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_Py_ReleaseInternedStrings(): Private API function to decref and release the interned string dictionary. This is useful for memory use debugging because it eliminates a huge source of noise from the reports. Only defined when INTERN_STRINGS is defined.
author Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
date Fri, 23 Feb 2001 16:40:48 +0000
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2 /* String object interface */
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4 #ifndef Py_STRINGOBJECT_H
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5 #define Py_STRINGOBJECT_H
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8 #endif
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10 /*
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16 There are functions to create new string objects, to test
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21 variant that assumes a zero-terminated string. Note that none of the
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25 /* Two speedup hacks. Caching the hash saves recalculation of a
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30 Each costs the size of a long or pointer per string object. In
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34 #define CACHE_HASH
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35 #ifdef CACHE_HASH
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36 #define INTERN_STRINGS
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39 typedef struct {
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40 PyObject_VAR_HEAD
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45 PyObject *ob_sinterned;
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47 char ob_sval[1];
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48 } PyStringObject;
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50 extern DL_IMPORT(PyTypeObject) PyString_Type;
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52 #define PyString_Check(op) ((op)->ob_type == &PyString_Type)
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56 extern DL_IMPORT(int) PyString_Size(PyObject *);
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57 extern DL_IMPORT(char *) PyString_AsString(PyObject *);
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58 extern DL_IMPORT(void) PyString_Concat(PyObject **, PyObject *);
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59 extern DL_IMPORT(void) PyString_ConcatAndDel(PyObject **, PyObject *);
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60 extern DL_IMPORT(int) _PyString_Resize(PyObject **, int);
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61 extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject *) PyString_Format(PyObject *, PyObject *);
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62 extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject *) _PyString_FormatLong(PyObject*, int, int,
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68 extern DL_IMPORT(void) _Py_ReleaseInternedStrings(void);
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70 #define PyString_InternInPlace(p)
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79 /* --- Generic Codecs ----------------------------------------------------- */
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84 extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject*) PyString_Decode(
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85 const char *s, /* encoded string */
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86 int size, /* size of buffer */
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87 const char *encoding, /* encoding */
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88 const char *errors /* error handling */
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91 /* Encodes a char buffer of the given size and returns a
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92 Python string object. */
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94 extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject*) PyString_Encode(
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95 const char *s, /* string char buffer */
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96 int size, /* number of chars to encode */
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97 const char *encoding, /* encoding */
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98 const char *errors /* error handling */
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101 /* Encodes a string object and returns the result as Python string
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104 extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject*) PyString_AsEncodedString(
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105 PyObject *str, /* string object */
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106 const char *encoding, /* encoding */
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107 const char *errors /* error handling */
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110 /* Provides access to the internal data buffer and size of a string
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114 cause an exception). */
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116 extern DL_IMPORT(int) PyString_AsStringAndSize(
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117 register PyObject *obj, /* string or Unicode object */
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118 register char **s, /* pointer to buffer variable */
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120 (only possible for 0-terminated
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125 #ifdef __cplusplus
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126 }
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127 #endif
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128 #endif /* !Py_STRINGOBJECT_H */