |
| 1154 \var{o2}. The result of the comparison is returned in \var{result}. | |
| 1155 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1156 statement \samp{\var{result} = cmp(\var{o1}, \var{o2})}. | |
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1160 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Compare}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2} |
| 7308 | 1161 Compare the values of \var{o1} and \var{o2} using a routine provided |
| 1162 by \var{o1}, if one exists, otherwise with a routine provided by | |
| 1163 \var{o2}. Returns the result of the comparison on success. On error, | |
| 1164 the value returned is undefined; use \cfunction{PyErr_Occurred()} to | |
| 1165 detect an error. This is equivalent to the | |
| 1166 Python expression \samp{cmp(\var{o1}, \var{o2})}. | |
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1170 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_Repr}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1171 Compute the string representation of object, \var{o}. Returns the |
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| 7308 | 1173 the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{repr(\var{o})}. |
| 1174 Called by the \function{repr()}\bifuncindex{repr} built-in function | |
| 1175 and by reverse quotes. | |
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1179 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_Str}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1180 Compute the string representation of object \var{o}. Returns the |
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| 7308 | 1182 the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{str(\var{o})}. |
| 1183 Called by the \function{str()}\bifuncindex{str} built-in function and | |
| 1184 by the \keyword{print} statement. | |
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1188 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyCallable_Check}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1189 Determine if the object \var{o}, is callable. Return \code{1} if the |
| 1190 object is callable and \code{0} otherwise. | |
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1195 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_CallObject}{PyObject *callable_object, PyObject *args} |
| 7308 | 1196 Call a callable Python object \var{callable_object}, with |
| 1197 arguments given by the tuple \var{args}. If no arguments are | |
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| 7308 | 1200 of the Python expression \samp{apply(\var{o}, \var{args})}. |
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| 7308 | 1204 Call a callable Python object \var{callable_object}, with a |
| 7081 | 1205 variable number of \C{} arguments. The \C{} arguments are described |
| 7308 | 1206 using a \cfunction{Py_BuildValue()} style format string. The format may |
| 1207 be \NULL{}, indicating that no arguments are provided. Returns the | |
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| 7308 | 1209 the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{apply(\var{o}, |
| 1210 \var{args})}. | |
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| 7308 | 1215 Call the method named \var{m} of object \var{o} with a variable number |
| 1216 of C arguments. The \C{} arguments are described by a | |
| 1217 \cfunction{Py_BuildValue()} format string. The format may be \NULL{}, | |
| 1218 indicating that no arguments are provided. Returns the result of the | |
| 1219 call on success, or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the | |
| 1220 Python expression \samp{\var{o}.\var{method}(\var{args})}. | |
| 1221 Note that Special method names, such as \method{__add__()}, | |
| 1222 \method{__getitem__()}, and so on are not supported. The specific | |
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1227 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Hash}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1228 Compute and return the hash value of an object \var{o}. On |
| 1229 failure, return \code{-1}. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1230 expression \samp{hash(\var{o})}. | |
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1231 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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| 7308 | 1235 Returns \code{1} if the object \var{o} is considered to be true, and |
| 1236 \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression | |
| 1237 \samp{not not \var{o}}. | |
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1239 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1242 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_Type}{PyObject *o} |
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| 7308 | 1244 type of object \var{o}. On failure, returns \NULL{}. This is |
| 1245 equivalent to the Python expression \samp{type(\var{o})}. | |
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1246 \bifuncindex{type} |
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1247 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1249 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Length}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1250 Return the length of object \var{o}. If the object \var{o} provides |
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1251 both sequence and mapping protocols, the sequence length is |
| 7308 | 1252 returned. On error, \code{-1} is returned. This is the equivalent |
| 1253 to the Python expression \samp{len(\var{o})}. | |
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1257 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_GetItem}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key} |
| 7308 | 1258 Return element of \var{o} corresponding to the object \var{key} or |
| 1259 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression | |
| 1260 \samp{\var{o}[\var{key}]}. | |
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1264 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_SetItem}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key, PyObject *v} |
| 7308 | 1265 Map the object \var{key} to the value \var{v}. |
| 1266 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent | |
| 1267 of the Python statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{key}] = \var{v}}. | |
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1268 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1271 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_DelItem}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key} |
| 7308 | 1272 Delete the mapping for \var{key} from \var{o}. Returns \code{-1} on |
| 1273 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement \samp{del | |
| 1274 \var{o}[\var{key}]}. | |
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1275 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1279 \label{number} |
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1281 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyNumber_Check}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1282 Returns \code{1} if the object \var{o} provides numeric protocols, and |
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1285 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1288 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Add}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2} |
| 7308 | 1289 Returns the result of adding \var{o1} and \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on |
| 1290 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression | |
| 1291 \samp{\var{o1} + \var{o2}}. | |
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1292 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1295 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Subtract}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2} |
| 7308 | 1296 Returns the result of subtracting \var{o2} from \var{o1}, or \NULL{} |
| 1297 on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression | |
| 1298 \samp{\var{o1} - \var{o2}}. | |
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1299 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1302 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Multiply}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2} |
| 7308 | 1303 Returns the result of multiplying \var{o1} and \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on |
| 1304 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression | |
| 1305 \samp{\var{o1} * \var{o2}}. | |
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1306 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1309 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Divide}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2} |
| 7308 | 1310 Returns the result of dividing \var{o1} by \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on |
| 1311 failure. | |
| 1312 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} / | |
| 1313 \var{o2}}. | |
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1314 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1317 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Remainder}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2} |
| 7308 | 1318 Returns the remainder of dividing \var{o1} by \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on |
| 1319 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression | |
| 1320 \samp{\var{o1} \% \var{o2}}. | |
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1321 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1324 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Divmod}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2} |
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1327 expression \samp{divmod(\var{o1}, \var{o2})}. |
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1331 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Power}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, PyObject *o3} |
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1333 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression |
| 7308 | 1334 \samp{pow(\var{o1}, \var{o2}, \var{o3})}, where \var{o3} is optional. |
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1339 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Negative}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1340 Returns the negation of \var{o} on success, or \NULL{} on failure. |
| 1341 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{-\var{o}}. | |
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1345 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Positive}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1346 Returns \var{o} on success, or \NULL{} on failure. |
