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1 \documentclass{manual}
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10 \begin{document}
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20 \begin{abstract}
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22 \noindent
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23 This manual documents the API used by C and \Cpp{} programmers who
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24 want to write extension modules or embed Python. It is a companion to
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26 Interpreter}, which describes the general principles of extension
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27 writing but does not document the API functions in detail.
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29 \strong{Warning:} The current version of this document is incomplete.
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31 and release new versions from time to time, independent from Python
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38 % XXX Consider moving all this back to ext.tex and giving api.tex
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39 % XXX a *really* short intro only.
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41 \chapter{Introduction \label{intro}}
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43 The Application Programmer's Interface to Python gives C and
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44 \Cpp{} programmers access to the Python interpreter at a variety of
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45 levels. The API is equally usable from \Cpp{}, but for brevity it is
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51 component in a larger application; this technique is generally
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60 Many API functions are useful independent of whether you're embedding
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61 or extending Python; moreover, most applications that embed Python
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70 API are included in your code by the following line:
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111 \section{Objects, Types and Reference Counts \label{objects}}
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117 Python language in most situations (e.g., assignments, scope rules,
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118 and argument passing), it is only fitting that they should be
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119 represented by a single C type. Almost all Python objects live on the
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126 All Python objects (even Python integers) have a \dfn{type} and a
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129 many more as explained in the \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python
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162 reference count can overflow; at least as many bits are used to hold
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165 reference count increment is a simple operation.
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170 point to it and it goes down by one when the variable goes out of
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171 scope. However, these two cancel each other out, so at the end the
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180 reference to every argument for the duration of the call.
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183 hold on to it for a while without incrementing its reference count.
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184 Some other operation might conceivably remove the object from the
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185 list, decrementing its reference count and possible deallocating it.
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186 The real danger is that innocent-looking operations may invoke
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187 arbitrary Python code which could do this; there is a code path which
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188 allows control to flow back to the user from a \cfunction{Py_DECREF()},
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191 A safe approach is to always use the generic operations (functions
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192 whose name begins with \samp{PyObject_}, \samp{PyNumber_},
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193 \samp{PySequence_} or \samp{PyMapping_}). These operations always
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194 increment the reference count of the object they return. This leaves
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195 the caller with the responsibility to call
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196 \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} when they are done with the result; this soon
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197 becomes second nature.
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200 \subsubsection{Reference Count Details \label{refcountDetails}}
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204 talk of owning references, never of owning objects; objects are always
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208 a function passes ownership of a reference on to its caller, the
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209 caller is said to receive a \emph{new} reference. When no ownership
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211 Nothing needs to be done for a borrowed reference.
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215 reference to the object, or it does not. Few functions steal
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217 \cfunction{PyList_SetItem()}\ttindex{PyList_SetItem()} and
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223 2, "three")} could look like this (forgetting about error handling for
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229 t = PyTuple_New(3);
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230 PyTuple_SetItem(t, 0, PyInt_FromLong(1L));
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231 PyTuple_SetItem(t, 1, PyInt_FromLong(2L));
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232 PyTuple_SetItem(t, 2, PyString_FromString("three"));
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236 set tuple items; \cfunction{PySequence_SetItem()} and
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237 \cfunction{PyObject_SetItem()} refuse to do this since tuples are an
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238 immutable data type. You should only use
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240 yourself.
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242 Equivalent code for populating a list can be written using
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243 \cfunction{PyList_New()} and \cfunction{PyList_SetItem()}. Such code
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252 PySequence_SetItem(l, 0, x); Py_DECREF(x);
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254 PySequence_SetItem(l, 1, x); Py_DECREF(x);
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256 PySequence_SetItem(l, 2, x); Py_DECREF(x);
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260 code. However, in practice, you will rarely use these ways of
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261 creating and populating a tuple or list. There's a generic function,
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264 above two blocks of code could be replaced by the following (which
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267 \begin{verbatim}
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268 PyObject *t, *l;
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270 t = Py_BuildValue("(iis)", 1, 2, "three");
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271 l = Py_BuildValue("[iis]", 1, 2, "three");
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274 It is much more common to use \cfunction{PyObject_SetItem()} and
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275 friends with items whose references you are only borrowing, like
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276 arguments that were passed in to the function you are writing. In
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277 that case, their behaviour regarding reference counts is much saner,
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278 since you don't have to increment a reference count so you can give a
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279 reference away (``have it be stolen''). For example, this function
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280 sets all items of a list (actually, any mutable sequence) to a given
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281 item:
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283 \begin{verbatim}
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284 int set_all(PyObject *target, PyObject *item)
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285 {
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286 int i, n;
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288 n = PyObject_Length(target);
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289 if (n < 0)
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290 return -1;
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291 for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
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292 if (PyObject_SetItem(target, i, item) < 0)
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293 return -1;
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294 }
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295 return 0;
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296 }
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297 \end{verbatim}
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298 \ttindex{set_all()}
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300 The situation is slightly different for function return values.
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301 While passing a reference to most functions does not change your
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302 ownership responsibilities for that reference, many functions that
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303 return a referece to an object give you ownership of the reference.
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304 The reason is simple: in many cases, the returned object is created
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305 on the fly, and the reference you get is the only reference to the
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306 object. Therefore, the generic functions that return object
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307 references, like \cfunction{PyObject_GetItem()} and
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308 \cfunction{PySequence_GetItem()}, always return a new reference (i.e.,
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309 the caller becomes the owner of the reference).
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311 It is important to realize that whether you own a reference returned
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312 by a function depends on which function you call only --- \emph{the
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313 plumage} (i.e., the type of the type of the object passed as an
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314 argument to the function) \emph{doesn't enter into it!} Thus, if you
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315 extract an item from a list using \cfunction{PyList_GetItem()}, you
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316 don't own the reference --- but if you obtain the same item from the
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317 same list using \cfunction{PySequence_GetItem()} (which happens to
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318 take exactly the same arguments), you do own a reference to the
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319 returned object.
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320
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321 Here is an example of how you could write a function that computes the
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322 sum of the items in a list of integers; once using
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323 \cfunction{PyList_GetItem()}\ttindex{PyList_GetItem()}, and once using
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324 \cfunction{PySequence_GetItem()}\ttindex{PySequence_GetItem()}.
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325
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326 \begin{verbatim}
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327 long sum_list(PyObject *list)
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328 {
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329 int i, n;
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330 long total = 0;
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331 PyObject *item;
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333 n = PyList_Size(list);
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334 if (n < 0)
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335 return -1; /* Not a list */
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336 for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
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337 item = PyList_GetItem(list, i); /* Can't fail */
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338 if (!PyInt_Check(item)) continue; /* Skip non-integers */
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339 total += PyInt_AsLong(item);
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340 }
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341 return total;
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342 }
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343 \end{verbatim}
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344 \ttindex{sum_list()}
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346 \begin{verbatim}
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347 long sum_sequence(PyObject *sequence)
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348 {
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349 int i, n;
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350 long total = 0;
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351 PyObject *item;
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352 n = PySequence_Length(sequence);
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353 if (n < 0)
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354 return -1; /* Has no length */
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355 for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
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356 item = PySequence_GetItem(sequence, i);
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357 if (item == NULL)
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358 return -1; /* Not a sequence, or other failure */
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359 if (PyInt_Check(item))
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360 total += PyInt_AsLong(item);
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361 Py_DECREF(item); /* Discard reference ownership */
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362 }
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363 return total;
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364 }
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365 \end{verbatim}
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366 \ttindex{sum_sequence()}
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369 \subsection{Types \label{types}}
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371 There are few other data types that play a significant role in
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372 the Python/C API; most are simple C types such as \ctype{int},
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373 \ctype{long}, \ctype{double} and \ctype{char*}. A few structure types
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380 \section{Exceptions \label{exceptions}}
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382 The Python programmer only needs to deal with exceptions if specific
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383 error handling is required; unhandled exceptions are automatically
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385 they reach the top-level interpreter, where they are reported to the
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386 user accompanied by a stack traceback.
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388 For C programmers, however, error checking always has to be explicit.
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389 All functions in the Python/C API can raise exceptions, unless an
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390 explicit claim is made otherwise in a function's documentation. In
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391 general, when a function encounters an error, it sets an exception,
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392 discards any object references that it owns, and returns an
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393 error indicator --- usually \NULL{} or \code{-1}. A few functions
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394 return a Boolean true/false result, with false indicating an error.
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395 Very few functions return no explicit error indicator or have an
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396 ambiguous return value, and require explicit testing for errors with
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397 \cfunction{PyErr_Occurred()}\ttindex{PyErr_Occurred()}.
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399 Exception state is maintained in per-thread storage (this is
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400 equivalent to using global storage in an unthreaded application). A
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401 thread can be in one of two states: an exception has occurred, or not.
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402 The function \cfunction{PyErr_Occurred()} can be used to check for
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403 this: it returns a borrowed reference to the exception type object
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404 when an exception has occurred, and \NULL{} otherwise. There are a
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405 number of functions to set the exception state:
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406 \cfunction{PyErr_SetString()}\ttindex{PyErr_SetString()} is the most
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407 common (though not the most general) function to set the exception
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408 state, and \cfunction{PyErr_Clear()}\ttindex{PyErr_Clear()} clears the
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409 exception state.
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411 The full exception state consists of three objects (all of which can
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412 be \NULL{}): the exception type, the corresponding exception
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413 value, and the traceback. These have the same meanings as the Python
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414 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{
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415 \ttindex{exc_type}\ttindex{exc_value}\ttindex{exc_traceback}}
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416 objects \code{sys.exc_type}, \code{sys.exc_value}, and
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417 \code{sys.exc_traceback}; however, they are not the same: the Python
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418 objects represent the last exception being handled by a Python
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419 \keyword{try} \ldots\ \keyword{except} statement, while the C level
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420 exception state only exists while an exception is being passed on
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421 between C functions until it reaches the Python bytecode interpreter's
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422 main loop, which takes care of transferring it to \code{sys.exc_type}
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423 and friends.
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424
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425 Note that starting with Python 1.5, the preferred, thread-safe way to
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426 access the exception state from Python code is to call the function
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427 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{exc_info()}}
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428 \function{sys.exc_info()}, which returns the per-thread exception state
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429 for Python code. Also, the semantics of both ways to access the
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430 exception state have changed so that a function which catches an
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431 exception will save and restore its thread's exception state so as to
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432 preserve the exception state of its caller. This prevents common bugs
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433 in exception handling code caused by an innocent-looking function
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434 overwriting the exception being handled; it also reduces the often
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435 unwanted lifetime extension for objects that are referenced by the
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436 stack frames in the traceback.
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437
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438 As a general principle, a function that calls another function to
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439 perform some task should check whether the called function raised an
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440 exception, and if so, pass the exception state on to its caller. It
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441 should discard any object references that it owns, and return an
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442 error indicator, but it should \emph{not} set another exception ---
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443 that would overwrite the exception that was just raised, and lose
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444 important information about the exact cause of the error.
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445
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446 A simple example of detecting exceptions and passing them on is shown
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447 in the \cfunction{sum_sequence()}\ttindex{sum_sequence()} example
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448 above. It so happens that that example doesn't need to clean up any
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449 owned references when it detects an error. The following example
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450 function shows some error cleanup. First, to remind you why you like
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451 Python, we show the equivalent Python code:
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452
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453 \begin{verbatim}
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454 def incr_item(dict, key):
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455 try:
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456 item = dict[key]
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457 except KeyError:
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458 item = 0
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459 dict[key] = item + 1
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460 \end{verbatim}
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461 \ttindex{incr_item()}
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462
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463 Here is the corresponding C code, in all its glory:
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464
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465 \begin{verbatim}
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466 int incr_item(PyObject *dict, PyObject *key)
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467 {
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468 /* Objects all initialized to NULL for Py_XDECREF */
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469 PyObject *item = NULL, *const_one = NULL, *incremented_item = NULL;
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470 int rv = -1; /* Return value initialized to -1 (failure) */
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471
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472 item = PyObject_GetItem(dict, key);
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473 if (item == NULL) {
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474 /* Handle KeyError only: */
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475 if (!PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_KeyError))
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476 goto error;
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477
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478 /* Clear the error and use zero: */
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479 PyErr_Clear();
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480 item = PyInt_FromLong(0L);
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481 if (item == NULL)
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482 goto error;
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483 }
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484 const_one = PyInt_FromLong(1L);
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485 if (const_one == NULL)
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486 goto error;
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488 incremented_item = PyNumber_Add(item, const_one);
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489 if (incremented_item == NULL)
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490 goto error;
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491
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492 if (PyObject_SetItem(dict, key, incremented_item) < 0)
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493 goto error;
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494 rv = 0; /* Success */
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495 /* Continue with cleanup code */
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496
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497 error:
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498 /* Cleanup code, shared by success and failure path */
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499
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500 /* Use Py_XDECREF() to ignore NULL references */
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501 Py_XDECREF(item);
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502 Py_XDECREF(const_one);
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503 Py_XDECREF(incremented_item);
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504
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505 return rv; /* -1 for error, 0 for success */
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506 }
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507 \end{verbatim}
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508 \ttindex{incr_item()}
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509
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510 This example represents an endorsed use of the \keyword{goto} statement
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511 in C! It illustrates the use of
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512 \cfunction{PyErr_ExceptionMatches()}\ttindex{PyErr_ExceptionMatches()} and
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513 \cfunction{PyErr_Clear()}\ttindex{PyErr_Clear()} to
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514 handle specific exceptions, and the use of
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515 \cfunction{Py_XDECREF()}\ttindex{Py_XDECREF()} to
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516 dispose of owned references that may be \NULL{} (note the
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517 \character{X} in the name; \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} would crash when
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518 confronted with a \NULL{} reference). It is important that the
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519 variables used to hold owned references are initialized to \NULL{} for
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520 this to work; likewise, the proposed return value is initialized to
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521 \code{-1} (failure) and only set to success after the final call made
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522 is successful.
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523
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524
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525 \section{Embedding Python \label{embedding}}
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526
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527 The one important task that only embedders (as opposed to extension
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528 writers) of the Python interpreter have to worry about is the
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529 initialization, and possibly the finalization, of the Python
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530 interpreter. Most functionality of the interpreter can only be used
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531 after the interpreter has been initialized.
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532
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533 The basic initialization function is
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534 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}\ttindex{Py_Initialize()}.
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535 This initializes the table of loaded modules, and creates the
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536 fundamental modules \module{__builtin__}\refbimodindex{__builtin__},
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537 \module{__main__}\refbimodindex{__main__} and
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538 \module{sys}\refbimodindex{sys}. It also initializes the module
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539 search path (\code{sys.path}).%
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540 \indexiii{module}{search}{path}
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541 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{path}}
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542
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543 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} does not set the ``script argument list''
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544 (\code{sys.argv}). If this variable is needed by Python code that
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545 will be executed later, it must be set explicitly with a call to
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546 \code{PySys_SetArgv(\var{argc},
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547 \var{argv})}\ttindex{PySys_SetArgv()} subsequent to the call to
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548 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}.
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549
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550 On most systems (in particular, on \UNIX{} and Windows, although the
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551 details are slightly different),
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552 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} calculates the module search path based
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553 upon its best guess for the location of the standard Python
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554 interpreter executable, assuming that the Python library is found in a
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555 fixed location relative to the Python interpreter executable. In
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556 particular, it looks for a directory named
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557 \file{lib/python\shortversion} relative to the parent directory where
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558 the executable named \file{python} is found on the shell command
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559 search path (the environment variable \envvar{PATH}).
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560
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561 For instance, if the Python executable is found in
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562 \file{/usr/local/bin/python}, it will assume that the libraries are in
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563 \file{/usr/local/lib/python\shortversion}. (In fact, this particular path
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564 is also the ``fallback'' location, used when no executable file named
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565 \file{python} is found along \envvar{PATH}.) The user can override
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566 this behavior by setting the environment variable \envvar{PYTHONHOME},
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567 or insert additional directories in front of the standard path by
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568 setting \envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
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569
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570 The embedding application can steer the search by calling
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571 \code{Py_SetProgramName(\var{file})}\ttindex{Py_SetProgramName()} \emph{before} calling
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572 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}. Note that \envvar{PYTHONHOME} still
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573 overrides this and \envvar{PYTHONPATH} is still inserted in front of
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574 the standard path. An application that requires total control has to
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575 provide its own implementation of
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576 \cfunction{Py_GetPath()}\ttindex{Py_GetPath()},
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577 \cfunction{Py_GetPrefix()}\ttindex{Py_GetPrefix()},
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578 \cfunction{Py_GetExecPrefix()}\ttindex{Py_GetExecPrefix()}, and
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579 \cfunction{Py_GetProgramFullPath()}\ttindex{Py_GetProgramFullPath()} (all
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580 defined in \file{Modules/getpath.c}).
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581
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582 Sometimes, it is desirable to ``uninitialize'' Python. For instance,
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583 the application may want to start over (make another call to
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584 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}) or the application is simply done with its
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585 use of Python and wants to free all memory allocated by Python. This
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586 can be accomplished by calling \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}. The function
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587 \cfunction{Py_IsInitialized()}\ttindex{Py_IsInitialized()} returns
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588 true if Python is currently in the initialized state. More
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589 information about these functions is given in a later chapter.
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590
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591
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592 \chapter{The Very High Level Layer \label{veryhigh}}
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593
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594 The functions in this chapter will let you execute Python source code
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595 given in a file or a buffer, but they will not let you interact in a
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596 more detailed way with the interpreter.
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597
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598 Several of these functions accept a start symbol from the grammar as a
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599 parameter. The available start symbols are \constant{Py_eval_input},
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600 \constant{Py_file_input}, and \constant{Py_single_input}. These are
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601 described following the functions which accept them as parameters.
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602
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603 Note also that several of these functions take \ctype{FILE*}
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604 parameters. On particular issue which needs to be handled carefully
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605 is that the \ctype{FILE} structure for different C libraries can be
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606 different and incompatible. Under Windows (at least), it is possible
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607 for dynamically linked extensions to actually use different libraries,
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608 so care should be taken that \ctype{FILE*} parameters are only passed
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609 to these functions if it is certain that they were created by the same
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610 library that the Python runtime is using.
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611
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612 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_AnyFile}{FILE *fp, char *filename}
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613 If \var{fp} refers to a file associated with an interactive device
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614 (console or terminal input or \UNIX{} pseudo-terminal), return the
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615 value of \cfunction{PyRun_InteractiveLoop()}, otherwise return the
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616 result of \cfunction{PyRun_SimpleFile()}. If \var{filename} is
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617 \NULL{}, this function uses \code{"???"} as the filename.
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618 \end{cfuncdesc}
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619
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620 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_SimpleString}{char *command}
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621 Executes the Python source code from \var{command} in the
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622 \module{__main__} module. If \module{__main__} does not already
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623 exist, it is created. Returns \code{0} on success or \code{-1} if
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624 an exception was raised. If there was an error, there is no way to
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625 get the exception information.
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626 \end{cfuncdesc}
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627
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628 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_SimpleFile}{FILE *fp, char *filename}
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629 Similar to \cfunction{PyRun_SimpleString()}, but the Python source
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630 code is read from \var{fp} instead of an in-memory string.
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631 \var{filename} should be the name of the file.
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632 \end{cfuncdesc}
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633
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634 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_InteractiveOne}{FILE *fp, char *filename}
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635 Read and execute a single statement from a file associated with an
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636 interactive device. If \var{filename} is \NULL, \code{"???"} is
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637 used instead. The user will be prompted using \code{sys.ps1} and
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638 \code{sys.ps2}. Returns \code{0} when the input was executed
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639 successfully, \code{-1} if there was an exception, or an error code
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640 from the \file{errcode.h} include file distributed as part of Python
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641 in case of a parse error. (Note that \file{errcode.h} is not
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642 included by \file{Python.h}, so must be included specifically if
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643 needed.)
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644 \end{cfuncdesc}
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645
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646 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyRun_InteractiveLoop}{FILE *fp, char *filename}
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647 Read and execute statements from a file associated with an
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648 interactive device until \EOF{} is reached. If \var{filename} is
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649 \NULL, \code{"???"} is used instead. The user will be prompted
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650 using \code{sys.ps1} and \code{sys.ps2}. Returns \code{0} at \EOF.
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651 \end{cfuncdesc}
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652
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653 \begin{cfuncdesc}{struct _node*}{PyParser_SimpleParseString}{char *str,
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654 int start}
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655 Parse Python source code from \var{str} using the start token
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656 \var{start}. The result can be used to create a code object which
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657 can be evaluated efficiently. This is useful if a code fragment
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658 must be evaluated many times.
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659 \end{cfuncdesc}
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660
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661 \begin{cfuncdesc}{struct _node*}{PyParser_SimpleParseFile}{FILE *fp,
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662 char *filename, int start}
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663 Similar to \cfunction{PyParser_SimpleParseString()}, but the Python
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664 source code is read from \var{fp} instead of an in-memory string.
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665 \var{filename} should be the name of the file.
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666 \end{cfuncdesc}
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667
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668 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyRun_String}{char *str, int start,
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669 PyObject *globals,
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670 PyObject *locals}
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671 Execute Python source code from \var{str} in the context specified
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672 by the dictionaries \var{globals} and \var{locals}. The parameter
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673 \var{start} specifies the start token that should be used to parse
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674 the source code.
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675
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676 Returns the result of executing the code as a Python object, or
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677 \NULL{} if an exception was raised.
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678 \end{cfuncdesc}
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679
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680 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyRun_File}{FILE *fp, char *filename,
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681 int start, PyObject *globals,
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682 PyObject *locals}
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683 Similar to \cfunction{PyRun_String()}, but the Python source code is
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684 read from \var{fp} instead of an in-memory string.
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685 \var{filename} should be the name of the file.
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686 \end{cfuncdesc}
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687
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688 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{Py_CompileString}{char *str, char *filename,
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689 int start}
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690 Parse and compile the Python source code in \var{str}, returning the
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691 resulting code object. The start token is given by \var{start};
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692 this can be used to constrain the code which can be compiled and should
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693 be \constant{Py_eval_input}, \constant{Py_file_input}, or
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694 \constant{Py_single_input}. The filename specified by
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695 \var{filename} is used to construct the code object and may appear
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696 in tracebacks or \exception{SyntaxError} exception messages. This
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697 returns \NULL{} if the code cannot be parsed or compiled.
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698 \end{cfuncdesc}
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699
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700 \begin{cvardesc}{int}{Py_eval_input}
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701 The start symbol from the Python grammar for isolated expressions;
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702 for use with \cfunction{Py_CompileString()}\ttindex{Py_CompileString()}.
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703 \end{cvardesc}
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704
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705 \begin{cvardesc}{int}{Py_file_input}
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706 The start symbol from the Python grammar for sequences of statements
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707 as read from a file or other source; for use with
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708 \cfunction{Py_CompileString()}\ttindex{Py_CompileString()}. This is
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709 the symbol to use when compiling arbitrarily long Python source code.
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710 \end{cvardesc}
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711
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712 \begin{cvardesc}{int}{Py_single_input}
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713 The start symbol from the Python grammar for a single statement; for
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714 use with \cfunction{Py_CompileString()}\ttindex{Py_CompileString()}.
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715 This is the symbol used for the interactive interpreter loop.
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716 \end{cvardesc}
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717
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718
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719 \chapter{Reference Counting \label{countingRefs}}
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720
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721 The macros in this section are used for managing reference counts
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722 of Python objects.
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723
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724 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_INCREF}{PyObject *o}
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725 Increment the reference count for object \var{o}. The object must
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726 not be \NULL{}; if you aren't sure that it isn't \NULL{}, use
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727 \cfunction{Py_XINCREF()}.
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728 \end{cfuncdesc}
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729
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730 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_XINCREF}{PyObject *o}
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731 Increment the reference count for object \var{o}. The object may be
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732 \NULL{}, in which case the macro has no effect.
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733 \end{cfuncdesc}
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734
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735 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_DECREF}{PyObject *o}
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736 Decrement the reference count for object \var{o}. The object must
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737 not be \NULL{}; if you aren't sure that it isn't \NULL{}, use
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738 \cfunction{Py_XDECREF()}. If the reference count reaches zero, the
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739 object's type's deallocation function (which must not be \NULL{}) is
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740 invoked.
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741
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742 \strong{Warning:} The deallocation function can cause arbitrary Python
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743 code to be invoked (e.g. when a class instance with a
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744 \method{__del__()} method is deallocated). While exceptions in such
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745 code are not propagated, the executed code has free access to all
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746 Python global variables. This means that any object that is reachable
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747 from a global variable should be in a consistent state before
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748 \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} is invoked. For example, code to delete an
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749 object from a list should copy a reference to the deleted object in a
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750 temporary variable, update the list data structure, and then call
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751 \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} for the temporary variable.
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752 \end{cfuncdesc}
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753
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754 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_XDECREF}{PyObject *o}
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755 Decrement the reference count for object \var{o}. The object may be
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756 \NULL{}, in which case the macro has no effect; otherwise the effect
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757 is the same as for \cfunction{Py_DECREF()}, and the same warning
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758 applies.
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759 \end{cfuncdesc}
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760
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761 The following functions or macros are only for use within the
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762 interpreter core: \cfunction{_Py_Dealloc()},
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763 \cfunction{_Py_ForgetReference()}, \cfunction{_Py_NewReference()}, as
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764 well as the global variable \cdata{_Py_RefTotal}.
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765
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767 \chapter{Exception Handling \label{exceptionHandling}}
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768
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769 The functions described in this chapter will let you handle and raise Python
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770 exceptions. It is important to understand some of the basics of
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771 Python exception handling. It works somewhat like the
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772 \UNIX{} \cdata{errno} variable: there is a global indicator (per
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773 thread) of the last error that occurred. Most functions don't clear
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774 this on success, but will set it to indicate the cause of the error on
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775 failure. Most functions also return an error indicator, usually
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776 \NULL{} if they are supposed to return a pointer, or \code{-1} if they
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777 return an integer (exception: the \cfunction{PyArg_Parse*()} functions
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778 return \code{1} for success and \code{0} for failure). When a
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779 function must fail because some function it called failed, it
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780 generally doesn't set the error indicator; the function it called
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781 already set it.
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782
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783 The error indicator consists of three Python objects corresponding to
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784 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{
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785 \ttindex{exc_type}\ttindex{exc_value}\ttindex{exc_traceback}}
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786 the Python variables \code{sys.exc_type}, \code{sys.exc_value} and
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787 \code{sys.exc_traceback}. API functions exist to interact with the
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788 error indicator in various ways. There is a separate error indicator
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789 for each thread.
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790
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791 % XXX Order of these should be more thoughtful.
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792 % Either alphabetical or some kind of structure.
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793
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794 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_Print}{}
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795 Print a standard traceback to \code{sys.stderr} and clear the error
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796 indicator. Call this function only when the error indicator is set.
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797 (Otherwise it will cause a fatal error!)
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798 \end{cfuncdesc}
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799
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800 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_Occurred}{}
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801 Test whether the error indicator is set. If set, return the exception
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802 \emph{type} (the first argument to the last call to one of the
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803 \cfunction{PyErr_Set*()} functions or to \cfunction{PyErr_Restore()}). If
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804 not set, return \NULL{}. You do not own a reference to the return
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805 value, so you do not need to \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} it.
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806 \strong{Note:} Do not compare the return value to a specific
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807 exception; use \cfunction{PyErr_ExceptionMatches()} instead, shown
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808 below. (The comparison could easily fail since the exception may be
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809 an instance instead of a class, in the case of a class exception, or
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810 it may the a subclass of the expected exception.)
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811 \end{cfuncdesc}
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812
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813 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyErr_ExceptionMatches}{PyObject *exc}
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814 Equivalent to
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815 \samp{PyErr_GivenExceptionMatches(PyErr_Occurred(), \var{exc})}.
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816 This should only be called when an exception is actually set; a memory
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817 access violation will occur if no exception has been raised.
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818 \end{cfuncdesc}
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819
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820 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyErr_GivenExceptionMatches}{PyObject *given, PyObject *exc}
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821 Return true if the \var{given} exception matches the exception in
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822 \var{exc}. If \var{exc} is a class object, this also returns true
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823 when \var{given} is an instance of a subclass. If \var{exc} is a tuple, all
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824 exceptions in the tuple (and recursively in subtuples) are searched
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825 for a match. If \var{given} is \NULL, a memory access violation will
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826 occur.
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827 \end{cfuncdesc}
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828
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829 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_NormalizeException}{PyObject**exc, PyObject**val, PyObject**tb}
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830 Under certain circumstances, the values returned by
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831 \cfunction{PyErr_Fetch()} below can be ``unnormalized'', meaning that
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832 \code{*\var{exc}} is a class object but \code{*\var{val}} is not an
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833 instance of the same class. This function can be used to instantiate
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834 the class in that case. If the values are already normalized, nothing
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835 happens. The delayed normalization is implemented to improve
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836 performance.
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837 \end{cfuncdesc}
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838
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839 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_Clear}{}
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840 Clear the error indicator. If the error indicator is not set, there
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841 is no effect.
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842 \end{cfuncdesc}
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843
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844 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_Fetch}{PyObject **ptype, PyObject **pvalue,
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845 PyObject **ptraceback}
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846 Retrieve the error indicator into three variables whose addresses are
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847 passed. If the error indicator is not set, set all three variables to
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848 \NULL{}. If it is set, it will be cleared and you own a reference to
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849 each object retrieved. The value and traceback object may be
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850 \NULL{} even when the type object is not. \strong{Note:} This
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851 function is normally only used by code that needs to handle exceptions
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852 or by code that needs to save and restore the error indicator
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853 temporarily.
