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Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +00001#ifndef Py_OBJECT_H
2#define Py_OBJECT_H
3#ifdef __cplusplus
4extern "C" {
5#endif
6
Guido van Rossumf70e43a1991-02-19 12:39:46 +00007
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +00008/* Object and type object interface */
9
10/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000011Objects are structures allocated on the heap. Special rules apply to
12the use of objects to ensure they are properly garbage-collected.
13Objects are never allocated statically or on the stack; they must be
14accessed through special macros and functions only. (Type objects are
15exceptions to the first rule; the standard types are represented by
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000016statically initialized type objects, although work on type/class unification
17for Python 2.2 made it possible to have heap-allocated type objects too).
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000018
19An object has a 'reference count' that is increased or decreased when a
20pointer to the object is copied or deleted; when the reference count
21reaches zero there are no references to the object left and it can be
22removed from the heap.
23
24An object has a 'type' that determines what it represents and what kind
25of data it contains. An object's type is fixed when it is created.
26Types themselves are represented as objects; an object contains a
27pointer to the corresponding type object. The type itself has a type
28pointer pointing to the object representing the type 'type', which
29contains a pointer to itself!).
30
31Objects do not float around in memory; once allocated an object keeps
32the same size and address. Objects that must hold variable-size data
33can contain pointers to variable-size parts of the object. Not all
34objects of the same type have the same size; but the size cannot change
35after allocation. (These restrictions are made so a reference to an
36object can be simply a pointer -- moving an object would require
37updating all the pointers, and changing an object's size would require
38moving it if there was another object right next to it.)
39
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +000040Objects are always accessed through pointers of the type 'PyObject *'.
41The type 'PyObject' is a structure that only contains the reference count
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000042and the type pointer. The actual memory allocated for an object
43contains other data that can only be accessed after casting the pointer
44to a pointer to a longer structure type. This longer type must start
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +000045with the reference count and type fields; the macro PyObject_HEAD should be
Thomas Wouters7e474022000-07-16 12:04:32 +000046used for this (to accommodate for future changes). The implementation
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000047of a particular object type can cast the object pointer to the proper
48type and back.
49
50A standard interface exists for objects that contain an array of items
51whose size is determined when the object is allocated.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000052*/
53
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +000054/* Py_DEBUG implies Py_TRACE_REFS. */
55#if defined(Py_DEBUG) && !defined(Py_TRACE_REFS)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000056#define Py_TRACE_REFS
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +000057#endif
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000058
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000059/* Py_TRACE_REFS implies Py_REF_DEBUG. */
60#if defined(Py_TRACE_REFS) && !defined(Py_REF_DEBUG)
61#define Py_REF_DEBUG
62#endif
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000063
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000064#ifdef Py_TRACE_REFS
65/* Define pointers to support a doubly-linked list of all live heap objects. */
66#define _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA \
67 struct _object *_ob_next; \
68 struct _object *_ob_prev;
69
70#define _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT 0, 0,
71
72#else
73#define _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA
74#define _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT
75#endif
76
77/* PyObject_HEAD defines the initial segment of every PyObject. */
78#define PyObject_HEAD \
79 _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA \
Martin v. Löwise36dce62006-03-01 04:02:43 +000080 Py_ssize_t ob_refcnt; \
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000081 struct _typeobject *ob_type;
82
83#define PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) \
84 _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT \
85 1, type,
86
Martin v. Löwis68192102007-07-21 06:55:02 +000087#define PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(type, size) \
88 PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) size,
89
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000090/* PyObject_VAR_HEAD defines the initial segment of all variable-size
91 * container objects. These end with a declaration of an array with 1
92 * element, but enough space is malloc'ed so that the array actually
93 * has room for ob_size elements. Note that ob_size is an element count,
94 * not necessarily a byte count.
95 */
96#define PyObject_VAR_HEAD \
97 PyObject_HEAD \
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +000098 Py_ssize_t ob_size; /* Number of items in variable part */
99#define Py_INVALID_SIZE (Py_ssize_t)-1
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000100
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000101/* Nothing is actually declared to be a PyObject, but every pointer to
102 * a Python object can be cast to a PyObject*. This is inheritance built
103 * by hand. Similarly every pointer to a variable-size Python object can,
104 * in addition, be cast to PyVarObject*.
105 */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000106typedef struct _object {
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000107 PyObject_HEAD
108} PyObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000109
110typedef struct {
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000111 PyObject_VAR_HEAD
Guido van Rossumd0c87ee1997-05-15 21:31:03 +0000112} PyVarObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000113
Christian Heimese93237d2007-12-19 02:37:44 +0000114#define Py_REFCNT(ob) (((PyObject*)(ob))->ob_refcnt)
115#define Py_TYPE(ob) (((PyObject*)(ob))->ob_type)
116#define Py_SIZE(ob) (((PyVarObject*)(ob))->ob_size)
117
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000118/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000119Type objects contain a string containing the type name (to help somewhat
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000120in debugging), the allocation parameters (see PyObject_New() and
121PyObject_NewVar()),
122and methods for accessing objects of the type. Methods are optional, a
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000123nil pointer meaning that particular kind of access is not available for
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000124this type. The Py_DECREF() macro uses the tp_dealloc method without
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000125checking for a nil pointer; it should always be implemented except if
126the implementation can guarantee that the reference count will never
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000127reach zero (e.g., for statically allocated type objects).