| 1347 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{+\var{o}}. | |
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| 1353 the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{abs(\var{o})}. | |
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| 7308 | 1358 Returns the bitwise negation of \var{o} on success, or \NULL{} on |
| 1359 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression | |
| 1360 \samp{\~\var{o}}. | |
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1364 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Lshift}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2} |
| 7308 | 1365 Returns the result of left shifting \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success, |
| 1366 or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1367 expression \samp{\var{o1} << \var{o2}}. | |
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| 7308 | 1372 Returns the result of right shifting \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success, |
| 1373 or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1374 expression \samp{\var{o1} >> \var{o2}}. | |
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1378 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_And}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2} |
| 7308 | 1379 Returns the result of ``anding'' \var{o2} and \var{o2} on success and |
| 1380 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1381 expression \samp{\var{o1} and \var{o2}}. | |
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1385 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Xor}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2} |
| 7308 | 1386 Returns the bitwise exclusive or of \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success, |
| 1387 or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1388 expression \samp{\var{o1} \^{ }\var{o2}}. | |
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1391 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Or}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2} |
| 7308 | 1392 Returns the result of \var{o1} and \var{o2} on success, or \NULL{} on |
| 1393 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression | |
| 1394 \samp{\var{o1} or \var{o2}}. | |
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| 7308 | 1398 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Coerce}{PyObject **p1, PyObject **p2} |
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1400 \ctype{PyObject*}. |
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| 7308 | 1402 If the objects pointed to by \code{*\var{p1}} and \code{*\var{p2}} |
| 1403 have the same type, increment their reference count and return | |
| 1404 \code{0} (success). If the objects can be converted to a common | |
| 1405 numeric type, replace \code{*p1} and \code{*p2} by their converted | |
| 1406 value (with 'new' reference counts), and return \code{0}. | |
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| 7308 | 1408 return \code{-1} (failure) and don't increment the reference counts. |
| 1409 The call \code{PyNumber_Coerce(\&o1, \&o2)} is equivalent to the | |
| 1410 Python statement \samp{\var{o1}, \var{o2} = coerce(\var{o1}, | |
| 1411 \var{o2})}. | |
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1415 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Int}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1416 Returns the \var{o} converted to an integer object on success, or |
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1417 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python |
| 7308 | 1418 expression \samp{int(\var{o})}. |
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1422 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Long}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1423 Returns the \var{o} converted to a long integer object on success, |
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1424 or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python |
| 7308 | 1425 expression \samp{long(\var{o})}. |
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1429 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Float}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1430 Returns the \var{o} converted to a float object on success, or \NULL{} |
| 1431 on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression | |
| 1432 \samp{float(\var{o})}. | |
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1433 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1439 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_Check}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1440 Return \code{1} if the object provides sequence protocol, and \code{0} |
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1446 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Concat}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2} |
| 7308 | 1447 Return the concatenation of \var{o1} and \var{o2} on success, and \NULL{} on |
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| 7308 | 1449 expression \samp{\var{o1} + \var{o2}}. |
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1453 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Repeat}{PyObject *o, int count} |
| 7308 | 1454 Return the result of repeating sequence object \var{o} \var{count} |
| 1455 times, or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1456 expression \samp{\var{o} * \var{count}}. | |
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1457 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1460 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_GetItem}{PyObject *o, int i} |
| 7308 | 1461 Return the \var{i}th element of \var{o}, or \NULL{} on failure. This |
| 1462 is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o}[\var{i}]}. | |
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1466 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_GetSlice}{PyObject *o, int i1, int i2} |
| 7308 | 1467 Return the slice of sequence object \var{o} between \var{i1} and |
| 1468 \var{i2}, or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1469 expression \samp{\var{o}[\var{i1}:\var{i2}]}. | |
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1473 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_SetItem}{PyObject *o, int i, PyObject *v} |
| 7308 | 1474 Assign object \var{v} to the \var{i}th element of \var{o}. |
| 1475 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1476 statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{i}] = \var{v}}. | |
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1479 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_DelItem}{PyObject *o, int i} |
| 7308 | 1480 Delete the \var{i}th element of object \var{v}. Returns |
| 1481 \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1482 statement \samp{del \var{o}[\var{i}]}. | |
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1485 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_SetSlice}{PyObject *o, int i1, int i2, PyObject *v} |
| 7308 | 1486 Assign the sequence object \var{v} to the slice in sequence |
| 1487 object \var{o} from \var{i1} to \var{i2}. This is the equivalent of | |
| 1488 the Python statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{i1}:\var{i2}] = \var{v}}. | |
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1491 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_DelSlice}{PyObject *o, int i1, int i2} |
| 7308 | 1492 Delete the slice in sequence object \var{o} from \var{i1} to \var{i2}. |
| 1493 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1494 statement \samp{del \var{o}[\var{i1}:\var{i2}]}. | |
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| 7308 | 1498 Returns the \var{o} as a tuple on success, and \NULL{} on failure. |
| 1499 This is equivalent to the Python expression \code{tuple(\var{o})}. | |
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| 7308 | 1503 Return the number of occurrences of \var{value} in \var{o}, that is, |
| 1504 return the number of keys for which \code{\var{o}[\var{key}] == | |
| 1505 \var{value}}. On failure, return \code{-1}. This is equivalent to | |
| 1506 the Python expression \samp{\var{o}.count(\var{value})}. | |
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| 7308 | 1510 Determine if \var{o} contains \var{value}. If an item in \var{o} is |
| 1511 equal to \var{value}, return \code{1}, otherwise return \code{0}. On | |
| 1512 error, return \code{-1}. This is equivalent to the Python expression | |
| 1513 \samp{\var{value} in \var{o}}. | |
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| 7308 | 1517 Return the first index \var{i} for which \code{\var{o}[\var{i}] == |
| 1518 \var{value}}. On error, return \code{-1}. This is equivalent to | |
| 1519 the Python expression \samp{\var{o}.index(\var{value})}. | |
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1526 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_Check}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1527 Return \code{1} if the object provides mapping protocol, and \code{0} |
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1533 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_Length}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1534 Returns the number of keys in object \var{o} on success, and \code{-1} |
| 1535 on failure. For objects that do not provide sequence protocol, | |
| 1536 this is equivalent to the Python expression \samp{len(\var{o})}. | |
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1540 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_DelItemString}{PyObject *o, char *key} |
| 7308 | 1541 Remove the mapping for object \var{key} from the object \var{o}. |
| 1542 Return \code{-1} on failure. This is equivalent to | |
| 1543 the Python statement \samp{del \var{o}[\var{key}]}. | |
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1547 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_DelItem}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key} |
| 7308 | 1548 Remove the mapping for object \var{key} from the object \var{o}. |
| 1549 Return \code{-1} on failure. This is equivalent to | |
| 1550 the Python statement \samp{del \var{o}[\var{key}]}. | |
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1554 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_HasKeyString}{PyObject *o, char *key} |
| 7308 | 1555 On success, return \code{1} if the mapping object has the key \var{key} |
| 1556 and \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression | |
| 1557 \samp{\var{o}.has_key(\var{key})}. | |
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1562 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_HasKey}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key} |