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854 \end{cfuncdesc}
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855
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856 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_Restore}{PyObject *type, PyObject *value,
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857 PyObject *traceback}
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858 Set the error indicator from the three objects. If the error
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859 indicator is already set, it is cleared first. If the objects are
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860 \NULL{}, the error indicator is cleared. Do not pass a \NULL{} type
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861 and non-\NULL{} value or traceback. The exception type should be a
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862 string or class; if it is a class, the value should be an instance of
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863 that class. Do not pass an invalid exception type or value.
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864 (Violating these rules will cause subtle problems later.) This call
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865 takes away a reference to each object, i.e.\ you must own a reference
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866 to each object before the call and after the call you no longer own
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867 these references. (If you don't understand this, don't use this
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868 function. I warned you.) \strong{Note:} This function is normally
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869 only used by code that needs to save and restore the error indicator
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870 temporarily.
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871 \end{cfuncdesc}
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872
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873 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_SetString}{PyObject *type, char *message}
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874 This is the most common way to set the error indicator. The first
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875 argument specifies the exception type; it is normally one of the
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876 standard exceptions, e.g. \cdata{PyExc_RuntimeError}. You need not
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877 increment its reference count. The second argument is an error
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878 message; it is converted to a string object.
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879 \end{cfuncdesc}
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880
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881 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_SetObject}{PyObject *type, PyObject *value}
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882 This function is similar to \cfunction{PyErr_SetString()} but lets you
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883 specify an arbitrary Python object for the ``value'' of the exception.
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884 You need not increment its reference count.
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885 \end{cfuncdesc}
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886
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887 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_Format}{PyObject *exception,
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888 const char *format, \moreargs}
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889 This function sets the error indicator. \var{exception} should be a
f1ade8ab1869 For PyErr_Format(), note that the exception parameter can be a string or
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890 Python exception (string or class, not an instance).
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891 \var{format} should be a string, containing format codes, similar to
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892 \cfunction{printf}. The \code{width.precision} before a format code
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893 is parsed, but the width part is ignored.
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894
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895 \begin{tableii}{c|l}{character}{Character}{Meaning}
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896 \lineii{c}{Character, as an \ctype{int} parameter}
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
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897 \lineii{d}{Number in decimal, as an \ctype{int} parameter}
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
898 \lineii{x}{Number in hexadecimal, as an \ctype{int} parameter}
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
899 \lineii{x}{A string, as a \ctype{char *} parameter}
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
900 \end{tableii}
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Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
901
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
902 An unrecognized format character causes all the rest of
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
903 the format string to be copied as-is to the result string,
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
904 and any extra arguments discarded.
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
905
2de1fb5302ed Update documentation for PyErr_Format, because the function has changed.
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
parents: 14337
diff changeset
906 A new reference is returned, which is owned by the caller.
12353
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Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 12258
diff changeset
907 \end{cfuncdesc}
54e80db49423 document PyErr_Format
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 12258
diff changeset
908
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
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909 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_SetNone}{PyObject *type}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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910 This is a shorthand for \samp{PyErr_SetObject(\var{type}, Py_None)}.
5588
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
911 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
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912
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
913 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyErr_BadArgument}{}
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
914 This is a shorthand for \samp{PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
5588
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
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915 \var{message})}, where \var{message} indicates that a built-in operation
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
916 was invoked with an illegal argument. It is mostly for internal use.
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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917 \end{cfuncdesc}
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918
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919 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_NoMemory}{}
7308
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920 This is a shorthand for \samp{PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_MemoryError)}; it
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
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921 returns \NULL{} so an object allocation function can write
7308
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
922 \samp{return PyErr_NoMemory();} when it runs out of memory.
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
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923 \end{cfuncdesc}
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924
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diff changeset
925 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_SetFromErrno}{PyObject *type}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
926 This is a convenience function to raise an exception when a C library
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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927 function has returned an error and set the C variable \cdata{errno}.
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928 It constructs a tuple object whose first item is the integer
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068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
929 \cdata{errno} value and whose second item is the corresponding error
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
930 message (gotten from \cfunction{strerror()}\ttindex{strerror()}), and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
931 then calls
7308
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
932 \samp{PyErr_SetObject(\var{type}, \var{object})}. On \UNIX{}, when
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
933 the \cdata{errno} value is \constant{EINTR}, indicating an interrupted
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
934 system call, this calls \cfunction{PyErr_CheckSignals()}, and if that set
5588
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
935 the error indicator, leaves it set to that. The function always
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
936 returns \NULL{}, so a wrapper function around a system call can write
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
937 \samp{return PyErr_SetFromErrno();} when the system call returns an
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
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938 error.
5588
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parents: 5536
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939 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 5536
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940
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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941 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_BadInternalCall}{}
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
942 This is a shorthand for \samp{PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
5588
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
943 \var{message})}, where \var{message} indicates that an internal
6084
0aa62cbed9f8 Consistently change Python-C API to Python/C API; added lots of new
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6074
diff changeset
944 operation (e.g. a Python/C API function) was invoked with an illegal
5588
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
945 argument. It is mostly for internal use.
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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946 \end{cfuncdesc}
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
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parents: 5536
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947
15613
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
948 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyErr_Warn}{PyObject *category, char *message}
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
949 Issue a warning message. The \var{category} argument is a warning
16053
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15953
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950 category (see below) or \NULL; the \var{message} argument is a message
15613
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 15453
diff changeset
951 string.
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
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952
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
953 This function normally prints a warning message to \var{sys.stderr};
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
954 however, it is also possible that the user has specified that warnings
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
955 are to be turned into errors, and in that case this will raise an
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
956 exception. It is also possible that the function raises an exception
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
957 because of a problem with the warning machinery (the implementation
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
958 imports the \module{warnings} module to do the heavy lifting). The
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
959 return value is \code{0} if no exception is raised, or \code{-1} if
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
960 an exception is raised. (It is not possible to determine whether a
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
961 warning message is actually printed, nor what the reason is for the
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
962 exception; this is intentional.) If an exception is raised, the
16053
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15953
diff changeset
963 caller should do its normal exception handling
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15953
diff changeset
964 (e.g. \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} owned references and return an error
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15953
diff changeset
965 value).
15613
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
966
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
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967 Warning categories must be subclasses of \cdata{Warning}; the default
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
968 warning category is \cdata{RuntimeWarning}. The standard Python
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
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969 warning categories are available as global variables whose names are
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
970 \samp{PyExc_} followed by the Python exception name. These have the
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 15453
diff changeset
971 type \ctype{PyObject*}; they are all class objects. Their names are
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
972 \cdata{PyExc_Warning}, \cdata{PyExc_UserWarning},
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
973 \cdata{PyExc_DeprecationWarning}, \cdata{PyExc_SyntaxWarning}, and
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
974 \cdata{PyExc_RuntimeWarning}. \cdata{PyExc_Warning} is a subclass of
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 15453
diff changeset
975 \cdata{PyExc_Exception}; the other warning categories are subclasses
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 15453
diff changeset
976 of \cdata{PyExc_Warning}.
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
977
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
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978 For information about warning control, see the documentation for the
15733
00c6855d742a Markup nit: Command line options should be marked with \programopt.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15613
diff changeset
979 \module{warnings} module and the \programopt{-W} option in the command
00c6855d742a Markup nit: Command line options should be marked with \programopt.
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parents: 15613
diff changeset
980 line documentation. There is no C API for warning control.
15613
35749a557f1e Document Pyerr_Warn().
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
981 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 15453
diff changeset
982
16872
5280e8439d55 Document PyErr_WarnExplicit().
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parents: 16577
diff changeset
983 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyErr_WarnExplicit}{PyObject *category, char *message,
5280e8439d55 Document PyErr_WarnExplicit().
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parents: 16577
diff changeset
984 char *filename, int lineno, char *module, PyObject *registry}
5280e8439d55 Document PyErr_WarnExplicit().
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 16577
diff changeset
985 Issue a warning message with explicit control over all warning
5280e8439d55 Document PyErr_WarnExplicit().
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 16577
diff changeset
986 attributes. This is a straightforward wrapper around the Python
5280e8439d55 Document PyErr_WarnExplicit().
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 16577
diff changeset
987 function \function{warnings.warn_explicit()}, see there for more
5280e8439d55 Document PyErr_WarnExplicit().
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 16577
diff changeset
988 information. The \var{module} and \var{registry} arguments may be
5280e8439d55 Document PyErr_WarnExplicit().
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 16577
diff changeset
989 set to \code{NULL} to get the default effect described there.
5280e8439d55 Document PyErr_WarnExplicit().
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parents: 16577
diff changeset
990 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 16577
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991
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parents: 5536
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992 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyErr_CheckSignals}{}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
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993 This function interacts with Python's signal handling. It checks
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
994 whether a signal has been sent to the processes and if so, invokes the
7310
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
995 corresponding signal handler. If the
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
996 \module{signal}\refbimodindex{signal} module is supported, this can
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
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parents: 7309
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997 invoke a signal handler written in Python. In all cases, the default
12222
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998 effect for \constant{SIGINT}\ttindex{SIGINT} is to raise the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
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999 \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{KeyboardInterrupt}}
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1000 \exception{KeyboardInterrupt} exception. If an exception is raised the
7308
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
1001 error indicator is set and the function returns \code{1}; otherwise
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1002 the function returns \code{0}. The error indicator may or may not be
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
1003 cleared if it was previously set.
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parents: 5536
diff changeset
1004 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 5536
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1005
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1006 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_SetInterrupt}{}
12222
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1007 This function is obsolete. It simulates the effect of a
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diff changeset
1008 \constant{SIGINT}\ttindex{SIGINT} signal arriving --- the next time
7308
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parents: 7278
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1009 \cfunction{PyErr_CheckSignals()} is called,
12222
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1010 \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{KeyboardInterrupt}}
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1011 \exception{KeyboardInterrupt} will be raised.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
1012 It may be called without holding the interpreter lock.
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1013 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1014
7782
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parents: 7708
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1015 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_NewException}{char *name,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
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1016 PyObject *base,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
1017 PyObject *dict}
6382
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
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parents: 6126
diff changeset
1018 This utility function creates and returns a new exception object. The
12222
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diff changeset
1019 \var{name} argument must be the name of the new exception, a C string
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diff changeset
1020 of the form \code{module.class}. The \var{base} and
13150
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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1021 \var{dict} arguments are normally \NULL{}. This creates a
12222
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diff changeset
1022 class object derived from the root for all exceptions, the built-in
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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diff changeset
1023 name \exception{Exception} (accessible in C as
13150
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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1024 \cdata{PyExc_Exception}). The \member{__module__} attribute of the
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1025 new class is set to the first part (up to the last dot) of the
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diff changeset
1026 \var{name} argument, and the class name is set to the last part (after
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diff changeset
1027 the last dot). The \var{base} argument can be used to specify an
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1028 alternate base class. The \var{dict} argument can be used to specify
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1029 a dictionary of class variables and methods.
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parents: 6126
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1030 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 6126
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1031
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parents: 14279
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1032 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_WriteUnraisable}{PyObject *obj}
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parents: 14279
diff changeset
1033 This utility function prints a warning message to \var{sys.stderr}
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parents: 14279
diff changeset
1034 when an exception has been set but it is impossible for the
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
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parents: 14279
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1035 interpreter to actually raise the exception. It is used, for example,
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
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parents: 14279
diff changeset
1036 when an exception occurs in an \member{__del__} method.
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1037
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parents: 14279
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1038 The function is called with a single argument \var{obj} that
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
1039 identifies where the context in which the unraisable exception
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
1040 occurred. The repr of \var{obj} will be printed in the warning
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 14279
diff changeset
1041 message.
6dee1985c681 refactor __del__ exception handler into PyErr_WriteUnraisable
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1042 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1043
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1044 \section{Standard Exceptions \label{standardExceptions}}
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1045
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1046 All standard Python exceptions are available as global variables whose
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1047 names are \samp{PyExc_} followed by the Python exception name. These
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1048 have the type \ctype{PyObject*}; they are all class objects. For
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1049 completeness, here are all the variables:
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1050
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1051 \begin{tableiii}{l|l|c}{cdata}{C Name}{Python Name}{Notes}
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1052 \lineiii{PyExc_Exception}{\exception{Exception}}{(1)}
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1053 \lineiii{PyExc_StandardError}{\exception{StandardError}}{(1)}
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parents: 12200
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1054 \lineiii{PyExc_ArithmeticError}{\exception{ArithmeticError}}{(1)}
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parents: 12200
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1055 \lineiii{PyExc_LookupError}{\exception{LookupError}}{(1)}
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1056 \lineiii{PyExc_AssertionError}{\exception{AssertionError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1057 \lineiii{PyExc_AttributeError}{\exception{AttributeError}}{}
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1058 \lineiii{PyExc_EOFError}{\exception{EOFError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1059 \lineiii{PyExc_EnvironmentError}{\exception{EnvironmentError}}{(1)}
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parents: 12200
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1060 \lineiii{PyExc_FloatingPointError}{\exception{FloatingPointError}}{}
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1061 \lineiii{PyExc_IOError}{\exception{IOError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1062 \lineiii{PyExc_ImportError}{\exception{ImportError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1063 \lineiii{PyExc_IndexError}{\exception{IndexError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1064 \lineiii{PyExc_KeyError}{\exception{KeyError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1065 \lineiii{PyExc_KeyboardInterrupt}{\exception{KeyboardInterrupt}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1066 \lineiii{PyExc_MemoryError}{\exception{MemoryError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1067 \lineiii{PyExc_NameError}{\exception{NameError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1068 \lineiii{PyExc_NotImplementedError}{\exception{NotImplementedError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1069 \lineiii{PyExc_OSError}{\exception{OSError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1070 \lineiii{PyExc_OverflowError}{\exception{OverflowError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1071 \lineiii{PyExc_RuntimeError}{\exception{RuntimeError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1072 \lineiii{PyExc_SyntaxError}{\exception{SyntaxError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1073 \lineiii{PyExc_SystemError}{\exception{SystemError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1074 \lineiii{PyExc_SystemExit}{\exception{SystemExit}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1075 \lineiii{PyExc_TypeError}{\exception{TypeError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1076 \lineiii{PyExc_ValueError}{\exception{ValueError}}{}
13929
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parents: 13920
diff changeset
1077 \lineiii{PyExc_WindowsError}{\exception{WindowsError}}{(2)}
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parents: 12200
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1078 \lineiii{PyExc_ZeroDivisionError}{\exception{ZeroDivisionError}}{}
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parents: 12200
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1079 \end{tableiii}
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parents: 12200
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1080
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1081 \noindent
13929
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parents: 13920
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1082 Notes:
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parents: 12200
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1083 \begin{description}
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1084 \item[(1)]
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parents: 13053
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1085 This is a base class for other standard exceptions.
13929
f194d8b24865 PyRun_InteractiveOne(),
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parents: 13920
diff changeset
1086
f194d8b24865 PyRun_InteractiveOne(),
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13920
diff changeset
1087 \item[(2)]
f194d8b24865 PyRun_InteractiveOne(),
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parents: 13920
diff changeset
1088 Only defined on Windows; protect code that uses this by testing that
f194d8b24865 PyRun_InteractiveOne(),
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parents: 13920
diff changeset
1089 the preprocessor macro \code{MS_WINDOWS} is defined.
12222
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parents: 12200
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1090 \end{description}
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1091
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1092
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1093 \section{Deprecation of String Exceptions}
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1094
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13053
diff changeset
1095 All exceptions built into Python or provided in the standard library
f1f4d822e761 Update comments relating to the removal of the -X option and of string
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13053
diff changeset
1096 are derived from \exception{Exception}.
12222
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parents: 12200
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1097 \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{Exception}}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13053
diff changeset
1098
f1f4d822e761 Update comments relating to the removal of the -X option and of string
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13053
diff changeset
1099 String exceptions are still supported in the interpreter to allow
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1100 existing code to run unmodified, but this will also change in a future
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1101 release.
5588
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
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1102
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1103
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
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parents: 9931
diff changeset
1104 \chapter{Utilities \label{utilities}}
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1105
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
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parents:
diff changeset
1106 The functions in this chapter perform various utility tasks, such as
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1107 parsing function arguments and constructing Python values from C
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1108 values.
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1109
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
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parents: 9931
diff changeset
1110 \section{OS Utilities \label{os}}
6382
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
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1111
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1112 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_FdIsInteractive}{FILE *fp, char *filename}
7308
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1113 Return true (nonzero) if the standard I/O file \var{fp} with name
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1114 \var{filename} is deemed interactive. This is the case for files for
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
1115 which \samp{isatty(fileno(\var{fp}))} is true. If the global flag
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
1116 \cdata{Py_InteractiveFlag} is true, this function also returns true if
16053
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15953
diff changeset
1117 the \var{filename} pointer is \NULL{} or if the name is equal to one of
12930
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parents: 12355
diff changeset
1118 the strings \code{'<stdin>'} or \code{'???'}.
5536
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parents:
diff changeset
1119 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents:
diff changeset
1120
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parents:
diff changeset
1121 \begin{cfuncdesc}{long}{PyOS_GetLastModificationTime}{char *filename}
7308
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
1122 Return the time of last modification of the file \var{filename}.
5536
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parents:
diff changeset
1123 The result is encoded in the same way as the timestamp returned by
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1124 the standard C library function \cfunction{time()}.
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parents:
diff changeset
1125 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1126
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diff changeset
1127 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyOS_AfterFork}{}
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parents: 12947
diff changeset
1128 Function to update some internal state after a process fork; this
b00744237877 Added documentation for PyOS_AfterFork().
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parents: 12947
diff changeset
1129 should be called in the new process if the Python interpreter will
b00744237877 Added documentation for PyOS_AfterFork().
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parents: 12947
diff changeset
1130 continue to be used. If a new executable is loaded into the new
b00744237877 Added documentation for PyOS_AfterFork().
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parents: 12947
diff changeset
1131 process, this function does not need to be called.
b00744237877 Added documentation for PyOS_AfterFork().
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parents: 12947
diff changeset
1132 \end{cfuncdesc}
b00744237877 Added documentation for PyOS_AfterFork().
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parents: 12947
diff changeset
1133
14279
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parents: 13959
diff changeset
1134 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyOS_CheckStack}{}
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parents: 13959
diff changeset
1135 Return true when the interpreter runs out of stack space. This is a
b1a0fd3df1fc Document PyOS_CheckStack().
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parents: 13959
diff changeset
1136 reliable check, but is only available when \code{USE_STACKCHECK} is
b1a0fd3df1fc Document PyOS_CheckStack().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13959
diff changeset
1137 defined (currently on Windows using the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler
b1a0fd3df1fc Document PyOS_CheckStack().
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parents: 13959
diff changeset
1138 and on the Macintosh). \code{USE_CHECKSTACK} will be defined
b1a0fd3df1fc Document PyOS_CheckStack().
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parents: 13959
diff changeset
1139 automatically; you should never change the definition in your own
b1a0fd3df1fc Document PyOS_CheckStack().
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parents: 13959
diff changeset
1140 code.
b1a0fd3df1fc Document PyOS_CheckStack().
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parents: 13959
diff changeset
1141 \end{cfuncdesc}
b1a0fd3df1fc Document PyOS_CheckStack().
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parents: 13959
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1142
14635
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diff changeset
1143 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyOS_sighandler_t}{PyOS_getsig}{int i}
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parents: 14557
diff changeset
1144 Return the current signal handler for signal \var{i}.
db9ea5b5f337 Document new APIs PyOS_getsig() and PyOS_setsig().
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parents: 14557
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1145 This is a thin wrapper around either \cfunction{sigaction} or
db9ea5b5f337 Document new APIs PyOS_getsig() and PyOS_setsig().
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parents: 14557
diff changeset
1146 \cfunction{signal}. Do not call those functions directly!
db9ea5b5f337 Document new APIs PyOS_getsig() and PyOS_setsig().
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diff changeset
1147 \ctype{PyOS_sighandler_t} is a typedef alias for \ctype{void (*)(int)}.
db9ea5b5f337 Document new APIs PyOS_getsig() and PyOS_setsig().
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parents: 14557
diff changeset
1148 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 14557
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1149
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1150 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyOS_sighandler_t}{PyOS_setsig}{int i, PyOS_sighandler_t h}
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1151 Set the signal handler for signal \var{i} to be \var{h};
db9ea5b5f337 Document new APIs PyOS_getsig() and PyOS_setsig().
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1152 return the old signal handler.
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parents: 14557
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1153 This is a thin wrapper around either \cfunction{sigaction} or
db9ea5b5f337 Document new APIs PyOS_getsig() and PyOS_setsig().
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parents: 14557
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1154 \cfunction{signal}. Do not call those functions directly!
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1155 \ctype{PyOS_sighandler_t} is a typedef alias for \ctype{void (*)(int)}.
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1156 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1157
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1158
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1159 \section{Process Control \label{processControl}}
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1160
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1161 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_FatalError}{char *message}
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1162 Print a fatal error message and kill the process. No cleanup is
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1163 performed. This function should only be invoked when a condition is
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1164 detected that would make it dangerous to continue using the Python
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1165 interpreter; e.g., when the object administration appears to be
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1166 corrupted. On \UNIX{}, the standard C library function
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1167 \cfunction{abort()}\ttindex{abort()} is called which will attempt to
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1168 produce a \file{core} file.
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1169 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1170
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1171 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_Exit}{int status}
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1172 Exit the current process. This calls
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1173 \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}\ttindex{Py_Finalize()} and
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1174 then calls the standard C library function
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1175 \code{exit(\var{status})}\ttindex{exit()}.
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1176 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1177
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1178 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_AtExit}{void (*func) ()}
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1179 Register a cleanup function to be called by
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1180 \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}\ttindex{Py_Finalize()}.
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1181 The cleanup function will be called with no arguments and should
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1182 return no value. At most 32 \index{cleanup functions}cleanup
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1183 functions can be registered.
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1184 When the registration is successful, \cfunction{Py_AtExit()} returns
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1185 \code{0}; on failure, it returns \code{-1}. The cleanup function
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1186 registered last is called first. Each cleanup function will be called
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1187 at most once. Since Python's internal finallization will have
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1188 completed before the cleanup function, no Python APIs should be called
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1189 by \var{func}.
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1190 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1191
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1192
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1193 \section{Importing Modules \label{importing}}
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1194
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1195 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_ImportModule}{char *name}
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1196 This is a simplified interface to
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1197 \cfunction{PyImport_ImportModuleEx()} below, leaving the
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1198 \var{globals} and \var{locals} arguments set to \NULL{}. When the
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1199 \var{name} argument contains a dot (i.e., when it specifies a
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1200 submodule of a package), the \var{fromlist} argument is set to the
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1201 list \code{['*']} so that the return value is the named module rather
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parents: 12200
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1202 than the top-level package containing it as would otherwise be the
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parents: 12200
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1203 case. (Unfortunately, this has an additional side effect when
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1204 \var{name} in fact specifies a subpackage instead of a submodule: the
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
1205 submodules specified in the package's \code{__all__} variable are
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parents: 12200
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1206 \index{package variable!\code{__all__}}
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parents: 12200
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1207 \withsubitem{(package variable)}{\ttindex{__all__}}loaded.) Return a
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
1208 new reference to the imported module, or
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parents: 12200
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1209 \NULL{} with an exception set on failure (the module may still be
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parents: 12200
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1210 created in this case --- examine \code{sys.modules} to find out).
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parents: 12200
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1211 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{modules}}
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1212 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1213
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1214 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_ImportModuleEx}{char *name, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals, PyObject *fromlist}
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1215 Import a module. This is best described by referring to the built-in
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parents: 7308
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1216 Python function \function{__import__()}\bifuncindex{__import__}, as
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1217 the standard \function{__import__()} function calls this function
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
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parents: 7308
diff changeset
1218 directly.
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1219
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1220 The return value is a new reference to the imported module or
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
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parents: 6480
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1221 top-level package, or \NULL{} with an exception set on failure
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
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parents: 6382
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1222 (the module may still be created in this case). Like for
7308
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parents: 7278
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1223 \function{__import__()}, the return value when a submodule of a
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1224 package was requested is normally the top-level package, unless a
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1225 non-empty \var{fromlist} was given.
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1226 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1227
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1228 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_Import}{PyObject *name}
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1229 This is a higher-level interface that calls the current ``import hook
7308
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
1230 function''. It invokes the \function{__import__()} function from the
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parents: 6126
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1231 \code{__builtins__} of the current globals. This means that the
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parents: 6126
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1232 import is done using whatever import hooks are installed in the
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
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1233 current environment, e.g. by \module{rexec}\refstmodindex{rexec} or
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
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parents: 7309
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1234 \module{ihooks}\refstmodindex{ihooks}.
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1235 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1236
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1237 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_ReloadModule}{PyObject *m}
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1238 Reload a module. This is best described by referring to the built-in
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
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1239 Python function \function{reload()}\bifuncindex{reload}, as the standard
7308
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
1240 \function{reload()} function calls this function directly. Return a
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1241 new reference to the reloaded module, or \NULL{} with an exception set
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1242 on failure (the module still exists in this case).
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1243 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 6126
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1244
7782
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1245 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_AddModule}{char *name}
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1246 Return the module object corresponding to a module name. The
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1247 \var{name} argument may be of the form \code{package.module}). First
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1248 check the modules dictionary if there's one there, and if not, create
12222
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parents: 12200
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1249 a new one and insert in in the modules dictionary.
9476
1ea6d2356e52 Warn that AddModule doesn't import the module.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 9383
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1250 Warning: this function does not load or import the module; if the
1ea6d2356e52 Warn that AddModule doesn't import the module.
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parents: 9383
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1251 module wasn't already loaded, you will get an empty module object.
1ea6d2356e52 Warn that AddModule doesn't import the module.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 9383
diff changeset
1252 Use \cfunction{PyImport_ImportModule()} or one of its variants to
1ea6d2356e52 Warn that AddModule doesn't import the module.
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parents: 9383
diff changeset
1253 import a module.
12222
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1254 Return \NULL{} with an exception set on failure.
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1255 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1256
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1257 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_ExecCodeModule}{char *name, PyObject *co}
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1258 Given a module name (possibly of the form \code{package.module}) and a
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1259 code object read from a Python bytecode file or obtained from the
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1260 built-in function \function{compile()}\bifuncindex{compile}, load the
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
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parents: 7308
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1261 module. Return a new reference to the module object, or \NULL{} with
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
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1262 an exception set if an error occurred (the module may still be created
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1263 in this case). (This function would reload the module if it was
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
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1264 already imported.)
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1265 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1266
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1267 \begin{cfuncdesc}{long}{PyImport_GetMagicNumber}{}
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1268 Return the magic number for Python bytecode files (a.k.a.
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1269 \file{.pyc} and \file{.pyo} files). The magic number should be
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1270 present in the first four bytes of the bytecode file, in little-endian
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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1271 byte order.
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1272 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1273
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1274 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyImport_GetModuleDict}{}
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1275 Return the dictionary used for the module administration
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1276 (a.k.a. \code{sys.modules}). Note that this is a per-interpreter
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1277 variable.
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1278 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1279
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1280 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{_PyImport_Init}{}
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1281 Initialize the import mechanism. For internal use only.
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1282 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1283
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1284 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyImport_Cleanup}{}
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1285 Empty the module table. For internal use only.
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1286 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1287
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1288 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{_PyImport_Fini}{}
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1289 Finalize the import mechanism. For internal use only.
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1290 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1291
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1292 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{_PyImport_FindExtension}{char *, char *}
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1293 For internal use only.
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1294 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1295
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1296 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{_PyImport_FixupExtension}{char *, char *}
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1297 For internal use only.
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1298 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1299
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1300 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyImport_ImportFrozenModule}{char *name}
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1301 Load a frozen module named \var{name}. Return \code{1} for success,
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1302 \code{0} if the module is not found, and \code{-1} with an exception
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1303 set if the initialization failed. To access the imported module on a
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1304 successful load, use \cfunction{PyImport_ImportModule()}.
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1305 (Note the misnomer --- this function would reload the module if it was
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1306 already imported.)
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1307 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1308
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1309 \begin{ctypedesc}[_frozen]{struct _frozen}
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1310 This is the structure type definition for frozen module descriptors,
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1311 as generated by the \program{freeze}\index{freeze utility} utility
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1312 (see \file{Tools/freeze/} in the Python source distribution). Its
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1313 definition, found in \file{Include/import.h}, is:
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1314
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1315 \begin{verbatim}
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1316 struct _frozen {
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1317 char *name;
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1318 unsigned char *code;
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1319 int size;
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1320 };
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1321 \end{verbatim}
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1322 \end{ctypedesc}
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1323
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1324 \begin{cvardesc}{struct _frozen*}{PyImport_FrozenModules}
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1325 This pointer is initialized to point to an array of \ctype{struct
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1326 _frozen} records, terminated by one whose members are all
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1327 \NULL{} or zero. When a frozen module is imported, it is searched in
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1328 this table. Third-party code could play tricks with this to provide a
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1329 dynamically created collection of frozen modules.