| 7308 | 1563 Return \code{1} if the mapping object has the key \var{key} and |
| 1564 \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression | |
| 1565 \samp{\var{o}.has_key(\var{key})}. | |
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1567 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1570 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMapping_Keys}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1571 On success, return a list of the keys in object \var{o}. On |
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1572 failure, return \NULL{}. This is equivalent to the Python |
| 7308 | 1573 expression \samp{\var{o}.keys()}. |
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1577 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMapping_Values}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1578 On success, return a list of the values in object \var{o}. On |
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1579 failure, return \NULL{}. This is equivalent to the Python |
| 7308 | 1580 expression \samp{\var{o}.values()}. |
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1581 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1584 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMapping_Items}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1585 On success, return a list of the items in object \var{o}, where |
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1587 failure, return \NULL{}. This is equivalent to the Python |
| 7308 | 1588 expression \samp{\var{o}.items()}. |
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1589 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1591 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_Clear}{PyObject *o} |
| 7308 | 1592 Make object \var{o} empty. Returns \code{1} on success and \code{0} |
| 1593 on failure. This is equivalent to the Python statement | |
| 1594 \samp{for key in \var{o}.keys(): del \var{o}[key]}. | |
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1595 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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1598 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMapping_GetItemString}{PyObject *o, char *key} |
| 7308 | 1599 Return element of \var{o} corresponding to the object \var{key} or |
| 1600 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression | |
| 1601 \samp{\var{o}[\var{key}]}. | |
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1604 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_SetItemString}{PyObject *o, char *key, PyObject *v} |
| 7308 | 1605 Map the object \var{key} to the value \var{v} in object \var{o}. |
| 1606 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python | |
| 1607 statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{key}] = \var{v}}. | |
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1613 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFile_FromString}{char *file_name, char *mode} |
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1614 On success, returns a new file object that is opened on the |
| 7308 | 1615 file given by \var{file_name}, with a file mode given by \var{mode}, |
| 1616 where \var{mode} has the same semantics as the standard \C{} routine | |
| 1617 \cfunction{fopen()}. On failure, return \code{-1}. | |
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1620 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFile_FromFile}{FILE *fp, char *file_name, char *mode, int close_on_del} |
| 7308 | 1621 Return a new file object for an already opened standard \C{} file |
| 1622 pointer, \var{fp}. A file name, \var{file_name}, and open mode, | |
| 1623 \var{mode}, must be provided as well as a flag, \var{close_on_del}, | |
| 1624 that indicates whether the file is to be closed when the file object | |
| 1625 is destroyed. On failure, return \code{-1}. | |
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1628 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFloat_FromDouble}{double v} |
| 7308 | 1629 Returns a new float object with the value \var{v} on success, and |
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1630 \NULL{} on failure. |
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| 7308 | 1634 Returns a new int object with the value \var{v} on success, and |
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| 1639 Returns a new list of length \var{len} on success, and \NULL{} on | |
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| 2019 \var{key} is a PyObject. | |
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| 7308 | 2092 integers between \code{-1} and \code{100}, when you create an int in |
| 2093 that range you actually just get back a reference to the existing | |
| 2094 object. So it should be possible to change the value of \code{1}. I | |
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| 2100 performed. | |
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| 7308 | 2105 it is not already one, and then return its value. |
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| 7308 | 2109 Returns the systems idea of the largest integer it can handle |
| 2110 (\constant{LONG_MAX}, as defined in the system header files). | |
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2199 complex number object. Most of the functions for dealing with complex |
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| 7308 | 2203 \begin{verbatim} |
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2207 } Py_complex; |
| 7308 | 2208 \end{verbatim} |
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2221 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyComplexObject}. |
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| 2237 Py_complex divisor} | |
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2247 Returns a new \ctype{PyComplexObject} object from \var{real} and \var{imag}. |
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2250 \begin{cfuncdesc}{double}{PyComplex_RealAsDouble}{PyObject *op} |
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2251 Returns the real part of \var{op} as a \C{} \ctype{double}. |
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2255 Returns the imaginary part of \var{op} as a \C{} \ctype{double}. |
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| 7308 | 2283 specified in \var{name} with the mode specified in \var{mode}. |
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| 7308 | 2289 The function \var{close} will be called when the file should be |
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| 7782 | 2313 Returns the previous value. This function clears any errors, and will |
| 7308 | 2314 return \code{0} as the previous value if the attribute either does not |
| 2315 exist or if there were errors in retrieving it. There is no way to | |
| 2316 detect errors from this function, but doing so should not be needed. | |
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| 2320 int flags} | |
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2338 available to other modules, so the regular import mechanism can be |
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2342 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject *}{PyCObject_FromVoidPtr}{void* cobj, |
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2346 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2349 void* desc, void (*destr)(void *, void *) } |
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2351 \var{destr} function will be called when the object is reclaimed. The |
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2352 \var{desc} argument can be used to pass extra callback data for the |
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2354 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2357 Returns the object \ctype{void *} that the \ctype{PyCObject} \var{self} |
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2359 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2361 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void *}{PyCObject_GetDesc}{PyObject* self} |
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2362 Returns the description \ctype{void *} that the \ctype{PyCObject} |
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2364 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2366 \chapter{Initialization, Finalization, and Threads} |
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2369 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_Initialize}{} |
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2370 Initialize the Python interpreter. In an application embedding |
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2371 Python, this should be called before using any other Python/C API |
| 7308 | 2372 functions; with the exception of \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()}, |
| 2373 \cfunction{PyEval_InitThreads()}, \cfunction{PyEval_ReleaseLock()}, | |
| 2374 and \cfunction{PyEval_AcquireLock()}. This initializes the table of | |
| 2375 loaded modules (\code{sys.modules}), and creates the fundamental | |
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2376 modules \module{__builtin__}\refbimodindex{__builtin__}, |
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2378 \module{sys}\refbimodindex{sys}. It also initializes the module |
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2379 search path (\code{sys.path}).% |
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2380 \indexiii{module}{search}{path} |
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2381 It does not set \code{sys.argv}; use \cfunction{PySys_SetArgv()} for |
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2382 that. This is a no-op when called for a second time (without calling |
| 7308 | 2383 \cfunction{Py_Finalize()} first). There is no return value; it is a |
| 2384 fatal error if the initialization fails. | |
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2387 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_IsInitialized}{} |
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2388 Return true (nonzero) when the Python interpreter has been |
| 7308 | 2389 initialized, false (zero) if not. After \cfunction{Py_Finalize()} is |
| 2390 called, this returns false until \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} is called | |
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2391 again. |
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2394 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_Finalize}{} |
| 7308 | 2395 Undo all initializations made by \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} and |
| 2396 subsequent use of Python/C API functions, and destroy all | |
| 2397 sub-interpreters (see \cfunction{Py_NewInterpreter()} below) that were | |
| 2398 created and not yet destroyed since the last call to | |
| 2399 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}. Ideally, this frees all memory allocated | |
| 2400 by the Python interpreter. This is a no-op when called for a second | |
| 2401 time (without calling \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} again first). There | |
| 2402 is no return value; errors during finalization are ignored. | |
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2405 application might want to restart Python without having to restart the |
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2406 application itself. An application that has loaded the Python |
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2407 interpreter from a dynamically loadable library (or DLL) might want to |
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2408 free all memory allocated by Python before unloading the DLL. During a |
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2409 hunt for memory leaks in an application a developer might want to free |
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2410 all memory allocated by Python before exiting from the application. |
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| 7308 | 2412 \strong{Bugs and caveats:} The destruction of modules and objects in |
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| 7308 | 2414 (\method{__del__()} methods) to fail when they depend on other objects |
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2415 (even functions) or modules. Dynamically loaded extension modules |
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2416 loaded by Python are not unloaded. Small amounts of memory allocated |
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2417 by the Python interpreter may not be freed (if you find a leak, please |
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2418 report it). Memory tied up in circular references between objects is |
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2420 freed. Some extension may not work properly if their initialization |
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2421 routine is called more than once; this can happen if an applcation |
| 7308 | 2422 calls \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} and \cfunction{Py_Finalize()} more |
| 2423 than once. | |
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| 7782 | 2426 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{Py_NewInterpreter}{} |
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2428 environment for the execution of Python code. In particular, the new |
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2434 (\code{sys.modules}) and the module search path (\code{sys.path}) are |
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2447 interpreter lock must be held before calling this function and is |
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2449 functions, there needn't be a current thread state on entry.) |
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2452 the first time a particular extension is imported, it is initialized |
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2453 normally, and a (shallow) copy of its module's dictionary is |
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2454 squirreled away. When the same extension is imported by another |
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2455 (sub-)interpreter, a new module is initialized and filled with the |
| 7308 | 2456 contents of this copy; the extension's \code{init} function is not |
| 2457 called. Note that this is different from what happens when an | |
| 2458 extension is imported after the interpreter has been completely | |
| 2459 re-initialized by calling \cfunction{Py_Finalize()} and | |
| 2460 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}; in that case, the extension's \code{init} | |
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2461 function \emph{is} called again. |
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2462 |
| 7308 | 2463 \strong{Bugs and caveats:} Because sub-interpreters (and the main |
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2464 interpreter) are part of the same process, the insulation between them |
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2466 \function{os.close()} they can (accidentally or maliciously) affect each |
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2467 other's open files. Because of the way extensions are shared between |
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2468 (sub-)interpreters, some extensions may not work properly; this is |
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2469 especially likely when the extension makes use of (static) global |
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2470 variables, or when the extension manipulates its module's dictionary |
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2471 after its initialization. It is possible to insert objects created in |
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2472 one sub-interpreter into a namespace of another sub-interpreter; this |
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2473 should be done with great care to avoid sharing user-defined |
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2474 functions, methods, instances or classes between sub-interpreters, |
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2475 since import operations executed by such objects may affect the |
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2476 wrong (sub-)interpreter's dictionary of loaded modules. (XXX This is |
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2477 a hard-to-fix bug that will be addressed in a future release.) |
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2478 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2479 |
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2480 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_EndInterpreter}{PyThreadState *tstate} |
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2481 Destroy the (sub-)interpreter represented by the given thread state. |
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2482 The given thread state must be the current thread state. See the |
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2483 discussion of thread states below. When the call returns, the current |
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2484 thread state is \NULL{}. All thread states associated with this |
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2485 interpreted are destroyed. (The global interpreter lock must be held |
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2486 before calling this function and is still held when it returns.) |
| 7308 | 2487 \cfunction{Py_Finalize()} will destroy all sub-interpreters that haven't |
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2488 been explicitly destroyed at that point. |
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2489 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2490 |
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2491 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_SetProgramName}{char *name} |
| 7308 | 2492 This function should be called before \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} is called |
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2493 for the first time, if it is called at all. It tells the interpreter |
| 7308 | 2494 the value of the \code{argv[0]} argument to the \cfunction{main()} function |
| 2495 of the program. This is used by \cfunction{Py_GetPath()} and some other | |
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2496 functions below to find the Python run-time libraries relative to the |
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2497 interpreter executable. The default value is \code{"python"}. The |
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2498 argument should point to a zero-terminated character string in static |
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2499 storage whose contents will not change for the duration of the |
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2500 program's execution. No code in the Python interpreter will change |
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2501 the contents of this storage. |
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2502 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2503 |
| 7782 | 2504 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{Py_GetProgramName}{} |
| 7308 | 2505 Return the program name set with \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()}, or the |
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2506 default. The returned string points into static storage; the caller |
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2507 should not modify its value. |
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2508 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2509 |
| 7782 | 2510 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{Py_GetPrefix}{} |
| 7308 | 2511 Return the \emph{prefix} for installed platform-independent files. This |
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2512 is derived through a number of complicated rules from the program name |
| 7308 | 2513 set with \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()} and some environment variables; |
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2514 for example, if the program name is \code{"/usr/local/bin/python"}, |
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2515 the prefix is \code{"/usr/local"}. The returned string points into |
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2516 static storage; the caller should not modify its value. This |
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2518 \file{Makefile} and the \code{-}\code{-prefix} argument to the |
| 7308 | 2519 \program{configure} script at build time. The value is available to |
| 7081 | 2520 Python code as \code{sys.prefix}. It is only useful on \UNIX{}. See |
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2521 also the next function. |
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2522 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2523 |
| 7782 | 2524 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{Py_GetExecPrefix}{} |
| 7308 | 2525 Return the \emph{exec-prefix} for installed platform-\emph{de}pendent |