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1330 \end{cvardesc}
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1331
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1332 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyImport_AppendInittab}{char *name,
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1333 void (*initfunc)(void)}
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1334 Add a single module to the existing table of built-in modules. This
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1335 is a convenience wrapper around \cfunction{PyImport_ExtendInittab()},
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1336 returning \code{-1} if the table could not be extended. The new
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1337 module can be imported by the name \var{name}, and uses the function
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1338 \var{initfunc} as the initialization function called on the first
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1339 attempted import. This should be called before
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1340 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}.
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1341 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1342
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1343 \begin{ctypedesc}[_inittab]{struct _inittab}
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1344 Structure describing a single entry in the list of built-in modules.
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1345 Each of these structures gives the name and initialization function
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1346 for a module built into the interpreter. Programs which embed Python
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1347 may use an array of these structures in conjunction with
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1348 \cfunction{PyImport_ExtendInittab()} to provide additional built-in
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1349 modules. The structure is defined in \file{Include/import.h} as:
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1350
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1351 \begin{verbatim}
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1352 struct _inittab {
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1353 char *name;
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1354 void (*initfunc)(void);
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1355 };
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1356 \end{verbatim}
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1357 \end{ctypedesc}
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1358
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1359 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyImport_ExtendInittab}{struct _inittab *newtab}
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1360 Add a collection of modules to the table of built-in modules. The
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1361 \var{newtab} array must end with a sentinel entry which contains
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1362 \NULL{} for the \member{name} field; failure to provide the sentinel
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1363 value can result in a memory fault. Returns \code{0} on success or
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1364 \code{-1} if insufficient memory could be allocated to extend the
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1365 internal table. In the event of failure, no modules are added to the
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1366 internal table. This should be called before
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1367 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}.
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1368 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1369
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1370
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1371 \chapter{Abstract Objects Layer \label{abstract}}
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1373 The functions in this chapter interact with Python objects regardless
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1374 of their type, or with wide classes of object types (e.g. all
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1375 numerical types, or all sequence types). When used on object types
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1376 for which they do not apply, they will raise a Python exception.
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1378 \section{Object Protocol \label{object}}
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1380 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Print}{PyObject *o, FILE *fp, int flags}
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1381 Print an object \var{o}, on file \var{fp}. Returns \code{-1} on error.
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1382 The flags argument is used to enable certain printing options. The
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1383 only option currently supported is \constant{Py_PRINT_RAW}; if given,
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1384 the \function{str()} of the object is written instead of the
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1385 \function{repr()}.
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1386 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1387
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1388 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_HasAttrString}{PyObject *o, char *attr_name}
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1389 Returns \code{1} if \var{o} has the attribute \var{attr_name}, and
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1390 \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression
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1391 \samp{hasattr(\var{o}, \var{attr_name})}.
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1393 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1395 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_GetAttrString}{PyObject *o,
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1396 char *attr_name}
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1397 Retrieve an attribute named \var{attr_name} from object \var{o}.
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1398 Returns the attribute value on success, or \NULL{} on failure.
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1399 This is the equivalent of the Python expression
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1400 \samp{\var{o}.\var{attr_name}}.
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1403
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1404 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_HasAttr}{PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name}
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1405 Returns \code{1} if \var{o} has the attribute \var{attr_name}, and
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1406 \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression
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1407 \samp{hasattr(\var{o}, \var{attr_name})}.
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1408 This function always succeeds.
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parents:
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1409 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1410
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1411
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1412 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_GetAttr}{PyObject *o,
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1413 PyObject *attr_name}
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1414 Retrieve an attribute named \var{attr_name} from object \var{o}.
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1415 Returns the attribute value on success, or \NULL{} on failure.
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1416 This is the equivalent of the Python expression
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1417 \samp{\var{o}.\var{attr_name}}.
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1418 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents:
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1419
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parents:
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1420
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1421 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_SetAttrString}{PyObject *o, char *attr_name, PyObject *v}
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1422 Set the value of the attribute named \var{attr_name}, for object
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1423 \var{o}, to the value \var{v}. Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1424 the equivalent of the Python statement \samp{\var{o}.\var{attr_name} =
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parents: 7278
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1425 \var{v}}.
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1426 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1427
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1428
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1429 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_SetAttr}{PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name, PyObject *v}
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1430 Set the value of the attribute named \var{attr_name}, for
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1431 object \var{o},
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1432 to the value \var{v}. Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1433 the equivalent of the Python statement \samp{\var{o}.\var{attr_name} =
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parents: 7278
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1434 \var{v}}.
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1435 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1436
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1437
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1438 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_DelAttrString}{PyObject *o, char *attr_name}
7308
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1439 Delete attribute named \var{attr_name}, for object \var{o}. Returns
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1440 \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1441 statement: \samp{del \var{o}.\var{attr_name}}.
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1442 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1443
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1444
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1445 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_DelAttr}{PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name}
7308
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1446 Delete attribute named \var{attr_name}, for object \var{o}. Returns
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1447 \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1448 statement \samp{del \var{o}.\var{attr_name}}.
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parents:
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1449 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1450
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1451
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1452 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Cmp}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, int *result}
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1453 Compare the values of \var{o1} and \var{o2} using a routine provided
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1454 by \var{o1}, if one exists, otherwise with a routine provided by
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1455 \var{o2}. The result of the comparison is returned in \var{result}.
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1456 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
12222
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1457 statement\bifuncindex{cmp} \samp{\var{result} = cmp(\var{o1}, \var{o2})}.
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parents:
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1458 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1459
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1460
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1461 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Compare}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
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1462 Compare the values of \var{o1} and \var{o2} using a routine provided
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1463 by \var{o1}, if one exists, otherwise with a routine provided by
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1464 \var{o2}. Returns the result of the comparison on success. On error,
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1465 the value returned is undefined; use \cfunction{PyErr_Occurred()} to
12222
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1466 detect an error. This is equivalent to the Python
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1467 expression\bifuncindex{cmp} \samp{cmp(\var{o1}, \var{o2})}.
5536
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parents:
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1468 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1469
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1470
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1471 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_Repr}{PyObject *o}
12222
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1472 Compute a string representation of object \var{o}. Returns the
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parents:
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1473 string representation on success, \NULL{} on failure. This is
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1474 the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{repr(\var{o})}.
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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1475 Called by the \function{repr()}\bifuncindex{repr} built-in function
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1476 and by reverse quotes.
5536
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1477 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1478
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1479
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1480 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_Str}{PyObject *o}
12222
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1481 Compute a string representation of object \var{o}. Returns the
5536
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parents:
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1482 string representation on success, \NULL{} on failure. This is
7308
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1483 the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{str(\var{o})}.
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1484 Called by the \function{str()}\bifuncindex{str} built-in function and
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1485 by the \keyword{print} statement.
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parents:
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1486 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1487
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1488
15952
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
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1489 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_Unicode}{PyObject *o}
1f92d63b20f0 This patch adds a new builtin unistr() which behaves like str()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
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1490 Compute a Unicode string representation of object \var{o}. Returns the
1f92d63b20f0 This patch adds a new builtin unistr() which behaves like str()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
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1491 Unicode string representation on success, \NULL{} on failure. This is
1f92d63b20f0 This patch adds a new builtin unistr() which behaves like str()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 15733
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1492 the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{unistr(\var{o})}.
1f92d63b20f0 This patch adds a new builtin unistr() which behaves like str()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
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1493 Called by the \function{unistr()}\bifuncindex{unistr} built-in function.
1f92d63b20f0 This patch adds a new builtin unistr() which behaves like str()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
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1494 \end{cfuncdesc}
1f92d63b20f0 This patch adds a new builtin unistr() which behaves like str()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
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1495
17242
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1496 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_IsInstance}{PyObject *inst, PyObject *cls}
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1497 Return \code{1} if \var{inst} is an instance of the class \var{cls} or
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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parents: 17209
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1498 a subclass of \var{cls}. If \var{cls} is a type object rather than a
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1499 class object, \cfunction{PyObject_IsInstance()} returns \code{1} if
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1500 \var{inst} is of type \var{cls}. If \var{inst} is not a class
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1501 instance and \var{cls} is neither a type object or class object,
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1502 \var{inst} must have a \member{__class__} attribute --- the class
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1503 relationship of the value of that attribute with \var{cls} will be
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1504 used to determine the result of this function.
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1505 \versionadded{2.1}
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1506 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1507
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1508 Subclass determination is done in a fairly straightforward way, but
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1509 includes a wrinkle that implementors of extensions to the class system
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1510 may want to be aware of. If \class{A} and \class{B} are class
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1511 objects, \class{B} is a subclass of \class{A} if it inherits from
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1512 \class{A} either directly or indirectly. If either is not a class
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1513 object, a more general mechanism is used to determine the class
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1514 relationship of the two objects. When testing if \var{B} is a
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1515 subclass of \var{A}, if \var{A} is \var{B},
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1516 \cfunction{PyObject_IsSubclass()} returns true. If \var{A} and
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1517 \var{B} are different objects, \var{B}'s \member{__bases__} attribute
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1518 is searched in a depth-first fashion for \var{A} --- the presence of
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1519 the \member{__bases__} attribute is considered sufficient for this
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1520 determination.
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1521
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1522 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_IsSubclass}{PyObject *derived,
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1523 PyObject *cls}
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1524 Returns \code{1} if the class \var{derived} is identical to or derived
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1525 from the class \var{cls}, otherwise returns \code{0}. In case of an
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1526 error, returns \code{-1}. If either \var{derived} or \var{cls} is not
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
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1527 an actual class object, this function uses the generic algorithm
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diff changeset
1528 described above.
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 17209
diff changeset
1529 \versionadded{2.1}
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 17209
diff changeset
1530 \end{cfuncdesc}
1b12e6340038 Added documentation for PyObject_IsInstance() and PyObject_IsSubclass().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 17209
diff changeset
1531
15952
1f92d63b20f0 This patch adds a new builtin unistr() which behaves like str()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 15733
diff changeset
1532
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1533 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyCallable_Check}{PyObject *o}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1534 Determine if the object \var{o} is callable. Return \code{1} if the
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1535 object is callable and \code{0} otherwise.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1536 This function always succeeds.
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1537 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1538
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1539
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1540 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_CallObject}{PyObject *callable_object,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1541 PyObject *args}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1542 Call a callable Python object \var{callable_object}, with
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1543 arguments given by the tuple \var{args}. If no arguments are
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1544 needed, then \var{args} may be \NULL{}. Returns the result of the
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1545 call on success, or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent
16053
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15953
diff changeset
1546 of the Python expression \samp{apply(\var{callable_object}, \var{args})}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1547 \bifuncindex{apply}
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1548 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1549
16053
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15953
diff changeset
1550 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_CallFunction}{PyObject *callable_object,
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15953
diff changeset
1551 char *format, ...}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1552 Call a callable Python object \var{callable_object}, with a
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1553 variable number of C arguments. The C arguments are described
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1554 using a \cfunction{Py_BuildValue()} style format string. The format may
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1555 be \NULL{}, indicating that no arguments are provided. Returns the
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1556 result of the call on success, or \NULL{} on failure. This is
16053
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15953
diff changeset
1557 the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{apply(\var{callable_object},
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1558 \var{args})}.\bifuncindex{apply}
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1559 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1560
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1561
16053
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15953
diff changeset
1562 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_CallMethod}{PyObject *o,
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15953
diff changeset
1563 char *method, char *format, ...}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1564 Call the method named \var{m} of object \var{o} with a variable number
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1565 of C arguments. The C arguments are described by a
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1566 \cfunction{Py_BuildValue()} format string. The format may be \NULL{},
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1567 indicating that no arguments are provided. Returns the result of the
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1568 call on success, or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1569 Python expression \samp{\var{o}.\var{method}(\var{args})}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1570 Note that special method names, such as \method{__add__()},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1571 \method{__getitem__()}, and so on are not supported. The specific
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1572 abstract-object routines for these must be used.
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1573 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1574
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1575
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1576 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Hash}{PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1577 Compute and return the hash value of an object \var{o}. On
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1578 failure, return \code{-1}. This is the equivalent of the Python
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1579 expression \samp{hash(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{hash}
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1580 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1581
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1582
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1583 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_IsTrue}{PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1584 Returns \code{1} if the object \var{o} is considered to be true, and
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1585 \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1586 \samp{not not \var{o}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1587 This function always succeeds.
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1588 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1589
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1590
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1591 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_Type}{PyObject *o}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1592 On success, returns a type object corresponding to the object
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1593 type of object \var{o}. On failure, returns \NULL{}. This is
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1594 equivalent to the Python expression \samp{type(\var{o})}.
7309
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1595 \bifuncindex{type}
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1596 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1597
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1598 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_Length}{PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1599 Return the length of object \var{o}. If the object \var{o} provides
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1600 both sequence and mapping protocols, the sequence length is
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1601 returned. On error, \code{-1} is returned. This is the equivalent
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1602 to the Python expression \samp{len(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{len}
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1603 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1604
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1605
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1606 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_GetItem}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1607 Return element of \var{o} corresponding to the object \var{key} or
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1608 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1609 \samp{\var{o}[\var{key}]}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1610 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1611
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1612
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1613 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_SetItem}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key, PyObject *v}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1614 Map the object \var{key} to the value \var{v}.
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1615 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1616 of the Python statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{key}] = \var{v}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1617 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1618
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1619
9931
00fc18ac6aeb Header for PyObject_DelItem() mentioned non-existing 3rd argument.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 9476
diff changeset
1620 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_DelItem}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1621 Delete the mapping for \var{key} from \var{o}. Returns \code{-1} on
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1622 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement \samp{del
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1623 \var{o}[\var{key}]}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1624 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1625
13592
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1626 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyObject_AsFileDescriptor}{PyObject *o}
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1627 Derives a file-descriptor from a Python object. If the object
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1628 is an integer or long integer, its value is returned. If not, the
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1629 object's \method{fileno()} method is called if it exists; the method
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1630 must return an integer or long integer, which is returned as the file
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1631 descriptor value. Returns \code{-1} on failure.
9ca50e2433eb Document PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
parents: 13404
diff changeset
1632 \end{cfuncdesc}
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1633
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
1634 \section{Number Protocol \label{number}}
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1635
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1636 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyNumber_Check}{PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1637 Returns \code{1} if the object \var{o} provides numeric protocols, and
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1638 false otherwise.
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1639 This function always succeeds.
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1640 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1641
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1642
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1643 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Add}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1644 Returns the result of adding \var{o1} and \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1645 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1646 \samp{\var{o1} + \var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1647 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1648
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1649
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1650 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Subtract}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1651 Returns the result of subtracting \var{o2} from \var{o1}, or
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1652 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1653 \samp{\var{o1} - \var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1654 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1655
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1656
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1657 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Multiply}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1658 Returns the result of multiplying \var{o1} and \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1659 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1660 \samp{\var{o1} * \var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1661 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1662
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1663
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1664 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Divide}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1665 Returns the result of dividing \var{o1} by \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1666 failure.
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1667 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} /
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1668 \var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1669 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1670
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1671
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1672 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Remainder}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1673 Returns the remainder of dividing \var{o1} by \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1674 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1675 \samp{\var{o1} \%\ \var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1676 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1677
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1678
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1679 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Divmod}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7309
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1680 See the built-in function \function{divmod()}\bifuncindex{divmod}.
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1681 Returns \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1682 expression \samp{divmod(\var{o1}, \var{o2})}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1683 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1684
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1685
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1686 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Power}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, PyObject *o3}
7309
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1687 See the built-in function \function{pow()}\bifuncindex{pow}. Returns
d7266372dd37 Added index enties for the Python built-in functions, where appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7308
diff changeset
1688 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1689 \samp{pow(\var{o1}, \var{o2}, \var{o3})}, where \var{o3} is optional.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1690 If \var{o3} is to be ignored, pass \cdata{Py_None} in its place
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1691 (passing \NULL{} for \var{o3} would cause an illegal memory access).
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1692 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1693
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1694
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1695 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Negative}{PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1696 Returns the negation of \var{o} on success, or \NULL{} on failure.
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1697 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{-\var{o}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1698 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1699
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1700
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1701 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Positive}{PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1702 Returns \var{o} on success, or \NULL{} on failure.
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1703 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{+\var{o}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1704 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1705
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1706
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1707 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Absolute}{PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1708 Returns the absolute value of \var{o}, or \NULL{} on failure. This is
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1709 the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{abs(\var{o})}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
1710 \bifuncindex{abs}
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1711 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1712
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1713
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1714 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Invert}{PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1715 Returns the bitwise negation of \var{o} on success, or \NULL{} on
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1716 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1717 \samp{\~\var{o}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1718 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1719
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1720
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1721 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Lshift}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1722 Returns the result of left shifting \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success,
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1723 or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1724 expression \samp{\var{o1} << \var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1725 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1726
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1727
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1728 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Rshift}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1729 Returns the result of right shifting \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success,
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1730 or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1731 expression \samp{\var{o1} >> \var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1732 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1733
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1734
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1735 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_And}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
14528
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1736 Returns the ``bitwise and'' of \var{o2} and \var{o2} on success and
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1737 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
16053
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15953
diff changeset
1738 \samp{\var{o1} \&\ \var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1739 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1740
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1741
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1742 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Xor}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
14528
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1743 Returns the ``bitwise exclusive or'' of \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success,
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1744 or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
1745 expression \samp{\var{o1} \^{ }\var{o2}}.
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1746 \end{cfuncdesc}
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1747
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1748 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Or}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
14528
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1749 Returns the ``bitwise or'' of \var{o1} and \var{o2} on success, or
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1750 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1751 \samp{\var{o1} | \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1752 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1753
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1754
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1755 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceAdd}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1756 Returns the result of adding \var{o1} and \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on failure.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1757 The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1} supports it. This is the
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1758 equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} += \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1759 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1760
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1761
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1762 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceSubtract}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1763 Returns the result of subtracting \var{o2} from \var{o1}, or
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1764 \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1765 supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1766 -= \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1767 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1768
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1769
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1770 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceMultiply}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1771 Returns the result of multiplying \var{o1} and \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1772 failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1} supports it.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1773 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} *= \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1774 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1775
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1776
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1777 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceDivide}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1778 Returns the result of dividing \var{o1} by \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on failure.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1779 The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1} supports it. This is the
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1780 equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} /= \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1781 \end{cfuncdesc}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
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1782
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1783
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1784 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceRemainder}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
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1785 Returns the remainder of dividing \var{o1} by \var{o2}, or \NULL{} on
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parents: 14526
diff changeset
1786 failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1} supports it.
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parents: 14526
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1787 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} \%= \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
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parents: 14526
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1788 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 14526
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1789
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1790
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
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1791 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlacePower}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, PyObject *o3}
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1792 See the built-in function \function{pow()}\bifuncindex{pow}. Returns
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1793 \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
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1794 supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
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1795 **= \var{o2}} when o3 is \cdata{Py_None}, or an in-place variant of
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parents: 15953
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1796 \samp{pow(\var{o1}, \var{o2}, \var{o3})} otherwise. If \var{o3} is to be
14528
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1797 ignored, pass \cdata{Py_None} in its place (passing \NULL{} for \var{o3}
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1798 would cause an illegal memory access).
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1799 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1800
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1801 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceLshift}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
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1802 Returns the result of left shifting \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success, or
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
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parents: 14526
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1803 \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
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1804 supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1}
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parents: 14526
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1805 <<= \var{o2}}.
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1806 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1807
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1808
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diff changeset
1809 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceRshift}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
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parents: 14526
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1810 Returns the result of right shifting \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success, or
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
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parents: 14526
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1811 \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1}
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1812 supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1}
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1813 >>= \var{o2}}.
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1814 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1815
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1816
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1817 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceAnd}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
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1818 Returns the ``bitwise and'' of \var{o1} and \var{o2} on success
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
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1819 and \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15953
diff changeset
1820 \var{o1} supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
aca05d75d232 Fixed a bunch of typos caught by Gilles Civario.
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parents: 15953
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1821 \samp{\var{o1} \&= \var{o2}}.
14528
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1822 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1823
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1824
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diff changeset
1825 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceXor}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
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1826 Returns the ``bitwise exclusive or'' of \var{o1} by \var{o2} on success, or
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
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1827 \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
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parents: 14526
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1828 supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
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1829 \^= \var{o2}}.
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1830 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 14526
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1831
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
diff changeset
1832 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_InPlaceOr}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
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1833 Returns the ``bitwise or'' of \var{o1} and \var{o2} on success, or \NULL{}
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
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1834 on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1} supports
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14526
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1835 it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} |=
7366bb95f212 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>:
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parents: 14526
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1836 \var{o2}}.
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1837 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents:
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1838
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parents: 14736
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1839 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyNumber_Coerce}{PyObject **p1, PyObject **p2}
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1840 This function takes the addresses of two variables of type
12222
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1841 \ctype{PyObject*}. If the objects pointed to by \code{*\var{p1}} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1842 \code{*\var{p2}} have the same type, increment their reference count
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
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1843 and return \code{0} (success). If the objects can be converted to a
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1844 common numeric type, replace \code{*p1} and \code{*p2} by their
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1845 converted value (with 'new' reference counts), and return \code{0}.
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parents: 12200
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1846 If no conversion is possible, or if some other error occurs, return
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1847 \code{-1} (failure) and don't increment the reference counts. The
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1848 call \code{PyNumber_Coerce(\&o1, \&o2)} is equivalent to the Python
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1849 statement \samp{\var{o1}, \var{o2} = coerce(\var{o1}, \var{o2})}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1850 \bifuncindex{coerce}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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1851 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents:
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1852
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1853 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Int}{PyObject *o}
7308
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parents: 7278
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1854 Returns the \var{o} converted to an integer object on success, or
5536
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parents:
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1855 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1856 expression \samp{int(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{int}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
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1857 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents:
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1858
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1859 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Long}{PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
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1860 Returns the \var{o} converted to a long integer object on success,
5536
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
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1861 or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1862 expression \samp{long(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{long}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
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1863 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents:
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1864
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1865 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyNumber_Float}{PyObject *o}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1866 Returns the \var{o} converted to a float object on success, or
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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1867 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
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1868 \samp{float(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{float}
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1869 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents:
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1870
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parents:
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1871
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
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1872 \section{Sequence Protocol \label{sequence}}
5536
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parents:
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1873
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
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1874 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_Check}{PyObject *o}
12222
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1875 Return \code{1} if the object provides sequence protocol, and
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parents: 12200
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1876 \code{0} otherwise. This function always succeeds.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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1877 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1878
17307
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1879 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_Size}{PyObject *o}
12222
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1880 Returns the number of objects in sequence \var{o} on success, and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
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1881 \code{-1} on failure. For objects that do not provide sequence
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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1882 protocol, this is equivalent to the Python expression
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1883 \samp{len(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{len}
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1884 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1885
17307
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1886 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_Length}{PyObject *o}
288d805af142 Document PySequence_Size(), and describe PySequence_Length() as simply an
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 17242
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1887 Alternate name for \cfunction{PySequence_Size()}.
288d805af142 Document PySequence_Size(), and describe PySequence_Length() as simply an
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 17242
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1888 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1889
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1890 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Concat}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
7308
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1891 Return the concatenation of \var{o1} and \var{o2} on success, and \NULL{} on
5536
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1892 failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
7308
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parents: 7278
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1893 expression \samp{\var{o1} + \var{o2}}.
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1894 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1895
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1896
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1897 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Repeat}{PyObject *o, int count}
12222
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1898 Return the result of repeating sequence object
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1899 \var{o} \var{count} times, or \NULL{} on failure. This is the
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1900 equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o} * \var{count}}.
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1901 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1902
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1903 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_InPlaceConcat}{PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2}
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1904 Return the concatenation of \var{o1} and \var{o2} on success, and \NULL{} on
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1905 failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o1} supports it.
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1906 This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o1} += \var{o2}}.
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1907 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1908
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1909
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1910 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_InPlaceRepeat}{PyObject *o, int count}
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1911 Return the result of repeating sequence object \var{o} \var{count} times, or
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1912 \NULL{} on failure. The operation is done \emph{in-place} when \var{o}
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1913 supports it. This is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o}
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1914 *= \var{count}}.
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1915 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1916
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1917
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1918 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_GetItem}{PyObject *o, int i}
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1919 Return the \var{i}th element of \var{o}, or \NULL{} on failure. This
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1920 is the equivalent of the Python expression \samp{\var{o}[\var{i}]}.
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1921 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1922
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1923
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1924 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_GetSlice}{PyObject *o, int i1, int i2}
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1925 Return the slice of sequence object \var{o} between \var{i1} and
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1926 \var{i2}, or \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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1927 expression \samp{\var{o}[\var{i1}:\var{i2}]}.
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1928 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1929
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1930
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1931 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_SetItem}{PyObject *o, int i, PyObject *v}
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1932 Assign object \var{v} to the \var{i}th element of \var{o}.
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1933 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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1934 statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{i}] = \var{v}}.
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1935 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1936
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1937 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_DelItem}{PyObject *o, int i}
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1938 Delete the \var{i}th element of object \var{o}. Returns
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1939 \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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1940 statement \samp{del \var{o}[\var{i}]}.
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1941 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1942
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1943 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_SetSlice}{PyObject *o, int i1,
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1944 int i2, PyObject *v}
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1945 Assign the sequence object \var{v} to the slice in sequence
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1946 object \var{o} from \var{i1} to \var{i2}. This is the equivalent of
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1947 the Python statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{i1}:\var{i2}] = \var{v}}.
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1948 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1949
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1950 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_DelSlice}{PyObject *o, int i1, int i2}
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1951 Delete the slice in sequence object \var{o} from \var{i1} to \var{i2}.
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1952 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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1953 statement \samp{del \var{o}[\var{i1}:\var{i2}]}.
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1954 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1955
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1956 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Tuple}{PyObject *o}
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1957 Returns the \var{o} as a tuple on success, and \NULL{} on failure.
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1958 This is equivalent to the Python expression \samp{tuple(\var{o})}.
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1959 \bifuncindex{tuple}
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1960 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1961
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1962 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_Count}{PyObject *o, PyObject *value}
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1963 Return the number of occurrences of \var{value} in \var{o}, that is,
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1964 return the number of keys for which \code{\var{o}[\var{key}] ==
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1965 \var{value}}. On failure, return \code{-1}. This is equivalent to
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1966 the Python expression \samp{\var{o}.count(\var{value})}.
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1967 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1968
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1969 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_Contains}{PyObject *o, PyObject *value}
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1970 Determine if \var{o} contains \var{value}. If an item in \var{o} is
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1971 equal to \var{value}, return \code{1}, otherwise return \code{0}. On
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1972 error, return \code{-1}. This is equivalent to the Python expression
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1973 \samp{\var{value} in \var{o}}.
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1974 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1975
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1976 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySequence_Index}{PyObject *o, PyObject *value}
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1977 Return the first index \var{i} for which \code{\var{o}[\var{i}] ==
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1978 \var{value}}. On error, return \code{-1}. This is equivalent to
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1979 the Python expression \samp{\var{o}.index(\var{value})}.
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1980 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1981
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1982 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_List}{PyObject *o}
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1983 Return a list object with the same contents as the arbitrary sequence
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1984 \var{o}. The returned list is guaranteed to be new.
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1985 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1986
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1987 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Tuple}{PyObject *o}
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1988 Return a tuple object with the same contents as the arbitrary sequence
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1989 \var{o}. If \var{o} is a tuple, a new reference will be returned,
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1990 otherwise a tuple will be constructed with the appropriate contents.
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1991 \end{cfuncdesc}
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1992
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1993
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1994 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Fast}{PyObject *o, const char *m}
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1995 Returns the sequence \var{o} as a tuple, unless it is already a
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1996 tuple or list, in which case \var{o} is returned. Use
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1997 \cfunction{PySequence_Fast_GET_ITEM()} to access the members of the
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1998 result. Returns \NULL{} on failure. If the object is not a sequence,
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1999 raises \exception{TypeError} with \var{m} as the message text.
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2000 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2001
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2002 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PySequence_Fast_GET_ITEM}{PyObject *o, int i}
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2003 Return the \var{i}th element of \var{o}, assuming that \var{o} was
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2004 returned by \cfunction{PySequence_Fast()}, and that \var{i} is within
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2005 bounds. The caller is expected to get the length of the sequence by
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2006 calling \cfunction{PyObject_Size()} on \var{o}, since lists and tuples
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2007 are guaranteed to always return their true length.
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2008 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2009
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2010
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2011 \section{Mapping Protocol \label{mapping}}
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2012
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2013 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_Check}{PyObject *o}
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2014 Return \code{1} if the object provides mapping protocol, and
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2015 \code{0} otherwise. This function always succeeds.
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2016 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2018
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2019 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_Length}{PyObject *o}
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2020 Returns the number of keys in object \var{o} on success, and
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2021 \code{-1} on failure. For objects that do not provide mapping
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2022 protocol, this is equivalent to the Python expression
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2023 \samp{len(\var{o})}.\bifuncindex{len}
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2024 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2027 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_DelItemString}{PyObject *o, char *key}
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2028 Remove the mapping for object \var{key} from the object \var{o}.
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2029 Return \code{-1} on failure. This is equivalent to
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2030 the Python statement \samp{del \var{o}[\var{key}]}.
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2031 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2032
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2033
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2034 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_DelItem}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key}
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2035 Remove the mapping for object \var{key} from the object \var{o}.