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2526 files. This is derived through a number of complicated rules from the |
| 7308 | 2527 program name set with \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()} and some environment |
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2528 variables; for example, if the program name is |
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2529 \code{"/usr/local/bin/python"}, the exec-prefix is |
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2530 \code{"/usr/local"}. The returned string points into static storage; |
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2531 the caller should not modify its value. This corresponds to the |
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2532 \makevar{exec_prefix} variable in the top-level \file{Makefile} and the |
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2533 \code{-}\code{-exec_prefix} argument to the \program{configure} script |
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2534 at build time. The value is available to Python code as |
| 7081 | 2535 \code{sys.exec_prefix}. It is only useful on \UNIX{}. |
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2536 |
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2537 Background: The exec-prefix differs from the prefix when platform |
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2538 dependent files (such as executables and shared libraries) are |
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2539 installed in a different directory tree. In a typical installation, |
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2540 platform dependent files may be installed in the |
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2541 \code{"/usr/local/plat"} subtree while platform independent may be |
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2542 installed in \code{"/usr/local"}. |
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2543 |
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2544 Generally speaking, a platform is a combination of hardware and |
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2545 software families, e.g. Sparc machines running the Solaris 2.x |
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2546 operating system are considered the same platform, but Intel machines |
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2547 running Solaris 2.x are another platform, and Intel machines running |
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2548 Linux are yet another platform. Different major revisions of the same |
| 7081 | 2549 operating system generally also form different platforms. Non-\UNIX{} |
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2550 operating systems are a different story; the installation strategies |
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2551 on those systems are so different that the prefix and exec-prefix are |
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2552 meaningless, and set to the empty string. Note that compiled Python |
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2553 bytecode files are platform independent (but not independent from the |
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2554 Python version by which they were compiled!). |
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2555 |
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| 2557 \program{automount} programs to share \code{"/usr/local"} between platforms | |
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2558 while having \code{"/usr/local/plat"} be a different filesystem for each |
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2559 platform. |
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2560 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2561 |
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2563 Return the full program name of the Python executable; this is |
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2564 computed as a side-effect of deriving the default module search path |
| 7308 | 2565 from the program name (set by \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()} above). The |
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2566 returned string points into static storage; the caller should not |
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2567 modify its value. The value is available to Python code as |
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2568 \code{sys.executable}. |
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2569 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2572 \indexiii{module}{search}{path} |
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2573 Return the default module search path; this is computed from the |
| 7308 | 2574 program name (set by \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()} above) and some |
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2575 environment variables. The returned string consists of a series of |
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2578 DOS/Windows, and \character{\\n} (the \ASCII{} newline character) on |
| 7271 | 2579 Macintosh. The returned string points into static storage; the caller |
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2581 as the list \code{sys.path}, which may be modified to change the |
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2582 future search path for loaded modules. |
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2585 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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| 7782 | 2587 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetVersion}{} |
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2588 Return the version of this Python interpreter. This is a string that |
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2589 looks something like |
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2591 \begin{verbatim} |
| 7308 | 2592 "1.5 (#67, Dec 31 1997, 22:34:28) [GCC 2.7.2.2]" |
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2593 \end{verbatim} |
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2595 The first word (up to the first space character) is the current Python |
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2596 version; the first three characters are the major and minor version |
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2597 separated by a period. The returned string points into static storage; |
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2598 the caller should not modify its value. The value is available to |
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2599 Python code as the list \code{sys.version}. |
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2600 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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| 7782 | 2602 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetPlatform}{} |
| 7081 | 2603 Return the platform identifier for the current platform. On \UNIX{}, |
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2604 this is formed from the ``official'' name of the operating system, |
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2606 for Solaris 2.x, which is also known as SunOS 5.x, the value is |
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2607 \code{"sunos5"}. On Macintosh, it is \code{"mac"}. On Windows, it |
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2609 the caller should not modify its value. The value is available to |
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2610 Python code as \code{sys.platform}. |
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2611 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2612 |
| 7782 | 2613 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetCopyright}{} |
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2614 Return the official copyright string for the current Python version, |
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2615 for example |
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2616 |
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2617 \code{"Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam"} |
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2618 |
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2619 The returned string points into static storage; the caller should not |
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2620 modify its value. The value is available to Python code as the list |
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2621 \code{sys.copyright}. |
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2622 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2623 |
| 7782 | 2624 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetCompiler}{} |
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2625 Return an indication of the compiler used to build the current Python |
| 7308 | 2626 version, in square brackets, for example: |
| 2627 | |
| 2628 \begin{verbatim} | |
| 2629 "[GCC 2.7.2.2]" | |
| 2630 \end{verbatim} | |
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2631 |
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2632 The returned string points into static storage; the caller should not |
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2633 modify its value. The value is available to Python code as part of |
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2634 the variable \code{sys.version}. |
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2635 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2636 |
| 7782 | 2637 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetBuildInfo}{} |
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2638 Return information about the sequence number and build date and time |
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2639 of the current Python interpreter instance, for example |
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2640 |
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2641 \begin{verbatim} |
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2642 "#67, Aug 1 1997, 22:34:28" |
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2643 \end{verbatim} |
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2644 |
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2645 The returned string points into static storage; the caller should not |
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2646 modify its value. The value is available to Python code as part of |
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2647 the variable \code{sys.version}. |
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2648 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2649 |
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2650 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySys_SetArgv}{int argc, char **argv} |
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2651 % XXX |
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2652 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2653 |
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2654 % XXX Other PySys thingies (doesn't really belong in this chapter) |
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2655 |
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2656 \section{Thread State and the Global Interpreter Lock} |
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2657 \label{threads} |
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2659 The Python interpreter is not fully thread safe. In order to support |
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2660 multi-threaded Python programs, there's a global lock that must be |
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2661 held by the current thread before it can safely access Python objects. |
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2662 Without the lock, even the simplest operations could cause problems in |
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2663 a multi-threaded program: for example, when two threads simultaneously |
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2664 increment the reference count of the same object, the reference count |
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2667 Therefore, the rule exists that only the thread that has acquired the |
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2668 global interpreter lock may operate on Python objects or call Python/C |
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2669 API functions. In order to support multi-threaded Python programs, |
| 7308 | 2670 the interpreter regularly release and reacquires the lock --- by |
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2671 default, every ten bytecode instructions (this can be changed with |
| 7308 | 2672 \function{sys.setcheckinterval()}). The lock is also released and |
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2673 reacquired around potentially blocking I/O operations like reading or |
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2674 writing a file, so that other threads can run while the thread that |
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2675 requests the I/O is waiting for the I/O operation to complete. |
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2677 The Python interpreter needs to keep some bookkeeping information |
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2679 \ctype{PyThreadState}. This is new in Python 1.5; in earlier versions, |
| 7308 | 2680 such state was stored in global variables, and switching threads could |
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2681 cause problems. In particular, exception handling is now thread safe, |
| 7308 | 2682 when the application uses \function{sys.exc_info()} to access the |
| 2683 exception last raised in the current thread. | |
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2685 There's one global variable left, however: the pointer to the current |
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| 7308 | 2688 independent thread abstraction doesn't support this yet. Therefore, |
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2689 the current thread state must be manipulated explicitly. |
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2691 This is easy enough in most cases. Most code manipulating the global |
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2692 interpreter lock has the following simple structure: |
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2695 Save the thread state in a local variable. |
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2696 Release the interpreter lock. |
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2697 ...Do some blocking I/O operation... |
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2698 Reacquire the interpreter lock. |
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2699 Restore the thread state from the local variable. |
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2700 \end{verbatim} |
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2702 This is so common that a pair of macros exists to simplify it: |
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2703 |
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2704 \begin{verbatim} |
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2705 Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS |
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2706 ...Do some blocking I/O operation... |
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2707 Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS |
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2708 \end{verbatim} |
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| 7308 | 2710 The \code{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS} macro opens a new block and declares |
| 2711 a hidden local variable; the \code{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS} macro closes | |
| 2712 the block. Another advantage of using these two macros is that when | |
| 2713 Python is compiled without thread support, they are defined empty, | |
| 2714 thus saving the thread state and lock manipulations. | |
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2716 When thread support is enabled, the block above expands to the |
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2717 following code: |
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2718 |
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2719 \begin{verbatim} |
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2720 { |
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2721 PyThreadState *_save; |
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2722 _save = PyEval_SaveThread(); |
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2723 ...Do some blocking I/O operation... |
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2724 PyEval_RestoreThread(_save); |
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2725 } |
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2726 \end{verbatim} |
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2728 Using even lower level primitives, we can get roughly the same effect |
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2729 as follows: |
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2730 |
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2731 \begin{verbatim} |
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2732 { |
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2733 PyThreadState *_save; |
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2734 _save = PyThreadState_Swap(NULL); |
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2735 PyEval_ReleaseLock(); |
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2736 ...Do some blocking I/O operation... |
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2737 PyEval_AcquireLock(); |
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2738 PyThreadState_Swap(_save); |
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2739 } |
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2740 \end{verbatim} |
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2742 There are some subtle differences; in particular, |
| 7308 | 2743 \cfunction{PyEval_RestoreThread()} saves and restores the value of the |
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2744 global variable \cdata{errno}, since the lock manipulation does not |
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2745 guarantee that \cdata{errno} is left alone. Also, when thread support |
| 7308 | 2746 is disabled, \cfunction{PyEval_SaveThread()} and |
| 2747 \cfunction{PyEval_RestoreThread()} don't manipulate the lock; in this | |
| 2748 case, \cfunction{PyEval_ReleaseLock()} and | |
| 2749 \cfunction{PyEval_AcquireLock()} are not available. This is done so | |
| 2750 that dynamically loaded extensions compiled with thread support | |
| 2751 enabled can be loaded by an interpreter that was compiled with | |
| 2752 disabled thread support. | |
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2753 |
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2754 The global interpreter lock is used to protect the pointer to the |
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2755 current thread state. When releasing the lock and saving the thread |
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2756 state, the current thread state pointer must be retrieved before the |
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2757 lock is released (since another thread could immediately acquire the |
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2758 lock and store its own thread state in the global variable). |
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2759 Reversely, when acquiring the lock and restoring the thread state, the |
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2760 lock must be acquired before storing the thread state pointer. |
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2761 |
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2762 Why am I going on with so much detail about this? Because when |
| 7081 | 2763 threads are created from \C{}, they don't have the global interpreter |
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2764 lock, nor is there a thread state data structure for them. Such |
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2765 threads must bootstrap themselves into existence, by first creating a |
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2766 thread state data structure, then acquiring the lock, and finally |
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2767 storing their thread state pointer, before they can start using the |
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2768 Python/C API. When they are done, they should reset the thread state |
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2769 pointer, release the lock, and finally free their thread state data |
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2770 structure. |
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2771 |
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2772 When creating a thread data structure, you need to provide an |