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2036 Return \code{-1} on failure. This is equivalent to
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2037 the Python statement \samp{del \var{o}[\var{key}]}.
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2038 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2039
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2040
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2041 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_HasKeyString}{PyObject *o, char *key}
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2042 On success, return \code{1} if the mapping object has the key
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2043 \var{key} and \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python
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2044 expression \samp{\var{o}.has_key(\var{key})}.
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2045 This function always succeeds.
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2046 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2047
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2048
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2049 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_HasKey}{PyObject *o, PyObject *key}
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2050 Return \code{1} if the mapping object has the key \var{key} and
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2051 \code{0} otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression
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2052 \samp{\var{o}.has_key(\var{key})}.
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2053 This function always succeeds.
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2054 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2055
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2056
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2057 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMapping_Keys}{PyObject *o}
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2058 On success, return a list of the keys in object \var{o}. On
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2059 failure, return \NULL{}. This is equivalent to the Python
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2060 expression \samp{\var{o}.keys()}.
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2061 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2062
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2063
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2064 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMapping_Values}{PyObject *o}
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2065 On success, return a list of the values in object \var{o}. On
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2066 failure, return \NULL{}. This is equivalent to the Python
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2067 expression \samp{\var{o}.values()}.
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2068 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2069
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2070
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2071 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMapping_Items}{PyObject *o}
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2072 On success, return a list of the items in object \var{o}, where
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2073 each item is a tuple containing a key-value pair. On
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2074 failure, return \NULL{}. This is equivalent to the Python
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2075 expression \samp{\var{o}.items()}.
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2076 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2077
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2078
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2079 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyMapping_GetItemString}{PyObject *o, char *key}
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2080 Return element of \var{o} corresponding to the object \var{key} or
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2081 \NULL{} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
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2082 \samp{\var{o}[\var{key}]}.
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2083 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2084
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2085 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyMapping_SetItemString}{PyObject *o, char *key, PyObject *v}
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2086 Map the object \var{key} to the value \var{v} in object \var{o}.
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2087 Returns \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
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2088 statement \samp{\var{o}[\var{key}] = \var{v}}.
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2089 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2090
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2091
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2092 \chapter{Concrete Objects Layer \label{concrete}}
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2093
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2094 The functions in this chapter are specific to certain Python object
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2095 types. Passing them an object of the wrong type is not a good idea;
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2096 if you receive an object from a Python program and you are not sure
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2097 that it has the right type, you must perform a type check first;
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2098 for example, to check that an object is a dictionary, use
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2099 \cfunction{PyDict_Check()}. The chapter is structured like the
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2100 ``family tree'' of Python object types.
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2101
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2102 \strong{Warning:}
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2103 While the functions described in this chapter carefully check the type
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2104 of the objects which are passed in, many of them do not check for
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2105 \NULL{} being passed instead of a valid object. Allowing \NULL{} to
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2106 be passed in can cause memory access violations and immediate
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2107 termination of the interpreter.
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2108
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2109
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2110 \section{Fundamental Objects \label{fundamental}}
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2111
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2112 This section describes Python type objects and the singleton object
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2113 \code{None}.
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2114
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2115
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2116 \subsection{Type Objects \label{typeObjects}}
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2117
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2118 \obindex{type}
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2119 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyTypeObject}
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2120 The C structure of the objects used to describe built-in types.
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2121 \end{ctypedesc}
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2122
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2123 \begin{cvardesc}{PyObject*}{PyType_Type}
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2124 This is the type object for type objects; it is the same object as
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2125 \code{types.TypeType} in the Python layer.
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2126 \withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{TypeType}}
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2127 \end{cvardesc}
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2128
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2129 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyType_Check}{PyObject *o}
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2130 Returns true is the object \var{o} is a type object.
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2131 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2132
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2133 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyType_HasFeature}{PyObject *o, int feature}
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2134 Returns true if the type object \var{o} sets the feature
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2135 \var{feature}. Type features are denoted by single bit flags.
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2136 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2137
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2138
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2139 \subsection{The None Object \label{noneObject}}
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2140
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2141 \obindex{None@\texttt{None}}
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2142 Note that the \ctype{PyTypeObject} for \code{None} is not directly
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2143 exposed in the Python/C API. Since \code{None} is a singleton,
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2144 testing for object identity (using \samp{==} in C) is sufficient.
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2145 There is no \cfunction{PyNone_Check()} function for the same reason.
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2146
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2147 \begin{cvardesc}{PyObject*}{Py_None}
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2148 The Python \code{None} object, denoting lack of value. This object has
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2149 no methods.
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2150 \end{cvardesc}
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2151
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2152
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2153 \section{Sequence Objects \label{sequenceObjects}}
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2154
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2155 \obindex{sequence}
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2156 Generic operations on sequence objects were discussed in the previous
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2157 chapter; this section deals with the specific kinds of sequence
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2158 objects that are intrinsic to the Python language.
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2159
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2160
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2161 \subsection{String Objects \label{stringObjects}}
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2162
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2163 These functions raise \exception{TypeError} when expecting a string
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2164 parameter and are called with a non-string parameter.
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2165
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2166 \obindex{string}
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2167 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyStringObject}
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parents: 8109
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2168 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python string object.
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2169 \end{ctypedesc}
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2170
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2171 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyString_Type}
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2172 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python string
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parents: 12200
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2173 type; it is the same object as \code{types.TypeType} in the Python
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parents: 12200
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2174 layer.\withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{StringType}}.
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2175 \end{cvardesc}
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2176
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2177 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyString_Check}{PyObject *o}
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parents: 8029
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2178 Returns true if the object \var{o} is a string object.
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2179 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2180
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parents: 7708
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2181 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_FromString}{const char *v}
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parents: 8029
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2182 Returns a new string object with the value \var{v} on success, and
5aacdd097941 Some patches by Drew Csillag; plus a few of my own uncommitted changes.
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parents: 8029
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2183 \NULL{} on failure.
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parents: 7268
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2184 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2185
12222
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parents: 12200
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2186 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_FromStringAndSize}{const char *v,
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2187 int len}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
2188 Returns a new string object with the value \var{v} and length
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2189 \var{len} on success, and \NULL{} on failure. If \var{v} is \NULL{},
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2190 the contents of the string are uninitialized.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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2191 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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2192
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parents: 7708
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2193 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyString_Size}{PyObject *string}
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parents: 8029
diff changeset
2194 Returns the length of the string in string object \var{string}.
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2195 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2196
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parents: 12200
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2197 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyString_GET_SIZE}{PyObject *string}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15038
diff changeset
2198 Macro form of \cfunction{PyString_Size()} but without error
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2199 checking.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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2200 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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2201
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parents: 7708
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2202 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{PyString_AsString}{PyObject *string}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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2203 Returns a null-terminated representation of the contents of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2204 \var{string}. The pointer refers to the internal buffer of
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15236
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2205 \var{string}, not a copy. The data must not be modified in any way,
0da4ccc7e8cf Added exception to the rule that the buffer returned by PyString_AsString()
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15236
diff changeset
2206 unless the string was just created using
0da4ccc7e8cf Added exception to the rule that the buffer returned by PyString_AsString()
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15236
diff changeset
2207 \code{PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, \var{size})}.
0da4ccc7e8cf Added exception to the rule that the buffer returned by PyString_AsString()
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15236
diff changeset
2208 It must not be deallocated.
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2209 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2210
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
2211 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{PyString_AS_STRING}{PyObject *string}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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2212 Macro form of \cfunction{PyString_AsString()} but without error
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
2213 checking.
7782
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
2214 \end{cfuncdesc}
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
2215
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2216 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyString_AsStringAndSize}{PyObject *obj,
85038a024b19 This patch adds a new Python C API called PyString_AsStringAndSize()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2217 char **buffer,
85038a024b19 This patch adds a new Python C API called PyString_AsStringAndSize()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2218 int *length}
85038a024b19 This patch adds a new Python C API called PyString_AsStringAndSize()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2219 Returns a null-terminated representation of the contents of the object
85038a024b19 This patch adds a new Python C API called PyString_AsStringAndSize()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2220 \var{obj} through the output variables \var{buffer} and \var{length}.
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2221
85038a024b19 This patch adds a new Python C API called PyString_AsStringAndSize()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2222 The function accepts both string and Unicode objects as input. For
85038a024b19 This patch adds a new Python C API called PyString_AsStringAndSize()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2223 Unicode objects it returns the default encoded version of the object.
85038a024b19 This patch adds a new Python C API called PyString_AsStringAndSize()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2224 If \var{length} is set to \NULL{}, the resulting buffer may not contain
85038a024b19 This patch adds a new Python C API called PyString_AsStringAndSize()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2225 null characters; if it does, the function returns -1 and a
85038a024b19 This patch adds a new Python C API called PyString_AsStringAndSize()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2226 TypeError is raised.
85038a024b19 This patch adds a new Python C API called PyString_AsStringAndSize()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2227
85038a024b19 This patch adds a new Python C API called PyString_AsStringAndSize()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2228 The buffer refers to an internal string buffer of \var{obj}, not a
15300
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15236
diff changeset
2229 copy. The data must not be modified in any way, unless the string was
0da4ccc7e8cf Added exception to the rule that the buffer returned by PyString_AsString()
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15236
diff changeset
2230 just created using \code{PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL,
0da4ccc7e8cf Added exception to the rule that the buffer returned by PyString_AsString()
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15236
diff changeset
2231 \var{size})}. It must not be deallocated.
14696
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2232 \end{cfuncdesc}
85038a024b19 This patch adds a new Python C API called PyString_AsStringAndSize()
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 14635
diff changeset
2233
7782
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
2234 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyString_Concat}{PyObject **string,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
2235 PyObject *newpart}
10170
7cf97658cae7 Be explicit about the reference count of the original value of the
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 10163
diff changeset
2236 Creates a new string object in \var{*string} containing the
12200
42f21e47b486 Improve explanation of reference counts for PyString_Concat().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12126
diff changeset
2237 contents of \var{newpart} appended to \var{string}; the caller will
42f21e47b486 Improve explanation of reference counts for PyString_Concat().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12126
diff changeset
2238 own the new reference. The reference to the old value of \var{string}
42f21e47b486 Improve explanation of reference counts for PyString_Concat().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12126
diff changeset
2239 will be stolen. If the new string
10170
7cf97658cae7 Be explicit about the reference count of the original value of the
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 10163
diff changeset
2240 cannot be created, the old reference to \var{string} will still be
7cf97658cae7 Be explicit about the reference count of the original value of the
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 10163
diff changeset
2241 discarded and the value of \var{*string} will be set to
7cf97658cae7 Be explicit about the reference count of the original value of the
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 10163
diff changeset
2242 \NULL{}; the appropriate exception will be set.
7269
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parents: 7268
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2243 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
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2244
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2245 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyString_ConcatAndDel}{PyObject **string,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
2246 PyObject *newpart}
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parents: 8029
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2247 Creates a new string object in \var{*string} containing the contents
8109
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
2248 of \var{newpart} appended to \var{string}. This version decrements
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
2249 the reference count of \var{newpart}.
7782
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
2250 \end{cfuncdesc}
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
2251
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
2252 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{_PyString_Resize}{PyObject **string, int newsize}
8109
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
2253 A way to resize a string object even though it is ``immutable''.
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
2254 Only use this to build up a brand new string object; don't use this if
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
2255 the string may already be known in other parts of the code.
7269
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2256 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
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2257
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parents: 7708
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2258 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_Format}{PyObject *format,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
2259 PyObject *args}
8109
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parents: 8057
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2260 Returns a new string object from \var{format} and \var{args}. Analogous
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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2261 to \code{\var{format} \%\ \var{args}}. The \var{args} argument must be
8109
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
2262 a tuple.
7782
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
2263 \end{cfuncdesc}
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
2264
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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diff changeset
2265 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyString_InternInPlace}{PyObject **string}
8109
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
2266 Intern the argument \var{*string} in place. The argument must be the
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
2267 address of a pointer variable pointing to a Python string object.
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
2268 If there is an existing interned string that is the same as
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
2269 \var{*string}, it sets \var{*string} to it (decrementing the reference
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
2270 count of the old string object and incrementing the reference count of
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
2271 the interned string object), otherwise it leaves \var{*string} alone
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
2272 and interns it (incrementing its reference count). (Clarification:
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parents: 8057
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2273 even though there is a lot of talk about reference counts, think of
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
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2274 this function as reference-count-neutral; you own the object after
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
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parents: 8109
diff changeset
2275 the call if and only if you owned it before the call.)
7269
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2276 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2277
7782
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2278 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_InternFromString}{const char *v}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
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2279 A combination of \cfunction{PyString_FromString()} and
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
2280 \cfunction{PyString_InternInPlace()}, returning either a new string object
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
2281 that has been interned, or a new (``owned'') reference to an earlier
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
2282 interned string object with the same value.
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
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2283 \end{cfuncdesc}
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
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2284
13404
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
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2285 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_Decode}{const char *s,
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2286 int size,
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2287 const char *encoding,
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2288 const char *errors}
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2289 Create a string object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the encoded
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2290 buffer \var{s}. \var{encoding} and \var{errors} have the same meaning
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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2291 as the parameters of the same name in the unicode() builtin
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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diff changeset
2292 function. The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2293 registry. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2294 codec.
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2295 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2296
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2297 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_Encode}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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diff changeset
2298 int size,
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2299 const char *encoding,
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parents: 13321
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2300 const char *errors}
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2301 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size and returns a
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2302 Python string object. \var{encoding} and \var{errors} have the same
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2303 meaning as the parameters of the same name in the string .encode()
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2304 method. The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2305 registry. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2306 codec.
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2307 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2308
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diff changeset
2309 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyString_AsEncodedString}{PyObject *unicode,
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2310 const char *encoding,
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2311 const char *errors}
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2312 Encodes a string object and returns the result as Python string
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diff changeset
2313 object. \var{encoding} and \var{errors} have the same meaning as the
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2314 parameters of the same name in the string .encode() method. The codec
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2315 to be used is looked up using the Python codec registry. Returns
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2316 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
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diff changeset
2317 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2318
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2319
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2320 \subsection{Unicode Objects \label{unicodeObjects}}
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2321 \sectionauthor{Marc-Andre Lemburg}{mal@lemburg.com}
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2322
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2323 %--- Unicode Type -------------------------------------------------------
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2324
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2325 These are the basic Unicode object types used for the Unicode
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2326 implementation in Python:
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2327
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2328 \begin{ctypedesc}{Py_UNICODE}
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2329 This type represents a 16-bit unsigned storage type which is used by
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2330 Python internally as basis for holding Unicode ordinals. On platforms
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2331 where \ctype{wchar_t} is available and also has 16-bits,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2332 \ctype{Py_UNICODE} is a typedef alias for \ctype{wchar_t} to enhance
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diff changeset
2333 native platform compatibility. On all other platforms,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2334 \ctype{Py_UNICODE} is a typedef alias for \ctype{unsigned short}.
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2335 \end{ctypedesc}
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diff changeset
2336
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diff changeset
2337 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyUnicodeObject}
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diff changeset
2338 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python Unicode object.
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diff changeset
2339 \end{ctypedesc}
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diff changeset
2340
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2341 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyUnicode_Type}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2342 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python Unicode type.
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diff changeset
2343 \end{cvardesc}
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2344
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2345 %--- These are really C macros... is there a macrodesc TeX macro ?
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diff changeset
2346
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2347 The following APIs are really C macros and can be used to do fast
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diff changeset
2348 checks and to access internal read-only data of Unicode objects:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2349
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diff changeset
2350 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_Check}{PyObject *o}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2351 Returns true if the object \var{o} is a Unicode object.
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diff changeset
2352 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2353
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diff changeset
2354 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_GET_SIZE}{PyObject *o}
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diff changeset
2355 Returns the size of the object. o has to be a
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diff changeset
2356 PyUnicodeObject (not checked).
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diff changeset
2357 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2358
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diff changeset
2359 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_GET_DATA_SIZE}{PyObject *o}
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diff changeset
2360 Returns the size of the object's internal buffer in bytes. o has to be
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2361 a PyUnicodeObject (not checked).
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diff changeset
2362 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2363
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diff changeset
2364 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_UNICODE*}{PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE}{PyObject *o}
12258
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diff changeset
2365 Returns a pointer to the internal Py_UNICODE buffer of the object. o
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2366 has to be a PyUnicodeObject (not checked).
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diff changeset
2367 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2368
12932
1fa7c119b7a5 Updates from Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@leburg.com> for the Unicode support.
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parents: 12930
diff changeset
2369 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{PyUnicode_AS_DATA}{PyObject *o}
12258
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diff changeset
2370 Returns a (const char *) pointer to the internal buffer of the object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2371 o has to be a PyUnicodeObject (not checked).
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diff changeset
2372 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2373
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2374 % --- Unicode character properties ---------------------------------------
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2375
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diff changeset
2376 Unicode provides many different character properties. The most often
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2377 needed ones are available through these macros which are mapped to C
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2378 functions depending on the Python configuration.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2379
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2380 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISSPACE}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2381 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a whitespace character.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2382 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2383
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
2384 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISLOWER}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2385 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a lowercase character.
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diff changeset
2386 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2387
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2388 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISUPPER}{Py_UNICODE ch}
13321
ac24d82d8e33 Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2389 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is an uppercase character.
12258
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diff changeset
2390 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2391
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diff changeset
2392 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISTITLE}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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diff changeset
2393 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a titlecase character.
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diff changeset
2394 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2395
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diff changeset
2396 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISLINEBREAK}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2397 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a linebreak character.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2398 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2399
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2400 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISDECIMAL}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2401 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a decimal character.
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2402 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2403
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diff changeset
2404 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISDIGIT}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2405 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a digit character.
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diff changeset
2406 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2407
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diff changeset
2408 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISNUMERIC}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2409 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is a numeric character.
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diff changeset
2410 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2411
13321
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diff changeset
2412 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISALPHA}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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diff changeset
2413 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is an alphabetic character.
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diff changeset
2414 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2415
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diff changeset
2416 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_ISALNUM}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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diff changeset
2417 Returns 1/0 depending on whether \var{ch} is an alphanumeric character.
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parents: 13217
diff changeset
2418 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2419
12258
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diff changeset
2420 These APIs can be used for fast direct character conversions:
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diff changeset
2421
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2422 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_UNICODE}{Py_UNICODE_TOLOWER}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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2423 Returns the character \var{ch} converted to lower case.
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diff changeset
2424 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2425
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2426 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_UNICODE}{Py_UNICODE_TOUPPER}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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2427 Returns the character \var{ch} converted to upper case.
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parents: 12222
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2428 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2429
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diff changeset
2430 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_UNICODE}{Py_UNICODE_TOTITLE}{Py_UNICODE ch}
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2431 Returns the character \var{ch} converted to title case.
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2432 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2433
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2434 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_TODECIMAL}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2435 Returns the character \var{ch} converted to a decimal positive integer.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2436 Returns -1 in case this is not possible. Does not raise exceptions.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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2437 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2438
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2439 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_UNICODE_TODIGIT}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2440 Returns the character \var{ch} converted to a single digit integer.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
2441 Returns -1 in case this is not possible. Does not raise exceptions.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2442 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2443
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2444 \begin{cfuncdesc}{double}{Py_UNICODE_TONUMERIC}{Py_UNICODE ch}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2445 Returns the character \var{ch} converted to a (positive) double.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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2446 Returns -1.0 in case this is not possible. Does not raise exceptions.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2447 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2448
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diff changeset
2449 % --- Plain Py_UNICODE ---------------------------------------------------
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2450
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2451 To create Unicode objects and access their basic sequence properties,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
2452 use these APIs:
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2453
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2454 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_FromUnicode}{const Py_UNICODE *u,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2455 int size}
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diff changeset
2456
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2457 Create a Unicode Object from the Py_UNICODE buffer \var{u} of the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2458 given size. \var{u} may be \NULL{} which causes the contents to be
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2459 undefined. It is the user's responsibility to fill in the needed data.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2460 The buffer is copied into the new object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2461 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2462
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
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parents: 12932
diff changeset
2463 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_UNICODE*}{PyUnicode_AsUnicode}{PyObject *unicode}
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2464 Return a read-only pointer to the Unicode object's internal
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2465 \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2466 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2467
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2468 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_GetSize}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2469 Return the length of the Unicode object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2470 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
2471
13404
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diff changeset
2472 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject}{PyObject *obj,
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diff changeset
2473 const char *encoding,
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parents: 13321
diff changeset
2474 const char *errors}
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2475
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2476 Coerce an encoded object obj to an Unicode object and return a
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2477 reference with incremented refcount.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2478
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2479 Coercion is done in the following way:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2480 \begin{enumerate}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2481 \item Unicode objects are passed back as-is with incremented
13404
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2482 refcount. Note: these cannot be decoded; passing a non-NULL
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2483 value for encoding will result in a TypeError.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2484
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2485 \item String and other char buffer compatible objects are decoded
13404
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2486 according to the given encoding and using the error handling
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2487 defined by errors. Both can be NULL to have the interface use
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2488 the default values (see the next section for details).
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
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diff changeset
2489
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2490 \item All other objects cause an exception.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2491 \end{enumerate}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2492 The API returns NULL in case of an error. The caller is responsible
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2493 for decref'ing the returned objects.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2494 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2495
13404
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2496 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_FromObject}{PyObject *obj}
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2497
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2498 Shortcut for PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject(obj, NULL, ``strict'')
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2499 which is used throughout the interpreter whenever coercion to
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 13321
diff changeset
2500 Unicode is needed.
4cf21852fd52 Added docs for the new Unicode and string APIs.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
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diff changeset
2501 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
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diff changeset
2502
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2503 % --- wchar_t support for platforms which support it ---------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2504
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2505 If the platform supports \ctype{wchar_t} and provides a header file
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2506 wchar.h, Python can interface directly to this type using the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2507 following functions. Support is optimized if Python's own
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2508 \ctype{Py_UNICODE} type is identical to the system's \ctype{wchar_t}.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2509
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2510 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_FromWideChar}{const wchar_t *w,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2511 int size}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2512 Create a Unicode Object from the \ctype{whcar_t} buffer \var{w} of the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2513 given size. Returns \NULL{} on failure.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2514 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2515
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2516 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_AsWideChar}{PyUnicodeObject *unicode,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2517 wchar_t *w,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2518 int size}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2519 Copies the Unicode Object contents into the \ctype{whcar_t} buffer
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2520 \var{w}. At most \var{size} \ctype{whcar_t} characters are copied.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2521 Returns the number of \ctype{whcar_t} characters copied or -1 in case
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2522 of an error.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2523 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2524
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2525
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2526 \subsubsection{Builtin Codecs \label{builtinCodecs}}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2527
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2528 Python provides a set of builtin codecs which are written in C
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2529 for speed. All of these codecs are directly usable via the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2530 following functions.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2531
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2532 Many of the following APIs take two arguments encoding and
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2533 errors. These parameters encoding and errors have the same semantics
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2534 as the ones of the builtin unicode() Unicode object constructor.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2535
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
2536 Setting encoding to NULL causes the default encoding to be used which
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2537 is UTF-8.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2538
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
2539 Error handling is set by errors which may also be set to NULL meaning
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
2540 to use the default handling defined for the codec. Default error
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2541 handling for all builtin codecs is ``strict'' (ValueErrors are raised).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2542
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2543 The codecs all use a similar interface. Only deviation from the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2544 following generic ones are documented for simplicity.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2545
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
2546 % --- Generic Codecs -----------------------------------------------------
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diff changeset
2547
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
2548 These are the generic codec APIs:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2549
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2550 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Decode}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2551 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2552 const char *encoding,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2553 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2554 Create a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the encoded
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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diff changeset
2555 string \var{s}. \var{encoding} and \var{errors} have the same meaning
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2556 as the parameters of the same name in the unicode() builtin
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2557 function. The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2558 registry. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2559 codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2560 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2561
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2562 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Encode}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2563 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2564 const char *encoding,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2565 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2566 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size and returns a
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2567 Python string object. \var{encoding} and \var{errors} have the same
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2568 meaning as the parameters of the same name in the Unicode .encode()
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2569 method. The codec to be used is looked up using the Python codec
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2570 registry. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2571 codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2572 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2573
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2574 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsEncodedString}{PyObject *unicode,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2575 const char *encoding,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2576 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2577 Encodes a Unicode object and returns the result as Python string
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2578 object. \var{encoding} and \var{errors} have the same meaning as the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2579 parameters of the same name in the Unicode .encode() method. The codec
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2580 to be used is looked up using the Python codec registry. Returns
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2581 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2582 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2583
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2584 % --- UTF-8 Codecs -------------------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2585
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2586 These are the UTF-8 codec APIs:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2587
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2588 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2589 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2590 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2591 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the UTF-8
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2592 encoded string \var{s}. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2593 raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2594 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2595
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2596 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeUTF8}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2597 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2598 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2599 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using UTF-8
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2600 and returns a Python string object. Returns \NULL{} in case an
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2601 exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2602 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2603
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2604 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsUTF8String}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2605 Encodes a Unicode objects using UTF-8 and returns the result as Python
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2606 string object. Error handling is ``strict''. Returns
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2607 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2608 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2609
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2610 % --- UTF-16 Codecs ------------------------------------------------------ */
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2611
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2612 These are the UTF-16 codec APIs:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2613
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2614 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeUTF16}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2615 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2616 const char *errors,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2617 int *byteorder}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2618 Decodes \var{length} bytes from a UTF-16 encoded buffer string and
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2619 returns the corresponding Unicode object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2620
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2621 \var{errors} (if non-NULL) defines the error handling. It defaults
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2622 to ``strict''.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2623
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2624 If \var{byteorder} is non-\NULL{}, the decoder starts decoding using
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2625 the given byte order:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2626
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2627 \begin{verbatim}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2628 *byteorder == -1: little endian
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2629 *byteorder == 0: native order
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2630 *byteorder == 1: big endian
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2631 \end{verbatim}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2632
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2633 and then switches according to all byte order marks (BOM) it finds in
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2634 the input data. BOM marks are not copied into the resulting Unicode
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2635 string. After completion, \var{*byteorder} is set to the current byte
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2636 order at the end of input data.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2637
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2638 If \var{byteorder} is \NULL{}, the codec starts in native order mode.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2639
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2640 Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2641 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2642
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2643 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeUTF16}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2644 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2645 const char *errors,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2646 int byteorder}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2647 Returns a Python string object holding the UTF-16 encoded value of the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2648 Unicode data in \var{s}.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2649
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
2650 If \var{byteorder} is not \code{0}, output is written according to the
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2651 following byte order:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2652
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2653 \begin{verbatim}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2654 byteorder == -1: little endian
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2655 byteorder == 0: native byte order (writes a BOM mark)
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2656 byteorder == 1: big endian
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2657 \end{verbatim}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2658
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
2659 If byteorder is \code{0}, the output string will always start with the
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2660 Unicode BOM mark (U+FEFF). In the other two modes, no BOM mark is
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2661 prepended.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2662
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2663 Note that \ctype{Py_UNICODE} data is being interpreted as UTF-16
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2664 reduced to UCS-2. This trick makes it possible to add full UTF-16
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2665 capabilities at a later point without comprimising the APIs.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2666
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2667 Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2668 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2669
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2670 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsUTF16String}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2671 Returns a Python string using the UTF-16 encoding in native byte
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2672 order. The string always starts with a BOM mark. Error handling is
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2673 ``strict''. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2674 codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2675 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2676
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2677 % --- Unicode-Escape Codecs ----------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2678
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2679 These are the ``Unicode Esacpe'' codec APIs:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2680
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2681 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2682 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2683 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2684 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the Unicode-Esacpe
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2685 encoded string \var{s}. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2686 raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2687 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2688
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2689 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeUnicodeEscape}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2690 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2691 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2692 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using Unicode-Escape
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2693 and returns a Python string object. Returns \NULL{} in case an
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2694 exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2695 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2696
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2697 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsUnicodeEscapeString}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2698 Encodes a Unicode objects using Unicode-Escape and returns the result
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2699 as Python string object. Error handling is ``strict''. Returns
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2700 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2701 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2702
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2703 % --- Raw-Unicode-Escape Codecs ------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2704
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2705 These are the ``Raw Unicode Esacpe'' codec APIs:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2706
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2707 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeRawUnicodeEscape}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2708 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2709 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2710 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the Raw-Unicode-Esacpe
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2711 encoded string \var{s}. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2712 raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2713 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2714
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2715 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeRawUnicodeEscape}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2716 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2717 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2718 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using Raw-Unicode-Escape
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2719 and returns a Python string object. Returns \NULL{} in case an
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2720 exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2721 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2722
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2723 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsRawUnicodeEscapeString}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2724 Encodes a Unicode objects using Raw-Unicode-Escape and returns the result
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2725 as Python string object. Error handling is ``strict''. Returns
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2726 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2727 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2728
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2729 % --- Latin-1 Codecs -----------------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2730
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2731 These are the Latin-1 codec APIs:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2732
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2733 Latin-1 corresponds to the first 256 Unicode ordinals and only these
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2734 are accepted by the codecs during encoding.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2735
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2736 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeLatin1}{const char *s,
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2737 int size,
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2738 const char *errors}
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2739 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the Latin-1
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2740 encoded string \var{s}. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2741 raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2742 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2743
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2744 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeLatin1}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2745 int size,
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2746 const char *errors}
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2747 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using Latin-1
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2748 and returns a Python string object. Returns \NULL{} in case an
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2749 exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2750 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2751
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2752 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsLatin1String}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2753 Encodes a Unicode objects using Latin-1 and returns the result as
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2754 Python string object. Error handling is ``strict''. Returns
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2755 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2756 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2757
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2758 % --- ASCII Codecs -------------------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2759
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2760 These are the \ASCII{} codec APIs. Only 7-bit \ASCII{} data is
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2761 accepted. All other codes generate errors.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2762
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2763 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeASCII}{const char *s,
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2764 int size,
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2765 const char *errors}
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2766 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2767 \ASCII{} encoded string \var{s}. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2768 was raised by the codec.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2769 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2770
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2771 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeASCII}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2772 int size,
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2773 const char *errors}
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2774 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2775 \ASCII{} and returns a Python string object. Returns \NULL{} in case
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2776 an exception was raised by the codec.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2777 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2778
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2779 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsASCIIString}{PyObject *unicode}
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2780 Encodes a Unicode objects using \ASCII{} and returns the result as Python
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2781 string object. Error handling is ``strict''. Returns
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2782 \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2783 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2784
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2785 % --- Character Map Codecs -----------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2786
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2787 These are the mapping codec APIs:
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2788
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2789 This codec is special in that it can be used to implement many
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2790 different codecs (and this is in fact what was done to obtain most of
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2791 the standard codecs included in the \module{encodings} package). The
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2792 codec uses mapping to encode and decode characters.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2793
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2794 Decoding mappings must map single string characters to single Unicode
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2795 characters, integers (which are then interpreted as Unicode ordinals)
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2796 or None (meaning "undefined mapping" and causing an error).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2797
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2798 Encoding mappings must map single Unicode characters to single string
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2799 characters, integers (which are then interpreted as Latin-1 ordinals)
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2800 or None (meaning "undefined mapping" and causing an error).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2801
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2802 The mapping objects provided must only support the __getitem__ mapping
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2803 interface.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2804
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2805 If a character lookup fails with a LookupError, the character is
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2806 copied as-is meaning that its ordinal value will be interpreted as
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2807 Unicode or Latin-1 ordinal resp. Because of this, mappings only need
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2808 to contain those mappings which map characters to different code
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2809 points.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2810
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2811 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeCharmap}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2812 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2813 PyObject *mapping,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2814 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2815 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the encoded
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2816 string \var{s} using the given \var{mapping} object. Returns \NULL{}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2817 in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2818 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2819
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2820 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeCharmap}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2821 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2822 PyObject *mapping,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2823 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2824 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2825 given \var{mapping} object and returns a Python string object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2826 Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2827 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2828
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2829 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsCharmapString}{PyObject *unicode,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2830 PyObject *mapping}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2831 Encodes a Unicode objects using the given \var{mapping} object and
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2832 returns the result as Python string object. Error handling is
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2833 ``strict''. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was raised by the
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2834 codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2835 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2836
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2837 The following codec API is special in that maps Unicode to Unicode.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2838
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2839 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_TranslateCharmap}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2840 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2841 PyObject *table,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2842 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2843 Translates a \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given length by applying
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2844 a character mapping \var{table} to it and returns the resulting
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2845 Unicode object. Returns \NULL{} when an exception was raised by the
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2846 codec.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2847
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2848 The \var{mapping} table must map Unicode ordinal integers to Unicode
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2849 ordinal integers or None (causing deletion of the character).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2850
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2851 Mapping tables must only provide the __getitem__ interface,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2852 e.g. dictionaries or sequences. Unmapped character ordinals (ones
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2853 which cause a LookupError) are left untouched and are copied as-is.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2854 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2855
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2856 % --- MBCS codecs for Windows --------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2857
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2858 These are the MBCS codec APIs. They are currently only available on
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2859 Windows and use the Win32 MBCS converters to implement the
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2860 conversions. Note that MBCS (or DBCS) is a class of encodings, not
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2861 just one. The target encoding is defined by the user settings on the
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2862 machine running the codec.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2863
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2864 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_DecodeMBCS}{const char *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2865 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2866 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2867 Creates a Unicode object by decoding \var{size} bytes of the MBCS
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2868 encoded string \var{s}. Returns \NULL{} in case an exception was
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2869 raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2870 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2871
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2872 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_EncodeMBCS}{const Py_UNICODE *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2873 int size,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2874 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2875 Encodes the \ctype{Py_UNICODE} buffer of the given size using MBCS
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2876 and returns a Python string object. Returns \NULL{} in case an
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2877 exception was raised by the codec.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2878 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2879
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2880 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_AsMBCSString}{PyObject *unicode}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2881 Encodes a Unicode objects using MBCS and returns the result as Python
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2882 string object. Error handling is ``strict''. Returns \NULL{} in case
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2883 an exception was raised by the codec.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2884 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2885
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2886 % --- Methods & Slots ----------------------------------------------------
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2887
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2888 \subsubsection{Methods and Slot Functions \label{unicodeMethodsAndSlots}}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2889
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2890 The following APIs are capable of handling Unicode objects and strings
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2891 on input (we refer to them as strings in the descriptions) and return
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2892 Unicode objects or integers as apporpriate.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2893
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2894 They all return \NULL{} or -1 in case an exception occurrs.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2895
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2896 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Concat}{PyObject *left,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2897 PyObject *right}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2898 Concat two strings giving a new Unicode string.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2899 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2900
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2901 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Split}{PyObject *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2902 PyObject *sep,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2903 int maxsplit}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2904 Split a string giving a list of Unicode strings.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2905
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2906 If sep is NULL, splitting will be done at all whitespace
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2907 substrings. Otherwise, splits occur at the given separator.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2908
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2909 At most maxsplit splits will be done. If negative, no limit is set.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2910
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2911 Separators are not included in the resulting list.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2912 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2913
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2914 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Splitlines}{PyObject *s,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2915 int maxsplit}
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2916 Split a Unicode string at line breaks, returning a list of Unicode
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2917 strings. CRLF is considered to be one line break. The Line break
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2918 characters are not included in the resulting strings.
12258
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2919 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2920
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2921 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Translate}{PyObject *str,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2922 PyObject *table,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2923 const char *errors}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2924 Translate a string by applying a character mapping table to it and
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2925 return the resulting Unicode object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2926
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2927 The mapping table must map Unicode ordinal integers to Unicode ordinal
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2928 integers or None (causing deletion of the character).
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2929
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2930 Mapping tables must only provide the __getitem__ interface,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2931 e.g. dictionaries or sequences. Unmapped character ordinals (ones
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2932 which cause a LookupError) are left untouched and are copied as-is.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2933
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2934 \var{errors} has the usual meaning for codecs. It may be \NULL{}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2935 which indicates to use the default error handling.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2936 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2937
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2938 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Join}{PyObject *separator,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2939 PyObject *seq}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2940 Join a sequence of strings using the given separator and return
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2941 the resulting Unicode string.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2942 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2943
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2944 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Tailmatch}{PyObject *str,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2945 PyObject *substr,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2946 int start,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2947 int end,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2948 int direction}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2949 Return 1 if \var{substr} matches \var{str}[\var{start}:\var{end}] at
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2950 the given tail end (\var{direction} == -1 means to do a prefix match,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2951 \var{direction} == 1 a suffix match), 0 otherwise.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2952 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2953
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2954 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Find}{PyObject *str,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2955 PyObject *substr,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2956 int start,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2957 int end,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2958 int direction}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2959 Return the first position of \var{substr} in
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2960 \var{str}[\var{start}:\var{end}] using the given \var{direction}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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2961 (\var{direction} == 1 means to do a forward search,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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2962 \var{direction} == -1 a backward search), 0 otherwise.
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parents: 12222
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2963 \end{cfuncdesc}
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2964
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parents: 12222
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2965 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Count}{PyObject *str,
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2966 PyObject *substr,
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2967 int start,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2968 int end}
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2969 Count the number of occurrences of \var{substr} in
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2970 \var{str}[\var{start}:\var{end}]
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parents: 12222
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2971 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2972
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2973 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Replace}{PyObject *str,
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2974 PyObject *substr,
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2975 PyObject *replstr,
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2976 int maxcount}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2977 Replace at most \var{maxcount} occurrences of \var{substr} in
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2978 \var{str} with \var{replstr} and return the resulting Unicode object.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2979 \var{maxcount} == -1 means: replace all occurrences.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2980 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2981
12947
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parents: 12932
diff changeset
2982 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_Compare}{PyObject *left, PyObject *right}
12258
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2983 Compare two strings and return -1, 0, 1 for less than, equal,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2984 greater than resp.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2985 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2986
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2987 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyUnicode_Format}{PyObject *format,
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2988 PyObject *args}
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2989 Returns a new string object from \var{format} and \var{args}; this is
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2990 analogous to \code{\var{format} \%\ \var{args}}. The
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
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parents: 12932
diff changeset
2991 \var{args} argument must be a tuple.
12258
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parents: 12222
diff changeset
2992 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2993
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2994 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyUnicode_Contains}{PyObject *container,
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2995 PyObject *element}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
2996 Checks whether \var{element} is contained in \var{container} and
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2997 returns true or false accordingly.
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2998
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
2999 \var{element} has to coerce to a one element Unicode string. \code{-1} is
12258
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
3000 returned in case of an error.
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
3001 \end{cfuncdesc}
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
3002
65bc5eaf47ce Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12222
diff changeset
3003
11176
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
3004 \subsection{Buffer Objects \label{bufferObjects}}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3005 \sectionauthor{Greg Stein}{gstein@lyra.org}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3006
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3007 \obindex{buffer}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3008 Python objects implemented in C can export a group of functions called
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3009 the ``buffer\index{buffer interface} interface.'' These functions can
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3010 be used by an object to expose its data in a raw, byte-oriented
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3011 format. Clients of the object can use the buffer interface to access
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3012 the object data directly, without needing to copy it first.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3013
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3014 Two examples of objects that support
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3015 the buffer interface are strings and arrays. The string object exposes
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3016 the character contents in the buffer interface's byte-oriented
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3017 form. An array can also expose its contents, but it should be noted
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3018 that array elements may be multi-byte values.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3019
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3020 An example user of the buffer interface is the file object's
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3021 \method{write()} method. Any object that can export a series of bytes
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3022 through the buffer interface can be written to a file. There are a
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3023 number of format codes to \cfunction{PyArgs_ParseTuple()} that operate
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3024 against an object's buffer interface, returning data from the target
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3025 object.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3026
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3027 More information on the buffer interface is provided in the section
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3028 ``Buffer Object Structures'' (section \ref{buffer-structs}), under
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3029 the description for \ctype{PyBufferProcs}\ttindex{PyBufferProcs}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3030
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3031 A ``buffer object'' is defined in the \file{bufferobject.h} header
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3032 (included by \file{Python.h}). These objects look very similar to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3033 string objects at the Python programming level: they support slicing,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3034 indexing, concatenation, and some other standard string
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3035 operations. However, their data can come from one of two sources: from
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3036 a block of memory, or from another object which exports the buffer
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3037 interface.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3038
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3039 Buffer objects are useful as a way to expose the data from another
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3040 object's buffer interface to the Python programmer. They can also be
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3041 used as a zero-copy slicing mechanism. Using their ability to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3042 reference a block of memory, it is possible to expose any data to the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3043 Python programmer quite easily. The memory could be a large, constant
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3044 array in a C extension, it could be a raw block of memory for
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3045 manipulation before passing to an operating system library, or it
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3046 could be used to pass around structured data in its native, in-memory
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3047 format.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3048
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3049 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyBufferObject}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3050 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a buffer object.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3051 \end{ctypedesc}
11176
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
3052
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3053 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyBuffer_Type}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
3054 The instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} which represents the Python
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3055 buffer type; it is the same object as \code{types.BufferType} in the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3056 Python layer.\withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{BufferType}}.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
3057 \end{cvardesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
3058
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
3059 \begin{cvardesc}{int}{Py_END_OF_BUFFER}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3060 This constant may be passed as the \var{size} parameter to
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3061 \cfunction{PyBuffer_FromObject()} or
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3062 \cfunction{PyBuffer_FromReadWriteObject()}. It indicates that the new
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3063 \ctype{PyBufferObject} should refer to \var{base} object from the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3064 specified \var{offset} to the end of its exported buffer. Using this
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3065 enables the caller to avoid querying the \var{base} object for its
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3066 length.
11176
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3067 \end{cvardesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3068
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
3069 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyBuffer_Check}{PyObject *p}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
3070 Return true if the argument has type \cdata{PyBuffer_Type}.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
3071 \end{cfuncdesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3072
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3073 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyBuffer_FromObject}{PyObject *base,
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
3074 int offset, int size}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3075 Return a new read-only buffer object. This raises
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3076 \exception{TypeError} if \var{base} doesn't support the read-only
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3077 buffer protocol or doesn't provide exactly one buffer segment, or it
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3078 raises \exception{ValueError} if \var{offset} is less than zero. The
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3079 buffer will hold a reference to the \var{base} object, and the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3080 buffer's contents will refer to the \var{base} object's buffer
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3081 interface, starting as position \var{offset} and extending for
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3082 \var{size} bytes. If \var{size} is \constant{Py_END_OF_BUFFER}, then
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3083 the new buffer's contents extend to the length of the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3084 \var{base} object's exported buffer data.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3085 \end{cfuncdesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3086
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3087 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyBuffer_FromReadWriteObject}{PyObject *base,
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3088 int offset,
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3089 int size}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3090 Return a new writable buffer object. Parameters and exceptions are
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3091 similar to those for \cfunction{PyBuffer_FromObject()}.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3092 If the \var{base} object does not export the writeable buffer
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3093 protocol, then \exception{TypeError} is raised.
11176
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3094 \end{cfuncdesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3095
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3096 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyBuffer_FromMemory}{void *ptr, int size}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3097 Return a new read-only buffer object that reads from a specified
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3098 location in memory, with a specified size.
11176
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3099 The caller is responsible for ensuring that the memory buffer, passed
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3100 in as \var{ptr}, is not deallocated while the returned buffer object
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3101 exists. Raises \exception{ValueError} if \var{size} is less than
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3102 zero. Note that \constant{Py_END_OF_BUFFER} may \emph{not} be passed
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3103 for the \var{size} parameter; \exception{ValueError} will be raised in
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3104 that case.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3105 \end{cfuncdesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3106
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3107 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyBuffer_FromReadWriteMemory}{void *ptr, int size}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3108 Similar to \cfunction{PyBuffer_FromMemory()}, but the returned buffer
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3109 is writable.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3110 \end{cfuncdesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3111
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3112 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyBuffer_New}{int size}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3113 Returns a new writable buffer object that maintains its own memory
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3114 buffer of \var{size} bytes. \exception{ValueError} is returned if
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3115 \var{size} is not zero or positive.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3116 \end{cfuncdesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
3117
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3118
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3119 \subsection{Tuple Objects \label{tupleObjects}}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3120
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3121 \obindex{tuple}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3122 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyTupleObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3123 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python tuple object.
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3124 \end{ctypedesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3125
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3126 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyTuple_Type}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3127 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python tuple
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3128 type; it is the same object as \code{types.TupleType} in the Python
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3129 layer.\withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{TupleType}}.
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3130 \end{cvardesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3131
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3132 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyTuple_Check}{PyObject *p}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3133 Return true if the argument is a tuple object.
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3134 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3135
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3136 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyTuple_New}{int len}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3137 Return a new tuple object of size \var{len}, or \NULL{} on failure.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3138 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3139
16577
068cb8494b7b PyTuple_*() functions take PyObject* parameters, not PyTupleObject* values.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16439
diff changeset
3140 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyTuple_Size}{PyObject *p}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3141 Takes a pointer to a tuple object, and returns the size
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3142 of that tuple.
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3143 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3144
16577
068cb8494b7b PyTuple_*() functions take PyObject* parameters, not PyTupleObject* values.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16439
diff changeset
3145 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyTuple_GetItem}{PyObject *p, int pos}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3146 Returns the object at position \var{pos} in the tuple pointed
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3147 to by \var{p}. If \var{pos} is out of bounds, returns \NULL{} and
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3148 sets an \exception{IndexError} exception.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3149 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3150
16577
068cb8494b7b PyTuple_*() functions take PyObject* parameters, not PyTupleObject* values.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16439
diff changeset
3151 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyTuple_GET_ITEM}{PyObject *p, int pos}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3152 Does the same, but does no checking of its arguments.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3153 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3154
16577
068cb8494b7b PyTuple_*() functions take PyObject* parameters, not PyTupleObject* values.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16439
diff changeset
3155 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyTuple_GetSlice}{PyObject *p,
068cb8494b7b PyTuple_*() functions take PyObject* parameters, not PyTupleObject* values.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16439
diff changeset
3156 int low, int high}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3157 Takes a slice of the tuple pointed to by \var{p} from
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3158 \var{low} to \var{high} and returns it as a new tuple.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3159 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3160
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3161 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyTuple_SetItem}{PyObject *p,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3162 int pos, PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3163 Inserts a reference to object \var{o} at position \var{pos} of
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3164 the tuple pointed to by \var{p}. It returns \code{0} on success.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3165 \strong{Note:} This function ``steals'' a reference to \var{o}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3166 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3167
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3168 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyTuple_SET_ITEM}{PyObject *p,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3169 int pos, PyObject *o}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3170 Does the same, but does no error checking, and
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3171 should \emph{only} be used to fill in brand new tuples.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3172 \strong{Note:} This function ``steals'' a reference to \var{o}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3173 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3174
16577
068cb8494b7b PyTuple_*() functions take PyObject* parameters, not PyTupleObject* values.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16439
diff changeset
3175 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{_PyTuple_Resize}{PyObject **p,
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3176 int newsize, int last_is_sticky}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3177 Can be used to resize a tuple. \var{newsize} will be the new length
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3178 of the tuple. Because tuples are \emph{supposed} to be immutable,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3179 this should only be used if there is only one reference to the object.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3180 Do \emph{not} use this if the tuple may already be known to some other
15038
e9713cbe2ba8 The _PyTuple_Resize() last_is_sticky flag must now always be false.
Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>
parents: 14926
diff changeset
3181 part of the code. The tuple will always grow or shrink at the end. The
e9713cbe2ba8 The _PyTuple_Resize() last_is_sticky flag must now always be false.
Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>
parents: 14926
diff changeset
3182 \var{last_is_sticky} flag is not used and should always be false. Think
e9713cbe2ba8 The _PyTuple_Resize() last_is_sticky flag must now always be false.
Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>
parents: 14926
diff changeset
3183 of this as destroying the old tuple and creating a new one, only more
e9713cbe2ba8 The _PyTuple_Resize() last_is_sticky flag must now always be false.
Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>
parents: 14926
diff changeset
3184 efficiently. Returns \code{0} on success and \code{-1} on failure (in
e9713cbe2ba8 The _PyTuple_Resize() last_is_sticky flag must now always be false.
Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>
parents: 14926
diff changeset
3185 which case a \exception{MemoryError} or \exception{SystemError} will be
e9713cbe2ba8 The _PyTuple_Resize() last_is_sticky flag must now always be false.
Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>
parents: 14926
diff changeset
3186 raised).
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3187 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3188
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3189
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3190 \subsection{List Objects \label{listObjects}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3191
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3192 \obindex{list}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3193 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyListObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3194 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python list object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3195 \end{ctypedesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3196
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3197 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyList_Type}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3198 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python list
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3199 type. This is the same object as \code{types.ListType}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3200 \withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{ListType}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3201 \end{cvardesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3202
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3203 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_Check}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3204 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyListObject}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3205 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3206
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3207 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyList_New}{int len}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3208 Returns a new list of length \var{len} on success, or \NULL{} on
8057
5aacdd097941 Some patches by Drew Csillag; plus a few of my own uncommitted changes.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8029
diff changeset
3209 failure.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3210 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3211
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3212 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_Size}{PyObject *list}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3213 Returns the length of the list object in \var{list}; this is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3214 equivalent to \samp{len(\var{list})} on a list object.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3215 \bifuncindex{len}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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3216 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3217
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3218 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_GET_SIZE}{PyObject *list}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15038
diff changeset
3219 Macro form of \cfunction{PyList_Size()} without error checking.
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parents: 7268
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3220 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3221
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parents: 7708
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3222 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyList_GetItem}{PyObject *list, int index}
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
3223 Returns the object at position \var{pos} in the list pointed
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
3224 to by \var{p}. If \var{pos} is out of bounds, returns \NULL{} and
12222
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3225 sets an \exception{IndexError} exception.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3226 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3227
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parents: 12200
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3228 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyList_GET_ITEM}{PyObject *list, int i}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3229 Macro form of \cfunction{PyList_GetItem()} without error checking.
7269
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parents: 7268
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3230 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3231
7782
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parents: 7708
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3232 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_SetItem}{PyObject *list, int index,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3233 PyObject *item}
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parents: 8029
diff changeset
3234 Sets the item at index \var{index} in list to \var{item}.
12222
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3235 \strong{Note:} This function ``steals'' a reference to \var{item}.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3236 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3237
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3238 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyList_SET_ITEM}{PyObject *list, int i,
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3239 PyObject *o}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3240 Macro form of \cfunction{PyList_SetItem()} without error checking.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3241 \strong{Note:} This function ``steals'' a reference to \var{item}.
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parents: 7268
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3242 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3243
7782
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
3244 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_Insert}{PyObject *list, int index,
8109
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3245 PyObject *item}
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
3246 Inserts the item \var{item} into list \var{list} in front of index
12222
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3247 \var{index}. Returns \code{0} if successful; returns \code{-1} and
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3248 raises an exception if unsuccessful. Analogous to
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3249 \code{\var{list}.insert(\var{index}, \var{item})}.
7269
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parents: 7268
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3250 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3251
7782
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
3252 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_Append}{PyObject *list, PyObject *item}
8109
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3253 Appends the object \var{item} at the end of list \var{list}. Returns
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3254 \code{0} if successful; returns \code{-1} and sets an exception if
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3255 unsuccessful. Analogous to \code{\var{list}.append(\var{item})}.
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
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3256 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3257
7782
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
3258 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyList_GetSlice}{PyObject *list,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3259 int low, int high}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8029
diff changeset
3260 Returns a list of the objects in \var{list} containing the objects
8109
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3261 \emph{between} \var{low} and \var{high}. Returns NULL and sets an
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3262 exception if unsuccessful.
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3263 Analogous to \code{\var{list}[\var{low}:\var{high}]}.
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3264 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3265
7782
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
3266 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_SetSlice}{PyObject *list,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
3267 int low, int high,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
3268 PyObject *itemlist}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3269 Sets the slice of \var{list} between \var{low} and \var{high} to the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3270 contents of \var{itemlist}. Analogous to
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3271 \code{\var{list}[\var{low}:\var{high}] = \var{itemlist}}. Returns
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3272 \code{0} on success, \code{-1} on failure.
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3273 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
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3274
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
3275 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_Sort}{PyObject *list}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3276 Sorts the items of \var{list} in place. Returns \code{0} on success,
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3277 \code{-1} on failure. This is equivalent to
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3278 \samp{\var{list}.sort()}.
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
3279 \end{cfuncdesc}
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
3280
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
3281 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyList_Reverse}{PyObject *list}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3282 Reverses the items of \var{list} in place. Returns \code{0} on
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3283 success, \code{-1} on failure. This is the equivalent of
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3284 \samp{\var{list}.reverse()}.
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3285 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
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3286
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
3287 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyList_AsTuple}{PyObject *list}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3288 Returns a new tuple object containing the contents of \var{list};
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3289 equivalent to \samp{tuple(\var{list})}.\bifuncindex{tuple}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3290 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
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3291
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3292
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3293 \section{Mapping Objects \label{mapObjects}}
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3294
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3295 \obindex{mapping}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3296
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3297
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
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parents: 9931
diff changeset
3298 \subsection{Dictionary Objects \label{dictObjects}}
7269
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diff changeset
3299
12222
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parents: 12200
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3300 \obindex{dictionary}
7269
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3301 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyDictObject}
8120
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3302 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python dictionary object.
7269
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3303 \end{ctypedesc}
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3304
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3305 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyDict_Type}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3306 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python dictionary
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3307 type. This is exposed to Python programs as \code{types.DictType} and
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3308 \code{types.DictionaryType}.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3309 \withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{DictType}\ttindex{DictionaryType}}
7269
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3310 \end{cvardesc}
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3311
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3312 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_Check}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3313 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyDictObject}.
7269
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3314 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3315
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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3316 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_New}{}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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3317 Returns a new empty dictionary, or \NULL{} on failure.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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3318 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12200
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3319
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3320 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyDict_Clear}{PyObject *p}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3321 Empties an existing dictionary of all key-value pairs.
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3322 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
3323
12126
e6214ad2a60c Add PyDict_Copy() function to C API for dicts. It returns a new
Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@alum.mit.edu>
parents: 11453
diff changeset
3324 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_Copy}{PyObject *p}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3325 Returns a new dictionary that contains the same key-value pairs as p.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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3326 Empties an existing dictionary of all key-value pairs.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3327 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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3328
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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3329 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_SetItem}{PyObject *p, PyObject *key,
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3330 PyObject *val}
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diff changeset
3331 Inserts \var{value} into the dictionary with a key of \var{key}.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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3332 \var{key} must be hashable; if it isn't, \exception{TypeError} will be
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3333 raised.
7269
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parents: 7268
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3334 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3335
17057
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3336 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_SetItemString}{PyObject *p,
7269
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3337 char *key,
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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3338 PyObject *val}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3339 Inserts \var{value} into the dictionary using \var{key}
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
3340 as a key. \var{key} should be a \ctype{char*}. The key object is
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3341 created using \code{PyString_FromString(\var{key})}.
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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3342 \ttindex{PyString_FromString()}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
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3343 \end{cfuncdesc}
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3344
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parents: 12200
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3345 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_DelItem}{PyObject *p, PyObject *key}
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parents: 7278
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3346 Removes the entry in dictionary \var{p} with key \var{key}.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3347 \var{key} must be hashable; if it isn't, \exception{TypeError} is
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3348 raised.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3349 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12200
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3350
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3351 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_DelItemString}{PyObject *p, char *key}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
3352 Removes the entry in dictionary \var{p} which has a key
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3353 specified by the string \var{key}.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3354 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3355
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3356 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_GetItem}{PyObject *p, PyObject *key}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
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parents: 7278
diff changeset
3357 Returns the object from dictionary \var{p} which has a key
8109
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parents: 8057
diff changeset
3358 \var{key}. Returns \NULL{} if the key \var{key} is not present, but
12222
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3359 \emph{without} setting an exception.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3360 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3361
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3362 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_GetItemString}{PyObject *p, char *key}
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068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3363 This is the same as \cfunction{PyDict_GetItem()}, but \var{key} is
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3364 specified as a \ctype{char*}, rather than a \ctype{PyObject*}.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3365 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3366
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3367 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_Items}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3368 Returns a \ctype{PyListObject} containing all the items
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3369 from the dictionary, as in the dictinoary method \method{items()} (see
11451
38c7444f633a Use \citetitle and \programopt as appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11222
diff changeset
3370 the \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference}).
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3371 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
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3372
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3373 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_Keys}{PyObject *p}
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068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3374 Returns a \ctype{PyListObject} containing all the keys
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3375 from the dictionary, as in the dictionary method \method{keys()} (see the
11451
38c7444f633a Use \citetitle and \programopt as appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11222
diff changeset
3376 \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference}).
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3377 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
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3378
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3379 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyDict_Values}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3380 Returns a \ctype{PyListObject} containing all the values
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3381 from the dictionary \var{p}, as in the dictionary method
11451
38c7444f633a Use \citetitle and \programopt as appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11222
diff changeset
3382 \method{values()} (see the \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library
38c7444f633a Use \citetitle and \programopt as appropriate.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11222
diff changeset
3383 Reference}).
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3384 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3385
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3386 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_Size}{PyObject *p}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3387 Returns the number of items in the dictionary. This is equivalent to
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3388 \samp{len(\var{p})} on a dictionary.\bifuncindex{len}
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3389 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3390
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3391 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyDict_Next}{PyObject *p, int *ppos,
13920
d057cd543ed9 ANY becomes void, to reflect the requirement for ANSI C.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13592
diff changeset
3392 PyObject **pkey, PyObject **pvalue}
17057
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3393 Iterate over all key-value pairs in the dictionary \var{p}. The
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3394 \ctype{int} referred to by \var{ppos} must be initialized to \code{0}
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3395 prior to the first call to this function to start the iteration; the
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3396 function returns true for each pair in the dictionary, and false once
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3397 all pairs have been reported. The parameters \var{pkey} and
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3398 \var{pvalue} should either point to \ctype{PyObject*} variables that
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3399 will be filled in with each key and value, respectively, or may be
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3400 \NULL. The dictionary \var{p} must not be mutated during iteration.
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3401 For example:
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3402
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3403 \begin{verbatim}
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3404 PyObject *key, *value;
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3405 int pos = 0;
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3406
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3407 while (PyDict_Next(self->dict, &pos, &key, &value)) {
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3408 /* do something interesting with the values... */
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3409 ...