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2773 interpreter state data structure. The interpreter state data |
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2774 structure hold global data that is shared by all threads in an |
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2775 interpreter, for example the module administration |
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2776 (\code{sys.modules}). Depending on your needs, you can either create |
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2777 a new interpreter state data structure, or share the interpreter state |
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2778 data structure used by the Python main thread (to access the latter, |
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2779 you must obtain the thread state and access its \member{interp} member; |
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2780 this must be done by a thread that is created by Python or by the main |
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2781 thread after Python is initialized). |
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2782 |
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2783 XXX More? |
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2784 |
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2785 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyInterpreterState} |
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2786 This data structure represents the state shared by a number of |
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2787 cooperating threads. Threads belonging to the same interpreter |
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2788 share their module administration and a few other internal items. |
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2789 There are no public members in this structure. |
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2790 |
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2791 Threads belonging to different interpreters initially share nothing, |
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2792 except process state like available memory, open file descriptors and |
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2793 such. The global interpreter lock is also shared by all threads, |
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2794 regardless of to which interpreter they belong. |
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2795 \end{ctypedesc} |
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2796 |
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2797 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyThreadState} |
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2798 This data structure represents the state of a single thread. The only |
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2799 public data member is \ctype{PyInterpreterState *}\member{interp}, |
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2800 which points to this thread's interpreter state. |
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2801 \end{ctypedesc} |
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2803 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_InitThreads}{} |
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2804 Initialize and acquire the global interpreter lock. It should be |
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2805 called in the main thread before creating a second thread or engaging |
| 7308 | 2806 in any other thread operations such as |
| 2807 \cfunction{PyEval_ReleaseLock()} or | |
| 2808 \code{PyEval_ReleaseThread(\var{tstate})}. It is not needed before | |
| 2809 calling \cfunction{PyEval_SaveThread()} or | |
| 2810 \cfunction{PyEval_RestoreThread()}. | |
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2812 This is a no-op when called for a second time. It is safe to call |
| 7308 | 2813 this function before calling \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}. |
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2815 When only the main thread exists, no lock operations are needed. This |
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2816 is a common situation (most Python programs do not use threads), and |
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2817 the lock operations slow the interpreter down a bit. Therefore, the |
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2818 lock is not created initially. This situation is equivalent to having |
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2819 acquired the lock: when there is only a single thread, all object |
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2820 accesses are safe. Therefore, when this function initializes the |
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2821 lock, it also acquires it. Before the Python |
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2822 \module{thread}\refbimodindex{thread} module creates a new thread, |
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2823 knowing that either it has the lock or the lock hasn't been created |
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2824 yet, it calls \cfunction{PyEval_InitThreads()}. When this call |
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2825 returns, it is guaranteed that the lock has been created and that it |
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2828 It is \strong{not} safe to call this function when it is unknown which |
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2829 thread (if any) currently has the global interpreter lock. |
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2830 |
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2831 This function is not available when thread support is disabled at |
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2832 compile time. |
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2833 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2834 |
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2835 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_AcquireLock}{} |
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2836 Acquire the global interpreter lock. The lock must have been created |
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2837 earlier. If this thread already has the lock, a deadlock ensues. |
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2838 This function is not available when thread support is disabled at |
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2839 compile time. |
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2840 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2841 |
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2842 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_ReleaseLock}{} |
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2843 Release the global interpreter lock. The lock must have been created |
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2844 earlier. This function is not available when thread support is |
| 7308 | 2845 disabled at compile time. |
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2846 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2847 |
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2848 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_AcquireThread}{PyThreadState *tstate} |
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2849 Acquire the global interpreter lock and then set the current thread |
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2850 state to \var{tstate}, which should not be \NULL{}. The lock must |
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2851 have been created earlier. If this thread already has the lock, |
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2852 deadlock ensues. This function is not available when thread support |
| 7308 | 2853 is disabled at compile time. |
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2854 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2855 |
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2856 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_ReleaseThread}{PyThreadState *tstate} |
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2857 Reset the current thread state to \NULL{} and release the global |
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2858 interpreter lock. The lock must have been created earlier and must be |
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2859 held by the current thread. The \var{tstate} argument, which must not |
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2860 be \NULL{}, is only used to check that it represents the current |
| 7308 | 2861 thread state --- if it isn't, a fatal error is reported. This |
| 2862 function is not available when thread support is disabled at compile | |
| 2863 time. | |
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2864 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2865 |
| 7782 | 2866 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{PyEval_SaveThread}{} |
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2867 Release the interpreter lock (if it has been created and thread |
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2868 support is enabled) and reset the thread state to \NULL{}, |
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2869 returning the previous thread state (which is not \NULL{}). If |
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2870 the lock has been created, the current thread must have acquired it. |
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2871 (This function is available even when thread support is disabled at |
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2872 compile time.) |
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2873 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2874 |
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2875 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_RestoreThread}{PyThreadState *tstate} |
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2876 Acquire the interpreter lock (if it has been created and thread |
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2877 support is enabled) and set the thread state to \var{tstate}, which |
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2878 must not be \NULL{}. If the lock has been created, the current |
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2879 thread must not have acquired it, otherwise deadlock ensues. (This |
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2880 function is available even when thread support is disabled at compile |
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2881 time.) |