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3410 }
797ebb7033d7 Finally fill in the documentation for the PyDict_Next() function. It is
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16872
diff changeset
3411 \end{verbatim}
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3412 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3413
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3414
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3415 \section{Numeric Objects \label{numericObjects}}
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3416
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3417 \obindex{numeric}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3418
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3419
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3420 \subsection{Plain Integer Objects \label{intObjects}}
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3421
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3422 \obindex{integer}
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3423 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyIntObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3424 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python integer object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3425 \end{ctypedesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3426
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3427 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyInt_Type}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3428 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python plain
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3429 integer type. This is the same object as \code{types.IntType}.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3430 \withsubitem{(in modules types)}{\ttindex{IntType}}
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3431 \end{cvardesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3432
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3433 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyInt_Check}{PyObject* o}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3434 Returns true if \var{o} is of type \cdata{PyInt_Type}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3435 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3436
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3437 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyInt_FromLong}{long ival}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3438 Creates a new integer object with a value of \var{ival}.
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3439
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3440 The current implementation keeps an array of integer objects for all
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3441 integers between \code{-1} and \code{100}, when you create an int in
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3442 that range you actually just get back a reference to the existing
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3443 object. So it should be possible to change the value of \code{1}. I
7807
5d15f4fd6d69 Capitalize "Python" for consistency.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7782
diff changeset
3444 suspect the behaviour of Python in this case is undefined. :-)
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3445 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3446
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3447 \begin{cfuncdesc}{long}{PyInt_AsLong}{PyObject *io}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3448 Will first attempt to cast the object to a \ctype{PyIntObject}, if
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3449 it is not already one, and then return its value.
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3450 \end{cfuncdesc}
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diff changeset
3451
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3452 \begin{cfuncdesc}{long}{PyInt_AS_LONG}{PyObject *io}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3453 Returns the value of the object \var{io}. No error checking is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3454 performed.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3455 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3456
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3457 \begin{cfuncdesc}{long}{PyInt_GetMax}{}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3458 Returns the system's idea of the largest integer it can handle
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3459 (\constant{LONG_MAX}\ttindex{LONG_MAX}, as defined in the system
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3460 header files).
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3461 \end{cfuncdesc}
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parents: 7268
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3462
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parents: 7268
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3463
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
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parents: 9931
diff changeset
3464 \subsection{Long Integer Objects \label{longObjects}}
7269
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diff changeset
3465
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
3466 \obindex{long integer}
7269
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3467 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyLongObject}
8120
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3468 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python long integer
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3469 object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3470 \end{ctypedesc}
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3471
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
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parents: 7268
diff changeset
3472 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyLong_Type}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3473 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python long
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3474 integer type. This is the same object as \code{types.LongType}.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3475 \withsubitem{(in modules types)}{\ttindex{LongType}}
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3476 \end{cvardesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3477
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3478 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyLong_Check}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3479 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyLongObject}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3480 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3481
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3482 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyLong_FromLong}{long v}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3483 Returns a new \ctype{PyLongObject} object from \var{v}, or \NULL{} on
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3484 failure.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3485 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3486
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3487 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyLong_FromUnsignedLong}{unsigned long v}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3488 Returns a new \ctype{PyLongObject} object from a C \ctype{unsigned
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3489 long}, or \NULL{} on failure.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3490 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3491
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3492 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyLong_FromDouble}{double v}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3493 Returns a new \ctype{PyLongObject} object from the integer part of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3494 \var{v}, or \NULL{} on failure.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3495 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3496
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3497 \begin{cfuncdesc}{long}{PyLong_AsLong}{PyObject *pylong}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3498 Returns a C \ctype{long} representation of the contents of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3499 \var{pylong}. If \var{pylong} is greater than
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3500 \constant{LONG_MAX}\ttindex{LONG_MAX}, an \exception{OverflowError} is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3501 raised.\withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{OverflowError}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3502 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3503
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3504 \begin{cfuncdesc}{unsigned long}{PyLong_AsUnsignedLong}{PyObject *pylong}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3505 Returns a C \ctype{unsigned long} representation of the contents of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3506 \var{pylong}. If \var{pylong} is greater than
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3507 \constant{ULONG_MAX}\ttindex{ULONG_MAX}, an \exception{OverflowError}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3508 is raised.\withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{OverflowError}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3509 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3510
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3511 \begin{cfuncdesc}{double}{PyLong_AsDouble}{PyObject *pylong}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3512 Returns a C \ctype{double} representation of the contents of \var{pylong}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3513 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3514
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3515 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyLong_FromString}{char *str, char **pend,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3516 int base}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3517 Return a new \ctype{PyLongObject} based on the string value in
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3518 \var{str}, which is interpreted according to the radix in \var{base}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3519 If \var{pend} is non-\NULL, \code{*\var{pend}} will point to the first
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3520 character in \var{str} which follows the representation of the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3521 number. If \var{base} is \code{0}, the radix will be determined base
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3522 on the leading characters of \var{str}: if \var{str} starts with
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3523 \code{'0x'} or \code{'0X'}, radix 16 will be used; if \var{str} starts
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3524 with \code{'0'}, radix 8 will be used; otherwise radix 10 will be
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3525 used. If \var{base} is not \code{0}, it must be between \code{2} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3526 \code{36}, inclusive. Leading spaces are ignored. If there are no
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3527 digits, \exception{ValueError} will be raised.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3528 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3529
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3530
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3531 \subsection{Floating Point Objects \label{floatObjects}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3532
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3533 \obindex{floating point}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3534 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyFloatObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3535 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python floating point
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3536 object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3537 \end{ctypedesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3538
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3539 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyFloat_Type}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3540 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python floating
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3541 point type. This is the same object as \code{types.FloatType}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3542 \withsubitem{(in modules types)}{\ttindex{FloatType}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3543 \end{cvardesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3544
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3545 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyFloat_Check}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3546 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyFloatObject}.
5588
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
3547 \end{cfuncdesc}
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
3548
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3549 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFloat_FromDouble}{double v}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3550 Creates a \ctype{PyFloatObject} object from \var{v}, or \NULL{} on
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3551 failure.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3552 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3553
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3554 \begin{cfuncdesc}{double}{PyFloat_AsDouble}{PyObject *pyfloat}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3555 Returns a C \ctype{double} representation of the contents of \var{pyfloat}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3556 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3557
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3558 \begin{cfuncdesc}{double}{PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE}{PyObject *pyfloat}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3559 Returns a C \ctype{double} representation of the contents of
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3560 \var{pyfloat}, but without error checking.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3561 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3562
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3563
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3564 \subsection{Complex Number Objects \label{complexObjects}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3565
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3566 \obindex{complex number}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3567 Python's complex number objects are implemented as two distinct types
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3568 when viewed from the C API: one is the Python object exposed to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3569 Python programs, and the other is a C structure which represents the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3570 actual complex number value. The API provides functions for working
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3571 with both.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3572
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3573 \subsubsection{Complex Numbers as C Structures}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3574
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3575 Note that the functions which accept these structures as parameters
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3576 and return them as results do so \emph{by value} rather than
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3577 dereferencing them through pointers. This is consistent throughout
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3578 the API.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3579
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3580 \begin{ctypedesc}{Py_complex}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3581 The C structure which corresponds to the value portion of a Python
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3582 complex number object. Most of the functions for dealing with complex
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3583 number objects use structures of this type as input or output values,
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3584 as appropriate. It is defined as:
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3585
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3586 \begin{verbatim}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3587 typedef struct {
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3588 double real;
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3589 double imag;
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3590 } Py_complex;
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3591 \end{verbatim}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3592 \end{ctypedesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3593
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3594 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{_Py_c_sum}{Py_complex left, Py_complex right}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3595 Return the sum of two complex numbers, using the C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3596 \ctype{Py_complex} representation.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3597 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3598
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3599 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{_Py_c_diff}{Py_complex left, Py_complex right}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3600 Return the difference between two complex numbers, using the C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3601 \ctype{Py_complex} representation.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3602 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3603
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3604 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{_Py_c_neg}{Py_complex complex}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3605 Return the negation of the complex number \var{complex}, using the C
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3606 \ctype{Py_complex} representation.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3607 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3608
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3609 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{_Py_c_prod}{Py_complex left, Py_complex right}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3610 Return the product of two complex numbers, using the C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3611 \ctype{Py_complex} representation.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3612 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3613
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3614 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{_Py_c_quot}{Py_complex dividend,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3615 Py_complex divisor}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3616 Return the quotient of two complex numbers, using the C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3617 \ctype{Py_complex} representation.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3618 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3619
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3620 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{_Py_c_pow}{Py_complex num, Py_complex exp}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3621 Return the exponentiation of \var{num} by \var{exp}, using the C
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3622 \ctype{Py_complex} representation.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3623 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3624
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3625
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3626 \subsubsection{Complex Numbers as Python Objects}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3627
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3628 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyComplexObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3629 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python complex number object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3630 \end{ctypedesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3631
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3632 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyComplex_Type}
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068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3633 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python complex
7269
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3634 number type.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3635 \end{cvardesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3636
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3637 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyComplex_Check}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3638 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyComplexObject}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3639 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3640
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3641 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyComplex_FromCComplex}{Py_complex v}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3642 Create a new Python complex number object from a C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3643 \ctype{Py_complex} value.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3644 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3645
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3646 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyComplex_FromDoubles}{double real, double imag}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3647 Returns a new \ctype{PyComplexObject} object from \var{real} and \var{imag}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3648 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3649
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3650 \begin{cfuncdesc}{double}{PyComplex_RealAsDouble}{PyObject *op}
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3651 Returns the real part of \var{op} as a C \ctype{double}.
5588
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
3652 \end{cfuncdesc}
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
3653
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3654 \begin{cfuncdesc}{double}{PyComplex_ImagAsDouble}{PyObject *op}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3655 Returns the imaginary part of \var{op} as a C \ctype{double}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3656 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3657
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3658 \begin{cfuncdesc}{Py_complex}{PyComplex_AsCComplex}{PyObject *op}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3659 Returns the \ctype{Py_complex} value of the complex number \var{op}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3660 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3661
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3662
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3663
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3664 \section{Other Objects \label{otherObjects}}
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3665
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3666 \subsection{File Objects \label{fileObjects}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3667
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3668 \obindex{file}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3669 Python's built-in file objects are implemented entirely on the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3670 \ctype{FILE*} support from the C standard library. This is an
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3671 implementation detail and may change in future releases of Python.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3672
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3673 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyFileObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3674 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents a Python file object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3675 \end{ctypedesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3676
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3677 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyFile_Type}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3678 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python file
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3679 type. This is exposed to Python programs as \code{types.FileType}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3680 \withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{FileType}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3681 \end{cvardesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3682
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3683 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyFile_Check}{PyObject *p}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3684 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyFileObject}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3685 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3686
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3687 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFile_FromString}{char *filename, char *mode}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3688 On success, returns a new file object that is opened on the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3689 file given by \var{filename}, with a file mode given by \var{mode},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3690 where \var{mode} has the same semantics as the standard C routine
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3691 \cfunction{fopen()}\ttindex{fopen()}. On failure, returns \NULL.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3692 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3693
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3694 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFile_FromFile}{FILE *fp,
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3695 char *name, char *mode,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3696 int (*close)(FILE*)}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3697 Creates a new \ctype{PyFileObject} from the already-open standard C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3698 file pointer, \var{fp}. The function \var{close} will be called when
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3699 the file should be closed. Returns \NULL{} on failure.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3700 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3701
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3702 \begin{cfuncdesc}{FILE*}{PyFile_AsFile}{PyFileObject *p}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3703 Returns the file object associated with \var{p} as a \ctype{FILE*}.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3704 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3705
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3706 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFile_GetLine}{PyObject *p, int n}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3707 Equivalent to \code{\var{p}.readline(\optional{\var{n}})}, this
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3708 function reads one line from the object \var{p}. \var{p} may be a
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3709 file object or any object with a \method{readline()} method. If
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3710 \var{n} is \code{0}, exactly one line is read, regardless of the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3711 length of the line. If \var{n} is greater than \code{0}, no more than
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3712 \var{n} bytes will be read from the file; a partial line can be
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3713 returned. In both cases, an empty string is returned if the end of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3714 the file is reached immediately. If \var{n} is less than \code{0},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3715 however, one line is read regardless of length, but
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3716 \exception{EOFError} is raised if the end of the file is reached
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3717 immediately.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3718 \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{EOFError}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3719 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3720
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3721 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFile_Name}{PyObject *p}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3722 Returns the name of the file specified by \var{p} as a string object.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3723 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3724
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3725 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyFile_SetBufSize}{PyFileObject *p, int n}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3726 Available on systems with \cfunction{setvbuf()}\ttindex{setvbuf()}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3727 only. This should only be called immediately after file object
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3728 creation.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3729 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3730
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3731 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyFile_SoftSpace}{PyObject *p, int newflag}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3732 This function exists for internal use by the interpreter.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3733 Sets the \member{softspace} attribute of \var{p} to \var{newflag} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3734 \withsubitem{(file attribute)}{\ttindex{softspace}}returns the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3735 previous value. \var{p} does not have to be a file object
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3736 for this function to work properly; any object is supported (thought
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3737 its only interesting if the \member{softspace} attribute can be set).
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3738 This function clears any errors, and will return \code{0} as the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3739 previous value if the attribute either does not exist or if there were
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3740 errors in retrieving it. There is no way to detect errors from this
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3741 function, but doing so should not be needed.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3742 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3743
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3744 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyFile_WriteObject}{PyObject *obj, PyFileObject *p,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3745 int flags}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3746 Writes object \var{obj} to file object \var{p}. The only supported
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3747 flag for \var{flags} is \constant{Py_PRINT_RAW}\ttindex{Py_PRINT_RAW};
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3748 if given, the \function{str()} of the object is written instead of the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3749 \function{repr()}. Returns \code{0} on success or \code{-1} on
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3750 failure; the appropriate exception will be set.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3751 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3752
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3753 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyFile_WriteString}{char *s, PyFileObject *p,
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3754 int flags}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3755 Writes string \var{s} to file object \var{p}. Returns \code{0} on
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3756 success or \code{-1} on failure; the appropriate exception will be
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3757 set.
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3758 \end{cfuncdesc}
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3759
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3760
16318
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3761 \subsection{Instance Objects \label{instanceObjects}}
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3762
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3763 \obindex{instance}
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3764 There are very few functions specific to instance objects.
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3765
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3766 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyInstance_Type}
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3767 Type object for class instances.
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3768 \end{cvardesc}
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3769
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3770 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyInstance_Check}{PyObject *obj}
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3771 Returns true if \var{obj} is an instance.
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3772 \end{cfuncdesc}
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3773
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3774 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyInstance_New}{PyObject *class,
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3775 PyObject *arg,
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3776 PyObject *kw}
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3777 Create a new instance of a specific class. The parameters \var{arg}
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3778 and \var{kw} are used as the positional and keyword parameters to
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3779 the object's constructor.
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3780 \end{cfuncdesc}
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3781
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3782 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyInstance_NewRaw}{PyObject *class,
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3783 PyObject *dict}
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3784 Create a new instance of a specific class without calling it's
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3785 constructor. \var{class} is the class of new object. The
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3786 \var{dict} parameter will be used as the object's \member{__dict__};
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3787 if \NULL, a new dictionary will be created for the instance.
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3788 \end{cfuncdesc}
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3789
17cac70cae76 Document the PyInstance_*() functions and data.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 16053
diff changeset
3790
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3791 \subsection{Module Objects \label{moduleObjects}}
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3792
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3793 \obindex{module}
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3794 There are only a few functions special to module objects.
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3795
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3796 \begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyModule_Type}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3797 This instance of \ctype{PyTypeObject} represents the Python module
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3798 type. This is exposed to Python programs as \code{types.ModuleType}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3799 \withsubitem{(in module types)}{\ttindex{ModuleType}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3800 \end{cvardesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3801
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3802 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyModule_Check}{PyObject *p}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3803 Returns true if its argument is a module object.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3804 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3805
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3806 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyModule_New}{char *name}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3807 Return a new module object with the \member{__name__} attribute set to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3808 \var{name}. Only the module's \member{__doc__} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3809 \member{__name__} attributes are filled in; the caller is responsible
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3810 for providing a \member{__file__} attribute.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3811 \withsubitem{(module attribute)}{
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3812 \ttindex{__name__}\ttindex{__doc__}\ttindex{__file__}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3813 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3814
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3815 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyModule_GetDict}{PyObject *module}
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3816 Return the dictionary object that implements \var{module}'s namespace;
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3817 this object is the same as the \member{__dict__} attribute of the
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3818 module object. This function never fails.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3819 \withsubitem{(module attribute)}{\ttindex{__dict__}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3820 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3821
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3822 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{PyModule_GetName}{PyObject *module}
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3823 Return \var{module}'s \member{__name__} value. If the module does not
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3824 provide one, or if it is not a string, \exception{SystemError} is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3825 raised and \NULL{} is returned.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3826 \withsubitem{(module attribute)}{\ttindex{__name__}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3827 \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{SystemError}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3828 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3829
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3830 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{PyModule_GetFilename}{PyObject *module}
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3831 Return the name of the file from which \var{module} was loaded using
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3832 \var{module}'s \member{__file__} attribute. If this is not defined,
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3833 or if it is not a string, raise \exception{SystemError} and return
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3834 \NULL.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3835 \withsubitem{(module attribute)}{\ttindex{__file__}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3836 \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{SystemError}}
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3837 \end{cfuncdesc}
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3838
14782
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3839 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyModule_AddObject}{PyObject *module,
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3840 char *name, PyObject *value}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3841 Add an object to \var{module} as \var{name}. This is a convenience
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3842 function which can be used from the module's initialization function.
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3843 This steals a reference to \var{value}. Returns \code{-1} on error,
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3844 \code{0} on success.
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3845 \versionadded{2.0}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3846 \end{cfuncdesc}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3847
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3848 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyModule_AddIntConstant}{PyObject *module,
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3849 char *name, int value}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3850 Add an integer constant to \var{module} as \var{name}. This convenience
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3851 function can be used from the module's initialization function.
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3852 Returns \code{-1} on error, \code{0} on success.
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3853 \versionadded{2.0}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3854 \end{cfuncdesc}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3855
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3856 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyModule_AddStringConstant}{PyObject *module,
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3857 char *name, char *value}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3858 Add a string constant to \var{module} as \var{name}. This convenience
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3859 function can be used from the module's initialization function. The
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3860 string \var{value} must be null-terminated. Returns \code{-1} on
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3861 error, \code{0} on success.
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3862 \versionadded{2.0}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3863 \end{cfuncdesc}
3c01f921c453 Added documentation for the new PyModule_*() convenience functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14769
diff changeset
3864
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3865
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3866 \subsection{CObjects \label{cObjects}}
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3867
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3868 \obindex{CObject}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3869 Refer to \emph{Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3870 section 1.12 (``Providing a C API for an Extension Module''), for more
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3871 information on using these objects.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3872
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3873
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3874 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyCObject}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3875 This subtype of \ctype{PyObject} represents an opaque value, useful for
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3876 C extension modules who need to pass an opaque value (as a
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3877 \ctype{void*} pointer) through Python code to other C code. It is
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3878 often used to make a C function pointer defined in one module
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3879 available to other modules, so the regular import mechanism can be
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3880 used to access C APIs defined in dynamically loaded modules.
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3881 \end{ctypedesc}
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3882
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3883 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyCObject_Check}{PyObject *p}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3884 Returns true if its argument is a \ctype{PyCObject}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3885 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3886
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3887 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyCObject_FromVoidPtr}{void* cobj,
15953
8349b4dfc51a Undoing the whitespace patches which sneaked into the earlier patch.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 15952
diff changeset
3888 void (*destr)(void *)}
12947
6b2ecd172203 Markup consistency nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12932
diff changeset
3889 Creates a \ctype{PyCObject} from the \code{void *}\var{cobj}. The
10851
fcb25335d6ae PyCObject_FromVoidPtr(): Clarify that the destr function will only be
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 10786
diff changeset
3890 \var{destr} function will be called when the object is reclaimed, unless
fcb25335d6ae PyCObject_FromVoidPtr(): Clarify that the destr function will only be
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 10786
diff changeset
3891 it is \NULL.
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3892 \end{cfuncdesc}
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3893
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3894 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyCObject_FromVoidPtrAndDesc}{void* cobj,
15953
8349b4dfc51a Undoing the whitespace patches which sneaked into the earlier patch.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 15952
diff changeset
3895 void* desc, void (*destr)(void *, void *) }
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3896 Creates a \ctype{PyCObject} from the \ctype{void *}\var{cobj}. The
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3897 \var{destr} function will be called when the object is reclaimed. The
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3898 \var{desc} argument can be used to pass extra callback data for the
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
3899 destructor function.
8109
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3900 \end{cfuncdesc}
2e49bc89fafa Filled in some more blanks, with the help of Drew Csillag.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8057
diff changeset
3901
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3902 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void*}{PyCObject_AsVoidPtr}{PyObject* self}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3903 Returns the object \ctype{void *} that the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3904 \ctype{PyCObject} \var{self} was created with.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3905 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3906
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3907 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void*}{PyCObject_GetDesc}{PyObject* self}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3908 Returns the description \ctype{void *} that the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3909 \ctype{PyCObject} \var{self} was created with.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3910 \end{cfuncdesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3911
7269
682d3e5b267f Reorganized a bit. No changed content.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7268
diff changeset
3912
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3913 \chapter{Initialization, Finalization, and Threads
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
3914 \label{initialization}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3915
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3916 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_Initialize}{}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3917 Initialize the Python interpreter. In an application embedding
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3918 Python, this should be called before using any other Python/C API
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3919 functions; with the exception of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3920 \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()}\ttindex{Py_SetProgramName()},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3921 \cfunction{PyEval_InitThreads()}\ttindex{PyEval_InitThreads()},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3922 \cfunction{PyEval_ReleaseLock()}\ttindex{PyEval_ReleaseLock()},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3923 and \cfunction{PyEval_AcquireLock()}\ttindex{PyEval_AcquireLock()}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3924 This initializes the table of loaded modules (\code{sys.modules}), and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3925 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{modules}\ttindex{path}}creates the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3926 fundamental modules \module{__builtin__}\refbimodindex{__builtin__},
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3927 \module{__main__}\refbimodindex{__main__} and
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3928 \module{sys}\refbimodindex{sys}. It also initializes the module
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3929 search\indexiii{module}{search}{path} path (\code{sys.path}).
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3930 It does not set \code{sys.argv}; use
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3931 \cfunction{PySys_SetArgv()}\ttindex{PySys_SetArgv()} for that. This
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3932 is a no-op when called for a second time (without calling
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3933 \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}\ttindex{Py_Finalize()} first). There is no
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3934 return value; it is a fatal error if the initialization fails.
6382
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
3935 \end{cfuncdesc}
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
3936
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
3937 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{Py_IsInitialized}{}
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
3938 Return true (nonzero) when the Python interpreter has been
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3939 initialized, false (zero) if not. After \cfunction{Py_Finalize()} is
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3940 called, this returns false until \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} is called
6382
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
3941 again.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3942 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3943
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3944 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_Finalize}{}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3945 Undo all initializations made by \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} and
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3946 subsequent use of Python/C API functions, and destroy all
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3947 sub-interpreters (see \cfunction{Py_NewInterpreter()} below) that were
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3948 created and not yet destroyed since the last call to
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3949 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}. Ideally, this frees all memory allocated
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3950 by the Python interpreter. This is a no-op when called for a second
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3951 time (without calling \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} again first). There
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3952 is no return value; errors during finalization are ignored.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3953
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3954 This function is provided for a number of reasons. An embedding
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3955 application might want to restart Python without having to restart the
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3956 application itself. An application that has loaded the Python
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3957 interpreter from a dynamically loadable library (or DLL) might want to
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3958 free all memory allocated by Python before unloading the DLL. During a
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3959 hunt for memory leaks in an application a developer might want to free
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3960 all memory allocated by Python before exiting from the application.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3961
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3962 \strong{Bugs and caveats:} The destruction of modules and objects in
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3963 modules is done in random order; this may cause destructors
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3964 (\method{__del__()} methods) to fail when they depend on other objects
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3965 (even functions) or modules. Dynamically loaded extension modules
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3966 loaded by Python are not unloaded. Small amounts of memory allocated
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3967 by the Python interpreter may not be freed (if you find a leak, please
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3968 report it). Memory tied up in circular references between objects is
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3969 not freed. Some memory allocated by extension modules may not be
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3970 freed. Some extension may not work properly if their initialization
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3971 routine is called more than once; this can happen if an applcation
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3972 calls \cfunction{Py_Initialize()} and \cfunction{Py_Finalize()} more
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
3973 than once.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3974 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3975
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
3976 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{Py_NewInterpreter}{}
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3977 Create a new sub-interpreter. This is an (almost) totally separate
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3978 environment for the execution of Python code. In particular, the new
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3979 interpreter has separate, independent versions of all imported
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3980 modules, including the fundamental modules
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3981 \module{__builtin__}\refbimodindex{__builtin__},
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3982 \module{__main__}\refbimodindex{__main__} and
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3983 \module{sys}\refbimodindex{sys}. The table of loaded modules
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3984 (\code{sys.modules}) and the module search path (\code{sys.path}) are
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3985 also separate. The new environment has no \code{sys.argv} variable.
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3986 It has new standard I/O stream file objects \code{sys.stdin},
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
3987 \code{sys.stdout} and \code{sys.stderr} (however these refer to the
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3988 same underlying \ctype{FILE} structures in the C library).
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3989 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
3990 \ttindex{stdout}\ttindex{stderr}\ttindex{stdin}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3991
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3992 The return value points to the first thread state created in the new
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3993 sub-interpreter. This thread state is made the current thread state.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3994 Note that no actual thread is created; see the discussion of thread
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3995 states below. If creation of the new interpreter is unsuccessful,
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
3996 \NULL{} is returned; no exception is set since the exception state
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3997 is stored in the current thread state and there may not be a current
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3998 thread state. (Like all other Python/C API functions, the global
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
3999 interpreter lock must be held before calling this function and is
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4000 still held when it returns; however, unlike most other Python/C API
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4001 functions, there needn't be a current thread state on entry.)
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4002
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4003 Extension modules are shared between (sub-)interpreters as follows:
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4004 the first time a particular extension is imported, it is initialized
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4005 normally, and a (shallow) copy of its module's dictionary is
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4006 squirreled away. When the same extension is imported by another
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4007 (sub-)interpreter, a new module is initialized and filled with the
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4008 contents of this copy; the extension's \code{init} function is not
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4009 called. Note that this is different from what happens when an
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4010 extension is imported after the interpreter has been completely
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4011 re-initialized by calling
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4012 \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}\ttindex{Py_Finalize()} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4013 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}\ttindex{Py_Initialize()}; in that case,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4014 the extension's \code{init\var{module}} function \emph{is} called
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4015 again.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4016
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4017 \strong{Bugs and caveats:} Because sub-interpreters (and the main
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4018 interpreter) are part of the same process, the insulation between them
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4019 isn't perfect --- for example, using low-level file operations like
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4020 \withsubitem{(in module os)}{\ttindex{close()}}
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
4021 \function{os.close()} they can (accidentally or maliciously) affect each
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4022 other's open files. Because of the way extensions are shared between
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4023 (sub-)interpreters, some extensions may not work properly; this is
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4024 especially likely when the extension makes use of (static) global
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4025 variables, or when the extension manipulates its module's dictionary
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4026 after its initialization. It is possible to insert objects created in
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4027 one sub-interpreter into a namespace of another sub-interpreter; this
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4028 should be done with great care to avoid sharing user-defined
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4029 functions, methods, instances or classes between sub-interpreters,
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4030 since import operations executed by such objects may affect the
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4031 wrong (sub-)interpreter's dictionary of loaded modules. (XXX This is
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4032 a hard-to-fix bug that will be addressed in a future release.)
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4033 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4034
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
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parents: 6040
diff changeset
4035 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_EndInterpreter}{PyThreadState *tstate}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4036 Destroy the (sub-)interpreter represented by the given thread state.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4037 The given thread state must be the current thread state. See the
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4038 discussion of thread states below. When the call returns, the current
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4039 thread state is \NULL{}. All thread states associated with this
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4040 interpreted are destroyed. (The global interpreter lock must be held
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4041 before calling this function and is still held when it returns.)