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2882 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2883 |
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2884 % XXX These aren't really C types, but the ctypedesc macro is the simplest! |
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2885 \begin{ctypedesc}{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS} |
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2886 This macro expands to |
| 7308 | 2887 \samp{\{ PyThreadState *_save; _save = PyEval_SaveThread();}. |
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2888 Note that it contains an opening brace; it must be matched with a |
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2889 following \code{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS} macro. See above for further |
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2890 discussion of this macro. It is a no-op when thread support is |
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2891 disabled at compile time. |
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2892 \end{ctypedesc} |
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2893 |
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2894 \begin{ctypedesc}{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS} |
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2895 This macro expands to |
| 7308 | 2896 \samp{PyEval_RestoreThread(_save); \}}. |
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2897 Note that it contains a closing brace; it must be matched with an |
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2898 earlier \code{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS} macro. See above for further |
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2899 discussion of this macro. It is a no-op when thread support is |
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2900 disabled at compile time. |
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2901 \end{ctypedesc} |
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2902 |
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2903 \begin{ctypedesc}{Py_BEGIN_BLOCK_THREADS} |
| 7308 | 2904 This macro expands to \samp{PyEval_RestoreThread(_save);} i.e. it |
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2905 is equivalent to \code{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS} without the closing |
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2906 brace. It is a no-op when thread support is disabled at compile |
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2907 time. |
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2908 \end{ctypedesc} |
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2909 |
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2910 \begin{ctypedesc}{Py_BEGIN_UNBLOCK_THREADS} |
| 7308 | 2911 This macro expands to \samp{_save = PyEval_SaveThread();} i.e. it is |
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2912 equivalent to \code{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS} without the opening brace |
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2913 and variable declaration. It is a no-op when thread support is |
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2914 disabled at compile time. |
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2915 \end{ctypedesc} |
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2916 |
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2917 All of the following functions are only available when thread support |
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|
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2919 interpreter lock has been created. |
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2920 |
| 7782 | 2921 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyInterpreterState*}{PyInterpreterState_New}{} |
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2922 Create a new interpreter state object. The interpreter lock need not |
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2923 be held, but may be held if it is necessary to serialize calls to this |
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2924 function. |
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2925 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2927 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyInterpreterState_Clear}{PyInterpreterState *interp} |
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2928 Reset all information in an interpreter state object. The interpreter |
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2929 lock must be held. |
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2930 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2932 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyInterpreterState_Delete}{PyInterpreterState *interp} |
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2933 Destroy an interpreter state object. The interpreter lock need not be |
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2934 held. The interpreter state must have been reset with a previous |
| 7308 | 2935 call to \cfunction{PyInterpreterState_Clear()}. |
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2936 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2937 |
| 7782 | 2938 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{PyThreadState_New}{PyInterpreterState *interp} |
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2939 Create a new thread state object belonging to the given interpreter |
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2944 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyThreadState_Clear}{PyThreadState *tstate} |
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2945 Reset all information in a thread state object. The interpreter lock |
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2947 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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2949 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyThreadState_Delete}{PyThreadState *tstate} |
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2950 Destroy a thread state object. The interpreter lock need not be |
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2951 held. The thread state must have been reset with a previous |
| 7308 | 2952 call to \cfunction{PyThreadState_Clear()}. |
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2953 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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| 7782 | 2955 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{PyThreadState_Get}{} |
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2956 Return the current thread state. The interpreter lock must be held. |
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2957 When the current thread state is \NULL{}, this issues a fatal |
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2958 error (so that the caller needn't check for \NULL{}). |
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2959 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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| 7782 | 2961 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{PyThreadState_Swap}{PyThreadState *tstate} |
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2962 Swap the current thread state with the thread state given by the |
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2963 argument \var{tstate}, which may be \NULL{}. The interpreter lock |
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2964 must be held. |
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2965 \end{cfuncdesc} |
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| 7308 | 2968 \chapter{Defining New Object Types} |
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2969 \label{newTypes} |
| 7308 | 2970 |
| 7782 | 2971 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{_PyObject_New}{PyTypeObject *type} |
| 7308 | 2972 \end{cfuncdesc} |
| 2973 | |
| 7782 | 2974 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{_PyObject_NewVar}{PyTypeObject *type, int size} |
| 7308 | 2975 \end{cfuncdesc} |
| 2976 | |
| 2977 \begin{cfuncdesc}{TYPE}{_PyObject_NEW}{TYPE, PyTypeObject *} | |
| 2978 \end{cfuncdesc} | |
| 2979 | |
| 2980 \begin{cfuncdesc}{TYPE}{_PyObject_NEW_VAR}{TYPE, PyTypeObject *, int size} | |
| 2981 \end{cfuncdesc} | |
| 2982 | |
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2983 Py_InitModule (!!!) |
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2985 PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords, PyArg_ParseTuple, PyArg_Parse |
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2987 Py_BuildValue |
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2989 PyObject, PyVarObject |
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2991 PyObject_HEAD, PyObject_HEAD_INIT, PyObject_VAR_HEAD |
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2993 Typedefs: |
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2994 unaryfunc, binaryfunc, ternaryfunc, inquiry, coercion, intargfunc, |
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2995 intintargfunc, intobjargproc, intintobjargproc, objobjargproc, |
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2996 getreadbufferproc, getwritebufferproc, getsegcountproc, |
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2997 destructor, printfunc, getattrfunc, getattrofunc, setattrfunc, |
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2998 setattrofunc, cmpfunc, reprfunc, hashfunc |
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3000 PyNumberMethods |
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3002 PySequenceMethods |
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3004 PyMappingMethods |
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3006 PyBufferProcs |
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3008 PyTypeObject |
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3010 DL_IMPORT |
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3012 PyType_Type |
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3014 Py*_Check |
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3016 Py_None, _Py_NoneStruct |
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3019 \chapter{Debugging} |
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3020 \label{debugging} |
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3022 XXX Explain Py_DEBUG, Py_TRACE_REFS, Py_REF_DEBUG. |
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3025 \input{api.ind} % Index -- must be last |
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3027 \end{document} |