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4042 \cfunction{Py_Finalize()}\ttindex{Py_Finalize()} will destroy all
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4043 sub-interpreters that haven't been explicitly destroyed at that point.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4044 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4045
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4046 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{Py_SetProgramName}{char *name}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4047 This function should be called before
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4048 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}\ttindex{Py_Initialize()} is called
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4049 for the first time, if it is called at all. It tells the interpreter
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4050 the value of the \code{argv[0]} argument to the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4051 \cfunction{main()}\ttindex{main()} function of the program. This is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4052 used by \cfunction{Py_GetPath()}\ttindex{Py_GetPath()} and some other
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4053 functions below to find the Python run-time libraries relative to the
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4054 interpreter executable. The default value is \code{'python'}. The
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4055 argument should point to a zero-terminated character string in static
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4056 storage whose contents will not change for the duration of the
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4057 program's execution. No code in the Python interpreter will change
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4058 the contents of this storage.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4059 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4060
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4061 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{Py_GetProgramName}{}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4062 Return the program name set with
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4063 \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()}\ttindex{Py_SetProgramName()}, or the
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4064 default. The returned string points into static storage; the caller
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4065 should not modify its value.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4066 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4067
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4068 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{Py_GetPrefix}{}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4069 Return the \emph{prefix} for installed platform-independent files. This
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4070 is derived through a number of complicated rules from the program name
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4071 set with \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()} and some environment variables;
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4072 for example, if the program name is \code{'/usr/local/bin/python'},
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4073 the prefix is \code{'/usr/local'}. The returned string points into
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4074 static storage; the caller should not modify its value. This
8021
3b91affa333e In descriptions of Py_GetPrefix() and Py_GetExecPrefix(), make sure the
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7923
diff changeset
4075 corresponds to the \makevar{prefix} variable in the top-level
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4076 \file{Makefile} and the \longprogramopt{prefix} argument to the
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4077 \program{configure} script at build time. The value is available to
7081
0baa2ab42ee9 Consistency:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7071
diff changeset
4078 Python code as \code{sys.prefix}. It is only useful on \UNIX{}. See
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4079 also the next function.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4080 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4081
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4082 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{Py_GetExecPrefix}{}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4083 Return the \emph{exec-prefix} for installed platform-\emph{de}pendent
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4084 files. This is derived through a number of complicated rules from the
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4085 program name set with \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()} and some environment
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4086 variables; for example, if the program name is
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4087 \code{'/usr/local/bin/python'}, the exec-prefix is
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4088 \code{'/usr/local'}. The returned string points into static storage;
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4089 the caller should not modify its value. This corresponds to the
8021
3b91affa333e In descriptions of Py_GetPrefix() and Py_GetExecPrefix(), make sure the
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7923
diff changeset
4090 \makevar{exec_prefix} variable in the top-level \file{Makefile} and the
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4091 \longprogramopt{exec-prefix} argument to the
11453
a05a05602902 Missed a couple of program options that had been marked by \code.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11451
diff changeset
4092 \program{configure} script at build time. The value is available to
a05a05602902 Missed a couple of program options that had been marked by \code.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11451
diff changeset
4093 Python code as \code{sys.exec_prefix}. It is only useful on \UNIX{}.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4094
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4095 Background: The exec-prefix differs from the prefix when platform
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4096 dependent files (such as executables and shared libraries) are
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4097 installed in a different directory tree. In a typical installation,
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4098 platform dependent files may be installed in the
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4099 \file{/usr/local/plat} subtree while platform independent may be
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4100 installed in \file{/usr/local}.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4101
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4102 Generally speaking, a platform is a combination of hardware and
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4103 software families, e.g. Sparc machines running the Solaris 2.x
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4104 operating system are considered the same platform, but Intel machines
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4105 running Solaris 2.x are another platform, and Intel machines running
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4106 Linux are yet another platform. Different major revisions of the same
7081
0baa2ab42ee9 Consistency:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7071
diff changeset
4107 operating system generally also form different platforms. Non-\UNIX{}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4108 operating systems are a different story; the installation strategies
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4109 on those systems are so different that the prefix and exec-prefix are
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4110 meaningless, and set to the empty string. Note that compiled Python
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4111 bytecode files are platform independent (but not independent from the
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4112 Python version by which they were compiled!).
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4113
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4114 System administrators will know how to configure the \program{mount} or
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4115 \program{automount} programs to share \file{/usr/local} between platforms
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4116 while having \file{/usr/local/plat} be a different filesystem for each
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4117 platform.
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4118 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4119
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4120 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{Py_GetProgramFullPath}{}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4121 Return the full program name of the Python executable; this is
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4122 computed as a side-effect of deriving the default module search path
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4123 from the program name (set by
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4124 \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()}\ttindex{Py_SetProgramName()} above).
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4125 The returned string points into static storage; the caller should not
6041
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4126 modify its value. The value is available to Python code as
6382
16cd39805fd5 Checkpoint. Added docs for the new exception handling APIs and for
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6126
diff changeset
4127 \code{sys.executable}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4128 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{executable}}
6041
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4129 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4130
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
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parents: 7708
diff changeset
4131 \begin{cfuncdesc}{char*}{Py_GetPath}{}
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
4132 \indexiii{module}{search}{path}
6041
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4133 Return the default module search path; this is computed from the
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4134 program name (set by \cfunction{Py_SetProgramName()} above) and some
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4135 environment variables. The returned string consists of a series of
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4136 directory names separated by a platform dependent delimiter character.
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
4137 The delimiter character is \character{:} on \UNIX{}, \character{;} on
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4138 DOS/Windows, and \character{\e n} (the \ASCII{} newline character) on
7271
0061d3916ae4 "ASCII" --> "\ASCII{}"
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7269
diff changeset
4139 Macintosh. The returned string points into static storage; the caller
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4140 should not modify its value. The value is available to Python code
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4141 as the list \code{sys.path}\withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{path}},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4142 which may be modified to change the future search path for loaded
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4143 modules.
6041
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4144
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4145 % XXX should give the exact rules
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4146 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4147
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4148 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetVersion}{}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4149 Return the version of this Python interpreter. This is a string that
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4150 looks something like
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4151
6074
5e5e54a6dba6 Fixes to make it pass latex without complaints.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6041
diff changeset
4152 \begin{verbatim}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4153 "1.5 (#67, Dec 31 1997, 22:34:28) [GCC 2.7.2.2]"
6074
5e5e54a6dba6 Fixes to make it pass latex without complaints.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6041
diff changeset
4154 \end{verbatim}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4155
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4156 The first word (up to the first space character) is the current Python
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4157 version; the first three characters are the major and minor version
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4158 separated by a period. The returned string points into static storage;
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4159 the caller should not modify its value. The value is available to
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4160 Python code as the list \code{sys.version}.
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4161 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{version}}
6041
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4162 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4163
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4164 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetPlatform}{}
7081
0baa2ab42ee9 Consistency:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7071
diff changeset
4165 Return the platform identifier for the current platform. On \UNIX{},
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4166 this is formed from the ``official'' name of the operating system,
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4167 converted to lower case, followed by the major revision number; e.g.,
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4168 for Solaris 2.x, which is also known as SunOS 5.x, the value is
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4169 \code{'sunos5'}. On Macintosh, it is \code{'mac'}. On Windows, it
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4170 is \code{'win'}. The returned string points into static storage;
6041
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4171 the caller should not modify its value. The value is available to
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4172 Python code as \code{sys.platform}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4173 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{platform}}
6041
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4174 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4175
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4176 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetCopyright}{}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4177 Return the official copyright string for the current Python version,
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4178 for example
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4179
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4180 \code{'Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam'}
6041
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4181
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4182 The returned string points into static storage; the caller should not
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4183 modify its value. The value is available to Python code as the list
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4184 \code{sys.copyright}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4185 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{copyright}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4186 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4187
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4188 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetCompiler}{}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4189 Return an indication of the compiler used to build the current Python
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4190 version, in square brackets, for example:
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4191
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4192 \begin{verbatim}
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4193 "[GCC 2.7.2.2]"
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4194 \end{verbatim}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4195
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4196 The returned string points into static storage; the caller should not
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4197 modify its value. The value is available to Python code as part of
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4198 the variable \code{sys.version}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4199 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{version}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4200 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4201
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4202 \begin{cfuncdesc}{const char*}{Py_GetBuildInfo}{}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4203 Return information about the sequence number and build date and time
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4204 of the current Python interpreter instance, for example
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4205
6074
5e5e54a6dba6 Fixes to make it pass latex without complaints.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6041
diff changeset
4206 \begin{verbatim}
5e5e54a6dba6 Fixes to make it pass latex without complaints.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6041
diff changeset
4207 "#67, Aug 1 1997, 22:34:28"
5e5e54a6dba6 Fixes to make it pass latex without complaints.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6041
diff changeset
4208 \end{verbatim}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4209
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4210 The returned string points into static storage; the caller should not
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4211 modify its value. The value is available to Python code as part of
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4212 the variable \code{sys.version}.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4213 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{version}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4214 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4215
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4216 \begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PySys_SetArgv}{int argc, char **argv}
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4217 Set \code{sys.argv} based on \var{argc} and \var{argv}. These
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4218 parameters are similar to those passed to the program's
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4219 \cfunction{main()}\ttindex{main()} function with the difference that
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4220 the first entry should refer to the script file to be executed rather
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4221 than the executable hosting the Python interpreter. If there isn't a
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4222 script that will be run, the first entry in \var{argv} can be an empty
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4223 string. If this function fails to initialize \code{sys.argv}, a fatal
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4224 condition is signalled using
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4225 \cfunction{Py_FatalError()}\ttindex{Py_FatalError()}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4226 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{argv}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4227 % XXX impl. doesn't seem consistent in allowing 0/NULL for the params;
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4228 % check w/ Guido.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4229 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4230
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4231 % XXX Other PySys thingies (doesn't really belong in this chapter)
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4232
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
4233 \section{Thread State and the Global Interpreter Lock
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
4234 \label{threads}}
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4235
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4236 \index{global interpreter lock}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4237 \index{interpreter lock}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4238 \index{lock, interpreter}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4239
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4240 The Python interpreter is not fully thread safe. In order to support
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4241 multi-threaded Python programs, there's a global lock that must be
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4242 held by the current thread before it can safely access Python objects.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4243 Without the lock, even the simplest operations could cause problems in
7422
2d508822e7f6 Fixed typo reported by Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@imag.fr>.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7314
diff changeset
4244 a multi-threaded program: for example, when two threads simultaneously
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4245 increment the reference count of the same object, the reference count
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4246 could end up being incremented only once instead of twice.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4247
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4248 Therefore, the rule exists that only the thread that has acquired the
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4249 global interpreter lock may operate on Python objects or call Python/C
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4250 API functions. In order to support multi-threaded Python programs,
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4251 the interpreter regularly releases and reacquires the lock --- by
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4252 default, every ten bytecode instructions (this can be changed with
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4253 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{setcheckinterval()}}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4254 \function{sys.setcheckinterval()}). The lock is also released and
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4255 reacquired around potentially blocking I/O operations like reading or
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4256 writing a file, so that other threads can run while the thread that
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4257 requests the I/O is waiting for the I/O operation to complete.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4258
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4259 The Python interpreter needs to keep some bookkeeping information
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4260 separate per thread --- for this it uses a data structure called
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4261 \ctype{PyThreadState}\ttindex{PyThreadState}. This is new in Python
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4262 1.5; in earlier versions, such state was stored in global variables,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4263 and switching threads could cause problems. In particular, exception
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4264 handling is now thread safe, when the application uses
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4265 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{exc_info()}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4266 \function{sys.exc_info()} to access the exception last raised in the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4267 current thread.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4268
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4269 There's one global variable left, however: the pointer to the current
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4270 \ctype{PyThreadState}\ttindex{PyThreadState} structure. While most
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4271 thread packages have a way to store ``per-thread global data,''
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4272 Python's internal platform independent thread abstraction doesn't
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4273 support this yet. Therefore, the current thread state must be
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4274 manipulated explicitly.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4275
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4276 This is easy enough in most cases. Most code manipulating the global
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4277 interpreter lock has the following simple structure:
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4278
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4279 \begin{verbatim}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4280 Save the thread state in a local variable.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4281 Release the interpreter lock.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4282 ...Do some blocking I/O operation...
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4283 Reacquire the interpreter lock.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4284 Restore the thread state from the local variable.
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4285 \end{verbatim}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4286
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4287 This is so common that a pair of macros exists to simplify it:
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4288
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4289 \begin{verbatim}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4290 Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4291 ...Do some blocking I/O operation...
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4292 Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4293 \end{verbatim}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4294
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4295 The \code{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS}\ttindex{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS} macro
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4296 opens a new block and declares a hidden local variable; the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4297 \code{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS}\ttindex{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS} macro closes
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4298 the block. Another advantage of using these two macros is that when
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4299 Python is compiled without thread support, they are defined empty,
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4300 thus saving the thread state and lock manipulations.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4301
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4302 When thread support is enabled, the block above expands to the
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4303 following code:
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4304
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4305 \begin{verbatim}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4306 PyThreadState *_save;
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4307
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4308 _save = PyEval_SaveThread();
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4309 ...Do some blocking I/O operation...
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4310 PyEval_RestoreThread(_save);
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4311 \end{verbatim}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4312
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4313 Using even lower level primitives, we can get roughly the same effect
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4314 as follows:
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4315
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4316 \begin{verbatim}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4317 PyThreadState *_save;
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4318
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4319 _save = PyThreadState_Swap(NULL);
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4320 PyEval_ReleaseLock();
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4321 ...Do some blocking I/O operation...
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4322 PyEval_AcquireLock();
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4323 PyThreadState_Swap(_save);
6417
4491f84ac223 Change title to {Python/C API Reference Manual}; remove \bcode \ecode
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6390
diff changeset
4324 \end{verbatim}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4325
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4326 There are some subtle differences; in particular,
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4327 \cfunction{PyEval_RestoreThread()}\ttindex{PyEval_RestoreThread()} saves
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4328 and restores the value of the global variable
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4329 \cdata{errno}\ttindex{errno}, since the lock manipulation does not
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
4330 guarantee that \cdata{errno} is left alone. Also, when thread support
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4331 is disabled,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4332 \cfunction{PyEval_SaveThread()}\ttindex{PyEval_SaveThread()} and
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4333 \cfunction{PyEval_RestoreThread()} don't manipulate the lock; in this
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4334 case, \cfunction{PyEval_ReleaseLock()}\ttindex{PyEval_ReleaseLock()} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4335 \cfunction{PyEval_AcquireLock()}\ttindex{PyEval_AcquireLock()} are not
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4336 available. This is done so that dynamically loaded extensions
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4337 compiled with thread support enabled can be loaded by an interpreter
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4338 that was compiled with disabled thread support.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4339
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4340 The global interpreter lock is used to protect the pointer to the
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4341 current thread state. When releasing the lock and saving the thread
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4342 state, the current thread state pointer must be retrieved before the
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4343 lock is released (since another thread could immediately acquire the
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4344 lock and store its own thread state in the global variable).
14926
76c1e40c5c5d Reversely --> Conversely
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14870
diff changeset
4345 Conversely, when acquiring the lock and restoring the thread state,
76c1e40c5c5d Reversely --> Conversely
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14870
diff changeset
4346 the lock must be acquired before storing the thread state pointer.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4347
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4348 Why am I going on with so much detail about this? Because when
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4349 threads are created from C, they don't have the global interpreter
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4350 lock, nor is there a thread state data structure for them. Such
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4351 threads must bootstrap themselves into existence, by first creating a
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4352 thread state data structure, then acquiring the lock, and finally
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4353 storing their thread state pointer, before they can start using the
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4354 Python/C API. When they are done, they should reset the thread state
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4355 pointer, release the lock, and finally free their thread state data
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4356 structure.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4357
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4358 When creating a thread data structure, you need to provide an
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4359 interpreter state data structure. The interpreter state data
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4360 structure hold global data that is shared by all threads in an
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4361 interpreter, for example the module administration
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4362 (\code{sys.modules}). Depending on your needs, you can either create
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4363 a new interpreter state data structure, or share the interpreter state
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4364 data structure used by the Python main thread (to access the latter,
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
4365 you must obtain the thread state and access its \member{interp} member;
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4366 this must be done by a thread that is created by Python or by the main
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4367 thread after Python is initialized).
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4368
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4369
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4370 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyInterpreterState}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4371 This data structure represents the state shared by a number of
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4372 cooperating threads. Threads belonging to the same interpreter
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4373 share their module administration and a few other internal items.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4374 There are no public members in this structure.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4375
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4376 Threads belonging to different interpreters initially share nothing,
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4377 except process state like available memory, open file descriptors and
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4378 such. The global interpreter lock is also shared by all threads,
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4379 regardless of to which interpreter they belong.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4380 \end{ctypedesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4381
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4382 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyThreadState}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4383 This data structure represents the state of a single thread. The only
8120
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
4384 public data member is \ctype{PyInterpreterState *}\member{interp},
068fea15cbcd Convert recent additions to use new, "logical" markup.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 8109
diff changeset
4385 which points to this thread's interpreter state.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4386 \end{ctypedesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4387
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4388 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_InitThreads}{}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4389 Initialize and acquire the global interpreter lock. It should be
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4390 called in the main thread before creating a second thread or engaging
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4391 in any other thread operations such as
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4392 \cfunction{PyEval_ReleaseLock()}\ttindex{PyEval_ReleaseLock()} or
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4393 \code{PyEval_ReleaseThread(\var{tstate})}\ttindex{PyEval_ReleaseThread()}.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4394 It is not needed before calling
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4395 \cfunction{PyEval_SaveThread()}\ttindex{PyEval_SaveThread()} or
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4396 \cfunction{PyEval_RestoreThread()}\ttindex{PyEval_RestoreThread()}.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4397
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4398 This is a no-op when called for a second time. It is safe to call
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4399 this function before calling
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4400 \cfunction{Py_Initialize()}\ttindex{Py_Initialize()}.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4401
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4402 When only the main thread exists, no lock operations are needed. This
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4403 is a common situation (most Python programs do not use threads), and
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4404 the lock operations slow the interpreter down a bit. Therefore, the
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4405 lock is not created initially. This situation is equivalent to having
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4406 acquired the lock: when there is only a single thread, all object
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4407 accesses are safe. Therefore, when this function initializes the
7310
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
4408 lock, it also acquires it. Before the Python
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
4409 \module{thread}\refbimodindex{thread} module creates a new thread,
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
4410 knowing that either it has the lock or the lock hasn't been created
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
4411 yet, it calls \cfunction{PyEval_InitThreads()}. When this call
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
4412 returns, it is guaranteed that the lock has been created and that it
6095a472f574 Place C typedef for Py_complex after brief description, to be more consistent
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7309
diff changeset
4413 has acquired it.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4414
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4415 It is \strong{not} safe to call this function when it is unknown which
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4416 thread (if any) currently has the global interpreter lock.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4417
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4418 This function is not available when thread support is disabled at
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4419 compile time.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4420 \end{cfuncdesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4421
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4422 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_AcquireLock}{}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4423 Acquire the global interpreter lock. The lock must have been created
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4424 earlier. If this thread already has the lock, a deadlock ensues.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4425 This function is not available when thread support is disabled at
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4426 compile time.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4427 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4428
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4429 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_ReleaseLock}{}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4430 Release the global interpreter lock. The lock must have been created
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4431 earlier. This function is not available when thread support is
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4432 disabled at compile time.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4433 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4434
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4435 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_AcquireThread}{PyThreadState *tstate}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4436 Acquire the global interpreter lock and then set the current thread
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4437 state to \var{tstate}, which should not be \NULL{}. The lock must
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4438 have been created earlier. If this thread already has the lock,
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4439 deadlock ensues. This function is not available when thread support
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4440 is disabled at compile time.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4441 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4442
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4443 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_ReleaseThread}{PyThreadState *tstate}
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4444 Reset the current thread state to \NULL{} and release the global
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4445 interpreter lock. The lock must have been created earlier and must be
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4446 held by the current thread. The \var{tstate} argument, which must not
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4447 be \NULL{}, is only used to check that it represents the current
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4448 thread state --- if it isn't, a fatal error is reported. This
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4449 function is not available when thread support is disabled at compile
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4450 time.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4451 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4452
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4453 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{PyEval_SaveThread}{}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4454 Release the interpreter lock (if it has been created and thread
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4455 support is enabled) and reset the thread state to \NULL{},
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4456 returning the previous thread state (which is not \NULL{}). If
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4457 the lock has been created, the current thread must have acquired it.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4458 (This function is available even when thread support is disabled at
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4459 compile time.)
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4460 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4461
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4462 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyEval_RestoreThread}{PyThreadState *tstate}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4463 Acquire the interpreter lock (if it has been created and thread
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4464 support is enabled) and set the thread state to \var{tstate}, which
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4465 must not be \NULL{}. If the lock has been created, the current
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4466 thread must not have acquired it, otherwise deadlock ensues. (This
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4467 function is available even when thread support is disabled at compile
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4468 time.)
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4469 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4470
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4471 The following macros are normally used without a trailing semicolon;
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4472 look for example usage in the Python source distribution.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4473
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4474 \begin{csimplemacrodesc}{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4475 This macro expands to
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4476 \samp{\{ PyThreadState *_save; _save = PyEval_SaveThread();}.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4477 Note that it contains an opening brace; it must be matched with a
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4478 following \code{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS} macro. See above for further
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4479 discussion of this macro. It is a no-op when thread support is
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4480 disabled at compile time.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4481 \end{csimplemacrodesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4482
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4483 \begin{csimplemacrodesc}{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4484 This macro expands to
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4485 \samp{PyEval_RestoreThread(_save); \}}.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4486 Note that it contains a closing brace; it must be matched with an
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4487 earlier \code{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS} macro. See above for further
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4488 discussion of this macro. It is a no-op when thread support is
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4489 disabled at compile time.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4490 \end{csimplemacrodesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4491
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4492 \begin{csimplemacrodesc}{Py_BEGIN_BLOCK_THREADS}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4493 This macro expands to \samp{PyEval_RestoreThread(_save);} i.e. it
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4494 is equivalent to \code{Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS} without the closing
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4495 brace. It is a no-op when thread support is disabled at compile
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4496 time.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4497 \end{csimplemacrodesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4498
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4499 \begin{csimplemacrodesc}{Py_BEGIN_UNBLOCK_THREADS}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4500 This macro expands to \samp{_save = PyEval_SaveThread();} i.e. it is
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4501 equivalent to \code{Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS} without the opening brace
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4502 and variable declaration. It is a no-op when thread support is
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4503 disabled at compile time.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4504 \end{csimplemacrodesc}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4505
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4506 All of the following functions are only available when thread support
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4507 is enabled at compile time, and must be called only when the
7314
d23bb969e63a Removed various "(New in 1.5a?!)" constructs. Other notes pertaining to
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7310
diff changeset
4508 interpreter lock has been created.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4509
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4510 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyInterpreterState*}{PyInterpreterState_New}{}
8881
febca6b1827d Clarify that the Python interpreter lock need *not* be held by
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8782
diff changeset
4511 Create a new interpreter state object. The interpreter lock need not
febca6b1827d Clarify that the Python interpreter lock need *not* be held by
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8782
diff changeset
4512 be held, but may be held if it is necessary to serialize calls to this
febca6b1827d Clarify that the Python interpreter lock need *not* be held by
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8782
diff changeset
4513 function.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4514 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4515
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4516 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyInterpreterState_Clear}{PyInterpreterState *interp}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4517 Reset all information in an interpreter state object. The interpreter
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4518 lock must be held.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4519 \end{cfuncdesc}
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Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4520
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4521 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyInterpreterState_Delete}{PyInterpreterState *interp}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4522 Destroy an interpreter state object. The interpreter lock need not be
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4523 held. The interpreter state must have been reset with a previous
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4524 call to \cfunction{PyInterpreterState_Clear()}.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4525 \end{cfuncdesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4526
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4527 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{PyThreadState_New}{PyInterpreterState *interp}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4528 Create a new thread state object belonging to the given interpreter
8881
febca6b1827d Clarify that the Python interpreter lock need *not* be held by
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8782
diff changeset
4529 object. The interpreter lock need not be held, but may be held if it
febca6b1827d Clarify that the Python interpreter lock need *not* be held by
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8782
diff changeset
4530 is necessary to serialize calls to this function.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4531 \end{cfuncdesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4532
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4533 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyThreadState_Clear}{PyThreadState *tstate}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4534 Reset all information in a thread state object. The interpreter lock
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4535 must be held.
6041
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4536 \end{cfuncdesc}
a9e1ea80ea3f Added more stuff on initialization (still rudimentary)
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6040
diff changeset
4537
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4538 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyThreadState_Delete}{PyThreadState *tstate}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4539 Destroy a thread state object. The interpreter lock need not be
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4540 held. The thread state must have been reset with a previous
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4541 call to \cfunction{PyThreadState_Clear()}.
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4542 \end{cfuncdesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4543
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4544 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{PyThreadState_Get}{}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4545 Return the current thread state. The interpreter lock must be held.
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4546 When the current thread state is \NULL{}, this issues a fatal
6991
f349bf0e9322 A whole bunch of typos fixed by Andrew Kuchling.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6653
diff changeset
4547 error (so that the caller needn't check for \NULL{}).
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4548 \end{cfuncdesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4549
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4550 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyThreadState*}{PyThreadState_Swap}{PyThreadState *tstate}
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4551 Swap the current thread state with the thread state given by the
6653
c6c1d133677a Several changes, e.g. restructuring of the intro to be closer to what
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6480
diff changeset
4552 argument \var{tstate}, which may be \NULL{}. The interpreter lock
6390
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4553 must be held.
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4554 \end{cfuncdesc}
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4555
a2df3c9e5f43 Done with tread state descriptions. Sigh!
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 6382
diff changeset
4556
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4557 \chapter{Memory Management \label{memory}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4558 \sectionauthor{Vladimir Marangozov}{Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4559
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4560
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4561 \section{Overview \label{memoryOverview}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4562
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4563 Memory management in Python involves a private heap containing all
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4564 Python objects and data structures. The management of this private
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4565 heap is ensured internally by the \emph{Python memory manager}. The
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4566 Python memory manager has different components which deal with various
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4567 dynamic storage management aspects, like sharing, segmentation,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4568 preallocation or caching.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4569
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4570 At the lowest level, a raw memory allocator ensures that there is
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4571 enough room in the private heap for storing all Python-related data
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4572 by interacting with the memory manager of the operating system. On top
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4573 of the raw memory allocator, several object-specific allocators
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4574 operate on the same heap and implement distinct memory management
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4575 policies adapted to the peculiarities of every object type. For
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4576 example, integer objects are managed differently within the heap than
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4577 strings, tuples or dictionaries because integers imply different
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4578 storage requirements and speed/space tradeoffs. The Python memory
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4579 manager thus delegates some of the work to the object-specific
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4580 allocators, but ensures that the latter operate within the bounds of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4581 the private heap.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4582
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4583 It is important to understand that the management of the Python heap
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4584 is performed by the interpreter itself and that the user has no
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4585 control on it, even if she regularly manipulates object pointers to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4586 memory blocks inside that heap. The allocation of heap space for
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4587 Python objects and other internal buffers is performed on demand by
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4588 the Python memory manager through the Python/C API functions listed in
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4589 this document.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4590
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4591 To avoid memory corruption, extension writers should never try to
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4592 operate on Python objects with the functions exported by the C
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4593 library: \cfunction{malloc()}\ttindex{malloc()},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4594 \cfunction{calloc()}\ttindex{calloc()},
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4595 \cfunction{realloc()}\ttindex{realloc()} and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4596 \cfunction{free()}\ttindex{free()}. This will result in
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4597 mixed calls between the C allocator and the Python memory manager
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4598 with fatal consequences, because they implement different algorithms
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4599 and operate on different heaps. However, one may safely allocate and
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4600 release memory blocks with the C library allocator for individual
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4601 purposes, as shown in the following example:
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4602
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4603 \begin{verbatim}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4604 PyObject *res;
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4605 char *buf = (char *) malloc(BUFSIZ); /* for I/O */
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4606
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4607 if (buf == NULL)
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4608 return PyErr_NoMemory();
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4609 ...Do some I/O operation involving buf...
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4610 res = PyString_FromString(buf);
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4611 free(buf); /* malloc'ed */
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4612 return res;
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4613 \end{verbatim}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4614
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4615 In this example, the memory request for the I/O buffer is handled by
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4616 the C library allocator. The Python memory manager is involved only
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4617 in the allocation of the string object returned as a result.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4618
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4619 In most situations, however, it is recommended to allocate memory from
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4620 the Python heap specifically because the latter is under control of
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4621 the Python memory manager. For example, this is required when the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4622 interpreter is extended with new object types written in C. Another
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4623 reason for using the Python heap is the desire to \emph{inform} the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4624 Python memory manager about the memory needs of the extension module.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4625 Even when the requested memory is used exclusively for internal,
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4626 highly-specific purposes, delegating all memory requests to the Python
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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4627 memory manager causes the interpreter to have a more accurate image of
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4628 its memory footprint as a whole. Consequently, under certain
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4629 circumstances, the Python memory manager may or may not trigger
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4630 appropriate actions, like garbage collection, memory compaction or
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4631 other preventive procedures. Note that by using the C library
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4632 allocator as shown in the previous example, the allocated memory for
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4633 the I/O buffer escapes completely the Python memory manager.
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4634
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4635
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4636 \section{Memory Interface \label{memoryInterface}}
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4637
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4638 The following function sets, modeled after the ANSI C standard, are
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4639 available for allocating and releasing memory from the Python heap:
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4640
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4641
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4642 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void*}{PyMem_Malloc}{size_t n}
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4643 Allocates \var{n} bytes and returns a pointer of type \ctype{void*} to
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4644 the allocated memory, or \NULL{} if the request fails. Requesting zero
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4645 bytes returns a non-\NULL{} pointer.
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4646 \end{cfuncdesc}
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4647
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4648 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void*}{PyMem_Realloc}{void *p, size_t n}
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4649 Resizes the memory block pointed to by \var{p} to \var{n} bytes. The
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4650 contents will be unchanged to the minimum of the old and the new
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4651 sizes. If \var{p} is \NULL{}, the call is equivalent to
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4652 \cfunction{PyMem_Malloc(\var{n})}; if \var{n} is equal to zero, the memory block
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4653 is resized but is not freed, and the returned pointer is non-\NULL{}.
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4654 Unless \var{p} is \NULL{}, it must have been returned by a previous
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4655 call to \cfunction{PyMem_Malloc()} or \cfunction{PyMem_Realloc()}.
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4656 \end{cfuncdesc}
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4657
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4658 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyMem_Free}{void *p}
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4659 Frees the memory block pointed to by \var{p}, which must have been
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4660 returned by a previous call to \cfunction{PyMem_Malloc()} or
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4661 \cfunction{PyMem_Realloc()}. Otherwise, or if
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4662 \cfunction{PyMem_Free(p)} has been called before, undefined behaviour
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4663 occurs. If \var{p} is \NULL{}, no operation is performed.
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4664 \end{cfuncdesc}
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4665
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4666 The following type-oriented macros are provided for convenience. Note
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4667 that \var{TYPE} refers to any C type.
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4668
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4669 \begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyMem_New}{TYPE, size_t n}
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4670 Same as \cfunction{PyMem_Malloc()}, but allocates \code{(\var{n} *
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4671 sizeof(\var{TYPE}))} bytes of memory. Returns a pointer cast to
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4672 \ctype{\var{TYPE}*}.
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4673 \end{cfuncdesc}
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4674
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4675 \begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyMem_Resize}{void *p, TYPE, size_t n}
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4676 Same as \cfunction{PyMem_Realloc()}, but the memory block is resized
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4677 to \code{(\var{n} * sizeof(\var{TYPE}))} bytes. Returns a pointer
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4678 cast to \ctype{\var{TYPE}*}.
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4679 \end{cfuncdesc}
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4680
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4681 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyMem_Del}{void *p}
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4682 Same as \cfunction{PyMem_Free()}.
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4683 \end{cfuncdesc}
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4684
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4685 In addition, the following macro sets are provided for calling the
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4686 Python memory allocator directly, without involving the C API functions
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4687 listed above. However, note that their use does not preserve binary
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4688 compatibility accross Python versions and is therefore deprecated in
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4689 extension modules.
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4690
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4691 \cfunction{PyMem_MALLOC()}, \cfunction{PyMem_REALLOC()}, \cfunction{PyMem_FREE()}.
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4692
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4693 \cfunction{PyMem_NEW()}, \cfunction{PyMem_RESIZE()}, \cfunction{PyMem_DEL()}.
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4694
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4695
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4696 \section{Examples \label{memoryExamples}}
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4697
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4698 Here is the example from section \ref{memoryOverview}, rewritten so
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4699 that the I/O buffer is allocated from the Python heap by using the
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4700 first function set:
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4701
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4702 \begin{verbatim}
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4703 PyObject *res;
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4704 char *buf = (char *) PyMem_Malloc(BUFSIZ); /* for I/O */
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4705
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4706 if (buf == NULL)
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4707 return PyErr_NoMemory();
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4708 /* ...Do some I/O operation involving buf... */
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4709 res = PyString_FromString(buf);
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4710 PyMem_Free(buf); /* allocated with PyMem_Malloc */
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4711 return res;
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4712 \end{verbatim}
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4713
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4714 The same code using the type-oriented function set:
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4715
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4716 \begin{verbatim}
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4717 PyObject *res;
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4718 char *buf = PyMem_New(char, BUFSIZ); /* for I/O */
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4719
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4720 if (buf == NULL)
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4721 return PyErr_NoMemory();
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4722 /* ...Do some I/O operation involving buf... */
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4723 res = PyString_FromString(buf);
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4724 PyMem_Del(buf); /* allocated with PyMem_New */
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4725 return res;
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4726 \end{verbatim}
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4727
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4728 Note that in the two examples above, the buffer is always
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4729 manipulated via functions belonging to the same set. Indeed, it
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4730 is required to use the same memory API family for a given
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4731 memory block, so that the risk of mixing different allocators is
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4732 reduced to a minimum. The following code sequence contains two errors,
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4733 one of which is labeled as \emph{fatal} because it mixes two different
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4734 allocators operating on different heaps.
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4735
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4736 \begin{verbatim}
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4737 char *buf1 = PyMem_New(char, BUFSIZ);
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4738 char *buf2 = (char *) malloc(BUFSIZ);
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4739 char *buf3 = (char *) PyMem_Malloc(BUFSIZ);
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4740 ...
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4741 PyMem_Del(buf3); /* Wrong -- should be PyMem_Free() */
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4742 free(buf2); /* Right -- allocated via malloc() */
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4743 free(buf1); /* Fatal -- should be PyMem_Del() */
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4744 \end{verbatim}
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4745
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4746 In addition to the functions aimed at handling raw memory blocks from
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4747 the Python heap, objects in Python are allocated and released with
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4748 \cfunction{PyObject_New()}, \cfunction{PyObject_NewVar()} and
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diff changeset
4749 \cfunction{PyObject_Del()}, or with their corresponding macros
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4750 \cfunction{PyObject_NEW()}, \cfunction{PyObject_NEW_VAR()} and
13217
e2aee6190b19 Uncomment some additions from Vladimir pertinent to 2.0 but not 1.5.2.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13150
diff changeset
4751 \cfunction{PyObject_DEL()}.
e2aee6190b19 Uncomment some additions from Vladimir pertinent to 2.0 but not 1.5.2.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13150
diff changeset
4752
e2aee6190b19 Uncomment some additions from Vladimir pertinent to 2.0 but not 1.5.2.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13150
diff changeset
4753 These will be explained in the next chapter on defining and
e2aee6190b19 Uncomment some additions from Vladimir pertinent to 2.0 but not 1.5.2.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 13150
diff changeset
4754 implementing new object types in C.
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4755
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4756
10163
ddf861d84bbb Markup nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 9931
diff changeset
4757 \chapter{Defining New Object Types \label{newTypes}}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4758
7782
7fc32a66255a Markup consistency & nits.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7708
diff changeset
4759 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{_PyObject_New}{PyTypeObject *type}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4760 \end{cfuncdesc}
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4761
14526
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4762 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyVarObject*}{_PyObject_NewVar}{PyTypeObject *type, int size}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4763 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4764
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4765 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{_PyObject_Del}{PyObject *op}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4766 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4767
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4768 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyObject_Init}{PyObject *op,
15953
8349b4dfc51a Undoing the whitespace patches which sneaked into the earlier patch.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 15952
diff changeset
4769 PyTypeObject *type}
14526
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4770 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4771
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4772 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyVarObject*}{PyObject_InitVar}{PyVarObject *op,
15953
8349b4dfc51a Undoing the whitespace patches which sneaked into the earlier patch.
Marc-André Lemburg <mal@egenix.com>
parents: 15952
diff changeset
4773 PyTypeObject *type, int size}
14526
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4774 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4775
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4776 \begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyObject_New}{TYPE, PyTypeObject *type}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4777 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4778
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4779 \begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyObject_NewVar}{TYPE, PyTypeObject *type,
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4780 int size}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4781 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4782
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4783 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyObject_Del}{PyObject *op}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4784 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4785
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4786 \begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyObject_NEW}{TYPE, PyTypeObject *type}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4787 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4788
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4789 \begin{cfuncdesc}{\var{TYPE}*}{PyObject_NEW_VAR}{TYPE, PyTypeObject *type,
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4790 int size}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4791 \end{cfuncdesc}
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4792
ff4ae691be9b Vladimir Marangozov <Vladimir.Marangozov@inrialpes.fr>:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 14519
diff changeset
4793 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyObject_DEL}{PyObject *op}
7308
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4794 \end{cfuncdesc}
8096fec722ba Lots of nitty-gritty stuff:
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 7278
diff changeset
4795
15444
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4796 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{Py_InitModule}{char *name,
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4797 PyMethodDef *methods}
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4798 Create a new module object based on a name and table of functions,
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4799 returning the new module object.
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4800 \end{cfuncdesc}
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4801
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4802 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{Py_InitModule3}{char *name,
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4803 PyMethodDef *methods,
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4804 char *doc}
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4805 Create a new module object based on a name and table of functions,
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4806 returning the new module object. If \var{doc} is non-\NULL, it will
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4807 be used to define the docstring for the module.
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4808 \end{cfuncdesc}
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4809
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4810 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{Py_InitModule4}{char *name,
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4811 PyMethodDef *methods,
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4812 char *doc, PyObject *self,
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4813 int apiver}
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4814 Create a new module object based on a name and table of functions,
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4815 returning the new module object. If \var{doc} is non-\NULL, it will
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4816 be used to define the docstring for the module. If \var{self} is
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4817 non-\NULL, it will passed to the functions of the module as their
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4818 (otherwise \NULL) first parameter. (This was added as an
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4819 experimental feature, and there are no known uses in the current
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4820 version of Python.) For \var{apiver}, the only value which should
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4821 be passed is defined by the constant \constant{PYTHON_API_VERSION}.
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4822
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4823 \strong{Note:} Most uses of this function should probably be using
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4824 the \cfunction{Py_InitModule3()} instead; only use this if you are
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4825 sure you need it.
7e514f1fe31f Added documentation for the Py_InitModule*() family of functions.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 15300
diff changeset
4826 \end{cfuncdesc}
8057
5aacdd097941 Some patches by Drew Csillag; plus a few of my own uncommitted changes.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8029
diff changeset
4827
5aacdd097941 Some patches by Drew Csillag; plus a few of my own uncommitted changes.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8029
diff changeset
4828 PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords, PyArg_ParseTuple, PyArg_Parse
5aacdd097941 Some patches by Drew Csillag; plus a few of my own uncommitted changes.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8029
diff changeset
4829
5aacdd097941 Some patches by Drew Csillag; plus a few of my own uncommitted changes.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 8029
diff changeset
4830 Py_BuildValue
5588
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4831
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4832 DL_IMPORT
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4833
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4834 _Py_NoneStruct
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4835
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4836
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4837 \section{Common Object Structures \label{common-structs}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4838
5588
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4839 PyObject, PyVarObject
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4840
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4841 PyObject_HEAD, PyObject_HEAD_INIT, PyObject_VAR_HEAD
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4842
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4843 Typedefs:
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4844 unaryfunc, binaryfunc, ternaryfunc, inquiry, coercion, intargfunc,
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4845 intintargfunc, intobjargproc, intintobjargproc, objobjargproc,
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4846 destructor, printfunc, getattrfunc, getattrofunc, setattrfunc,
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4847 setattrofunc, cmpfunc, reprfunc, hashfunc
53cdf94b652b Just another checkin for backup. Nothing substantial yet.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
parents: 5536
diff changeset
4848
12930
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4849 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyCFunction}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4850 Type of the functions used to implement most Python callables in C.
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4851 \end{ctypedesc}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4852
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4853 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyMethodDef}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4854 Structure used to describe a method of an extension type. This
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4855 structure has four fields:
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4856
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4857 \begin{tableiii}{l|l|l}{member}{Field}{C Type}{Meaning}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4858 \lineiii{ml_name}{char *}{name of the method}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4859 \lineiii{ml_meth}{PyCFunction}{pointer to the C implementation}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4860 \lineiii{ml_flags}{int}{flag bits indicating how the call should be
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4861 constructed}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4862 \lineiii{ml_doc}{char *}{points to the contents of the docstring}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4863 \end{tableiii}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4864 \end{ctypedesc}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4865
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4866 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{Py_FindMethod}{PyMethodDef[] table,
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4867 PyObject *ob, char *name}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4868 Return a bound method object for an extension type implemented in C.
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4869 This function also handles the special attribute \member{__methods__},
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4870 returning a list of all the method names defined in \var{table}.
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4871 \end{cfuncdesc}
6618325574cb Documented PySequence_List() and PySequence_Tuple().
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12355
diff changeset
4872
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4873
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4874 \section{Mapping Object Structures \label{mapping-structs}}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4875
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4876 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyMappingMethods}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4877 Structure used to hold pointers to the functions used to implement the
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4878 mapping protocol for an extension type.
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4879 \end{ctypedesc}
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4880
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diff changeset
4881
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diff changeset
4882 \section{Number Object Structures \label{number-structs}}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4883
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diff changeset
4884 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyNumberMethods}
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diff changeset
4885 Structure used to hold pointers to the functions an extension type
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4886 uses to implement the number protocol.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4887 \end{ctypedesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4888
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4889
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diff changeset
4890 \section{Sequence Object Structures \label{sequence-structs}}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4891
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4892 \begin{ctypedesc}{PySequenceMethods}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4893 Structure used to hold pointers to the functions which an object uses
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4894 to implement the sequence protocol.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4895 \end{ctypedesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4896
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4897
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diff changeset
4898 \section{Buffer Object Structures \label{buffer-structs}}
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diff changeset
4899 \sectionauthor{Greg J. Stein}{greg@lyra.org}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4900
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4901 The buffer interface exports a model where an object can expose its
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4902 internal data as a set of chunks of data, where each chunk is
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4903 specified as a pointer/length pair. These chunks are called
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4904 \dfn{segments} and are presumed to be non-contiguous in memory.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4905
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4906 If an object does not export the buffer interface, then its
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4907 \member{tp_as_buffer} member in the \ctype{PyTypeObject} structure
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4908 should be \NULL{}. Otherwise, the \member{tp_as_buffer} will point to
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4909 a \ctype{PyBufferProcs} structure.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4910
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diff changeset
4911 \strong{Note:} It is very important that your
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
4912 \ctype{PyTypeObject} structure uses \constant{Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT} for
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
4913 the value of the \member{tp_flags} member rather than \code{0}. This
12222
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diff changeset
4914 tells the Python runtime that your \ctype{PyBufferProcs} structure
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4915 contains the \member{bf_getcharbuffer} slot. Older versions of Python
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4916 did not have this member, so a new Python interpreter using an old
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4917 extension needs to be able to test for its presence before using it.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4918
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4919 \begin{ctypedesc}{PyBufferProcs}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4920 Structure used to hold the function pointers which define an
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4921 implementation of the buffer protocol.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4922
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diff changeset
4923 The first slot is \member{bf_getreadbuffer}, of type
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4924 \ctype{getreadbufferproc}. If this slot is \NULL{}, then the object
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4925 does not support reading from the internal data. This is
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4926 non-sensical, so implementors should fill this in, but callers should
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4927 test that the slot contains a non-\NULL{} value.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4928
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4929 The next slot is \member{bf_getwritebuffer} having type
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4930 \ctype{getwritebufferproc}. This slot may be \NULL{} if the object
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4931 does not allow writing into its returned buffers.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4932
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4933 The third slot is \member{bf_getsegcount}, with type
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
4934 \ctype{getsegcountproc}. This slot must not be \NULL{} and is used to
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4935 inform the caller how many segments the object contains. Simple
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4936 objects such as \ctype{PyString_Type} and
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4937 \ctype{PyBuffer_Type} objects contain a single segment.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4938
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4939 The last slot is \member{bf_getcharbuffer}, of type
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4940 \ctype{getcharbufferproc}. This slot will only be present if the
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 17057
diff changeset
4941 \constant{Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER} flag is present in the
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4942 \member{tp_flags} field of the object's \ctype{PyTypeObject}. Before using
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4943 this slot, the caller should test whether it is present by using the
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4944 \cfunction{PyType_HasFeature()}\ttindex{PyType_HasFeature()} function.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4945 If present, it may be \NULL, indicating that the object's contents
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4946 cannot be used as \emph{8-bit characters}.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4947 The slot function may also raise an error if the object's contents
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4948 cannot be interpreted as 8-bit characters. For example, if the object
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4949 is an array which is configured to hold floating point values, an
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4950 exception may be raised if a caller attempts to use
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4951 \member{bf_getcharbuffer} to fetch a sequence of 8-bit characters.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4952 This notion of exporting the internal buffers as ``text'' is used to
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4953 distinguish between objects that are binary in nature, and those which
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4954 have character-based content.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4955
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diff changeset
4956 \strong{Note:} The current policy seems to state that these characters
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4957 may be multi-byte characters. This implies that a buffer size of
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4958 \var{N} does not mean there are \var{N} characters present.
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4959 \end{ctypedesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4960
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4961 \begin{datadesc}{Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
4962 Flag bit set in the type structure to indicate that the
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4963 \member{bf_getcharbuffer} slot is known. This being set does not
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4964 indicate that the object supports the buffer interface or that the
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4965 \member{bf_getcharbuffer} slot is non-\NULL.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4966 \end{datadesc}
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parents: 12200
diff changeset
4967
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diff changeset
4968 \begin{ctypedesc}[getreadbufferproc]{int (*getreadbufferproc)
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4969 (PyObject *self, int segment, void **ptrptr)}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
4970 Return a pointer to a readable segment of the buffer. This function
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diff changeset
4971 is allowed to raise an exception, in which case it must return
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diff changeset
4972 \code{-1}. The \var{segment} which is passed must be zero or
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4973 positive, and strictly less than the number of segments returned by
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
4974 the \member{bf_getsegcount} slot function. On success, returns
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diff changeset
4975 \code{0} and sets \code{*\var{ptrptr}} to a pointer to the buffer
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4976 memory.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4977 \end{ctypedesc}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4978
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diff changeset
4979 \begin{ctypedesc}[getwritebufferproc]{int (*getwritebufferproc)
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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4980 (PyObject *self, int segment, void **ptrptr)}
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
4981 Return a pointer to a writable memory buffer in \code{*\var{ptrptr}};
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
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parents: 11168
diff changeset
4982 the memory buffer must correspond to buffer segment \var{segment}.
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
4983 Must return \code{-1} and set an exception on error.
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
4984 \exception{TypeError} should be raised if the object only supports
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
4985 read-only buffers, and \exception{SystemError} should be raised when
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
4986 \var{segment} specifies a segment that doesn't exist.
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
4987 % Why doesn't it raise ValueError for this one?
12222
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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4988 % GJS: because you shouldn't be calling it with an invalid
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diff changeset
4989 % segment. That indicates a blatant programming error in the C
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
4990 % code.
11176
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
4991 \end{ctypedesc}
64b15e9091a9 Started documentation on buffer objects & types. Very preliminary.
Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 11168
diff changeset
4992
12222
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diff changeset
4993 \begin{ctypedesc}[getsegcountproc]{int (*getsegcountproc)
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
4994 (PyObject *self, int *lenp)}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
4995 Return the number of memory segments which comprise the buffer. If
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diff changeset
4996 \var{lenp} is not \NULL, the implementation must report the sum of the
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
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diff changeset
4997 sizes (in bytes) of all segments in \code{*\var{lenp}}.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4998 The function cannot fail.
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
4999 \end{ctypedesc}
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diff changeset
5000
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diff changeset
5001 \begin{ctypedesc}[getcharbufferproc]{int (*getcharbufferproc)
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
5002 (PyObject *self, int segment, const char **ptrptr)}
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Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
parents: 12200
diff changeset
5003 \end{ctypedesc}
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5004
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5005
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5006 \section{Supporting Cyclic Garbarge Collection
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5007 \label{supporting-cycle-detection}}
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5008
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5009 Python's support for detecting and collecting garbage which involves
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5010 circular references requires support from object types which are
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5011 ``containers'' for other objects which may also be containers. Types
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5012 which do not store references to other objects, or which only store
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5013 references to atomic types (such as numbers or strings), do not need
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5014 to provide any explicit support for garbage collection.
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5015
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5016 To create a container type, the \member{tp_flags} field of the type
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5017 object must include the \constant{Py_TPFLAGS_GC} and provide an
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5018 implementation of the \member{tp_traverse} handler. The computed
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5019 value of the \member{tp_basicsize} field must include
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5020 \constant{PyGC_HEAD_SIZE} as well. If instances of the type are
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5021 mutable, a \member{tp_clear} implementation must also be provided.
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5022
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5023 \begin{datadesc}{Py_TPFLAGS_GC}
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5024 Objects with a type with this flag set must conform with the rules
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5025 documented here. For convenience these objects will be referred to
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5026 as container objects.
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5027 \end{datadesc}
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5028
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5029 \begin{datadesc}{PyGC_HEAD_SIZE}
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5030 Extra memory needed for the garbage collector. Container objects
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5031 must include this in the calculation of their tp_basicsize. If the
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5032 collector is disabled at compile time then this is \code{0}.
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5033 \end{datadesc}
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5034
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5035 Constructors for container types must conform to two rules:
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5036
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5037 \begin{enumerate}
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5038 \item The memory for the object must be allocated using
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5039 \cfunction{PyObject_New()} or \cfunction{PyObject_VarNew()}.
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5040
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5041 \item Once all the fields which may contain references to other
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5042 containers are initialized, it must call
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5043 \cfunction{PyObject_GC_Init()}.
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5044 \end{enumerate}
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5045
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5046 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyObject_GC_Init}{PyObject *op}
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5047 Adds the object \var{op} to the set of container objects tracked by
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5048 the collector. The collector can run at unexpected times so objects
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5049 must be valid while being tracked. This should be called once all
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5050 the fields followed by the \member{tp_traverse} handler become valid,
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5051 usually near the end of the constructor.
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5052 \end{cfuncdesc}
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5053
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5054 Similarly, the deallocator for the object must conform to a similar
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parents: 17118
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5055 pair of rules:
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5056
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5057 \begin{enumerate}
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5058 \item Before fields which refer to other containers are invalidated,
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5059 \cfunction{PyObject_GC_Fini()} must be called.
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5060
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5061 \item The object's memory must be deallocated using
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parents: 17118
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5062 \cfunction{PyObject_Del()}.
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parents: 17118
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5063 \end{enumerate}
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5064
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5065 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyObject_GC_Fini}{PyObject *op}
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parents: 17057
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5066 Remove the object \var{op} from the set of container objects tracked
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parents: 17057
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5067 by the collector. Note that \cfunction{PyObject_GC_Init()} can be
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parents: 17057
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5068 called again on this object to add it back to the set of tracked
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parents: 17057
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5069 objects. The deallocator (\member{tp_dealloc} handler) should call
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parents: 17057
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5070 this for the object before any of the fields used by the
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parents: 17057
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5071 \member{tp_traverse} handler become invalid.
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parents: 17147
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5072
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parents: 17147
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5073 \strong{Note:} Any container which may be referenced from another
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parents: 17147
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5074 object reachable by the collector must itself be tracked by the
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parents: 17147
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5075 collector, so it is generally not safe to call this function
52da094b53ec Strengthen the constraints on calling PyObject_GC_Fini().
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parents: 17147
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5076 anywhere but in the object's deallocator.
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parents: 17057
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5077 \end{cfuncdesc}
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5078
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parents: 17057
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5079 The \member{tp_traverse} handler accepts a function parameter of this
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parents: 17057
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5080 type:
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parents: 17057
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5081
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parents: 17057
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5082 \begin{ctypedesc}[visitproc]{int (*visitproc)(PyObject *object, void *arg)}
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
5083 Type of the visitor function passed to the \member{tp_traverse}
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parents: 17057
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5084 handler. The function should be called with an object to traverse
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
5085 as \var{object} and the third parameter to the \member{tp_traverse}
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parents: 17057
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5086 handler as \var{arg}.
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parents: 17057
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5087 \end{ctypedesc}
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parents: 17057
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5088
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parents: 17057
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5089 The \member{tp_traverse} handler must have the following type:
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parents: 17057
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5090
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parents: 17057
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5091 \begin{ctypedesc}[traverseproc]{int (*traverseproc)(PyObject *self,
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parents: 17057
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5092 visitproc visit, void *arg)}
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
5093 Traversal function for a container object. Implementations must
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
5094 call the \var{visit} function for each object directly contained by
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
5095 \var{self}, with the parameters to \var{visit} being the contained
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parents: 17057
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5096 object and the \var{arg} value passed to the handler. If
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
5097 \var{visit} returns a non-zero value then an error has occurred and
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parents: 17057
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5098 that value should be returned immediately.
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parents: 17057
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5099 \end{ctypedesc}
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
5100
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parents: 17057
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5101 The \member{tp_clear} handler must be of the \ctype{inquiry} type, or
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parents: 17057
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5102 \NULL{} if the object is immutable.
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parents: 17057
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5103
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
5104 \begin{ctypedesc}[inquiry]{int (*inquiry)(PyObject *self)}
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
5105 Drop references that may have created reference cycles. Immutable
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parents: 17057
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5106 objects do not have to define this method since they can never
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parents: 17057
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5107 directly create reference cycles. Note that the object must still
f9a07e99907e Integrated an expanded version of some text from Neil Schemenauer about
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
5108 be valid after calling this method (i.e., don't just call
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parents: 17057
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5109 \cfunction{Py_DECREF()} on a reference). The collector will call
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
5110 this method if it detects that this object is involved in a
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parents: 17057
diff changeset
5111 reference cycle.
f9a07e99907e Integrated an expanded version of some text from Neil Schemenauer about
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parents: 17057
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5112 \end{ctypedesc}
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parents: 17057
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5113
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parents: 17057
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5114
17147
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parents: 17118
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5115 \subsection{Example Cycle Collector Support
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5116 \label{example-cycle-support}}
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parents: 17118
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5117
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parents: 17118
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5118 This example shows only enough of the implementation of an extension
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parents: 17118
diff changeset
5119 type to show how the garbage collector support needs to be added. It
349c8788604e Be more clear about the specific rules for supporting the cyclic GC in an
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parents: 17118
diff changeset
5120 shows the definition of the object structure, the
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parents: 17118
diff changeset
5121 \member{tp_traverse}, \member{tp_clear} and \member{tp_dealloc}
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parents: 17118
diff changeset
5122 implementations, the type structure, and a constructor --- the module
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parents: 17118
diff changeset
5123 initialization needed to export the constructor to Python is not shown
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parents: 17118
diff changeset
5124 as there are no special considerations there for the collector. To
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parents: 17118
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5125 make this interesting, assume that the module exposes ways for the
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parents: 17118
diff changeset
5126 \member{container} field of the object to be modified. Note that
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parents: 17118
diff changeset
5127 since no checks are made on the type of the object used to initialize
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parents: 17118
diff changeset
5128 \member{container}, we have to assume that it may be a container.
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5129
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5130 \begin{verbatim}
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5131 #include "Python.h"
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5132
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5133 typedef struct {
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5134 PyObject_HEAD
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5135 PyObject *container;
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5136 } MyObject;
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5137
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diff changeset
5138 static int
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5139 my_traverse(MyObject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
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5140 {
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5141 if (self->container != NULL)
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5142 return visit(self->container, arg);
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5143 else
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5144 return 0;
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5145 }
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5146
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5147 static int
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5148 my_clear(MyObject *self)
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5149 {
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5150 Py_XDECREF(self->container);
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5151 self->container = NULL;
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5152
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5153 return 0;
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5154 }
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5155
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5156 static void
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5157 my_dealloc(MyObject *self)
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5158 {
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5159 PyObject_GC_Fini((PyObject *) self);
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5160 Py_XDECREF(self->container);
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5161 PyObject_Del(self);
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5162 }
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5163 \end{verbatim}
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5164
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5165 \begin{verbatim}
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5166 statichere PyTypeObject
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5167 MyObject_Type = {
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5168 PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
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5169 0,
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5170 "MyObject",
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5171 sizeof(MyObject) + PyGC_HEAD_SIZE,
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5172 0,
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5173 (destructor)my_dealloc, /* tp_dealloc */
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5174 0, /* tp_print */
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5175 0, /* tp_getattr */
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5176 0, /* tp_setattr */
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5177 0, /* tp_compare */
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5178 0, /* tp_repr */
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5179 0, /* tp_as_number */
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5180 0, /* tp_as_sequence */
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5181 0, /* tp_as_mapping */
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5182 0, /* tp_hash */
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5183 0, /* tp_call */
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5184 0, /* tp_str */
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5185 0, /* tp_getattro */
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5186 0, /* tp_setattro */
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5187 0, /* tp_as_buffer */
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5188 Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_GC,
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5189 0, /* tp_doc */
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5190 (traverseproc)my_traverse, /* tp_traverse */
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5191 (inquiry)my_clear, /* tp_clear */
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5192 0, /* tp_richcompare */
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5193 0, /* tp_weaklistoffset */
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5194 };
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5195
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5196 /* This constructor should be made accessible from Python. */
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5197 static PyObject *
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5198 new_object(PyObject *unused, PyObject *args)
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5199 {
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5200 PyObject *container = NULL;
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5201 MyObject *result = NULL;
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5202
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5203 if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O:new_object", &container)) {
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5204 result = PyObject_New(MyObject, &MyObject_Type);
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5205 if (result != NULL) {
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5206 result->container = container;
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5207 PyObject_GC_Init();
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5208 }
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5209 }
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5210 return (PyObject *) result;
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5211 }
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5212 \end{verbatim}
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5213
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5214
12222
3e9a1c1a9f56 Merge in changes from the 1.5.2p2 release.
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5215 % \chapter{Debugging \label{debugging}}
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5216 %
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5217 % XXX Explain Py_DEBUG, Py_TRACE_REFS, Py_REF_DEBUG.
6991
f349bf0e9322 A whole bunch of typos fixed by Andrew Kuchling.
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5218
f349bf0e9322 A whole bunch of typos fixed by Andrew Kuchling.
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5219
14736
2b9a890162b0 Include the new text on reporting bugs in a few useful places.
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5220 \appendix
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5221 \chapter{Reporting Bugs}
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5222 \input{reportingbugs}
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5223
15953
8349b4dfc51a Undoing the whitespace patches which sneaked into the earlier patch.
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5224 \input{api.ind} % Index -- must be last
5536
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
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5225
c6f04e965508 Made a start with api.tex, the Python-C API Reference Manual.
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diff changeset
5226 \end{document}