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000128
129NB: the methods for certain type groups are now contained in separate
130method blocks.
131*/
132
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000133typedef PyObject * (*unaryfunc)(PyObject *);
134typedef PyObject * (*binaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
135typedef PyObject * (*ternaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
136typedef int (*inquiry)(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000137typedef Py_ssize_t (*lenfunc)(PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000138typedef int (*coercion)(PyObject **, PyObject **);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000139typedef PyObject *(*intargfunc)(PyObject *, int) Py_DEPRECATED(2.5);
140typedef PyObject *(*intintargfunc)(PyObject *, int, int) Py_DEPRECATED(2.5);
141typedef PyObject *(*ssizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t);
142typedef PyObject *(*ssizessizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000143typedef int(*intobjargproc)(PyObject *, int, PyObject *);
144typedef int(*intintobjargproc)(PyObject *, int, int, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000145typedef int(*ssizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *);
146typedef int(*ssizessizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000147typedef int(*objobjargproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000148
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000149
150
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000151/* int-based buffer interface */
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000152typedef int (*getreadbufferproc)(PyObject *, int, void **);
153typedef int (*getwritebufferproc)(PyObject *, int, void **);
154typedef int (*getsegcountproc)(PyObject *, int *);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000155typedef int (*getcharbufferproc)(PyObject *, int, char **);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000156/* ssize_t-based buffer interface */
157typedef Py_ssize_t (*readbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, void **);
158typedef Py_ssize_t (*writebufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, void **);
159typedef Py_ssize_t (*segcountproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t *);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000160typedef Py_ssize_t (*charbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, char **);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000161
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000162/* Py3k buffer interface */
163
164typedef struct bufferinfo {
Guido van Rossum69ed1012008-08-19 20:13:02 +0000165 void *buf;
Martin v. Löwisf91d46a2008-08-12 14:49:50 +0000166 PyObject *obj; /* borrowed reference */
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000167 Py_ssize_t len;
Guido van Rossum69ed1012008-08-19 20:13:02 +0000168 Py_ssize_t itemsize; /* This is Py_ssize_t so it can be
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000169 pointed to by strides in simple case.*/
170 int readonly;
171 int ndim;
172 char *format;
173 Py_ssize_t *shape;
174 Py_ssize_t *strides;
175 Py_ssize_t *suboffsets;
176 void *internal;
177} Py_buffer;
178
179typedef int (*getbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *, int);
180typedef void (*releasebufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *);
181
182 /* Flags for getting buffers */
183#define PyBUF_SIMPLE 0
184#define PyBUF_WRITABLE 0x0001
185/* we used to include an E, backwards compatible alias */
186#define PyBUF_WRITEABLE PyBUF_WRITABLE
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000187#define PyBUF_FORMAT 0x0004
188#define PyBUF_ND 0x0008
189#define PyBUF_STRIDES (0x0010 | PyBUF_ND)
190#define PyBUF_C_CONTIGUOUS (0x0020 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
191#define PyBUF_F_CONTIGUOUS (0x0040 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
192#define PyBUF_ANY_CONTIGUOUS (0x0080 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
193#define PyBUF_INDIRECT (0x0100 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
194
195#define PyBUF_CONTIG (PyBUF_ND | PyBUF_WRITABLE)
196#define PyBUF_CONTIG_RO (PyBUF_ND)
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000197
198#define PyBUF_STRIDED (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_WRITABLE)
199#define PyBUF_STRIDED_RO (PyBUF_STRIDES)
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000200
201#define PyBUF_RECORDS (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_WRITABLE | PyBUF_FORMAT)
202#define PyBUF_RECORDS_RO (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_FORMAT)
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000203
204#define PyBUF_FULL (PyBUF_INDIRECT | PyBUF_WRITABLE | PyBUF_FORMAT)
205#define PyBUF_FULL_RO (PyBUF_INDIRECT | PyBUF_FORMAT)
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000206
207
208#define PyBUF_READ 0x100
209#define PyBUF_WRITE 0x200
210#define PyBUF_SHADOW 0x400
211/* end Py3k buffer interface */
212
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000213typedef int (*objobjproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
214typedef int (*visitproc)(PyObject *, void *);
215typedef int (*traverseproc)(PyObject *, visitproc, void *);
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000216
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000217typedef struct {
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000218 /* For numbers without flag bit Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES set, all
219 arguments are guaranteed to be of the object's type (modulo
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000220 coercion hacks -- i.e. if the type's coercion function
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000221 returns other types, then these are allowed as well). Numbers that
222 have the Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES flag bit set should check *both*
223 arguments for proper type and implement the necessary conversions
224 in the slot functions themselves. */
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000225
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000226 binaryfunc nb_add;
227 binaryfunc nb_subtract;
228 binaryfunc nb_multiply;
229 binaryfunc nb_divide;
230 binaryfunc nb_remainder;
231 binaryfunc nb_divmod;
Guido van Rossum75abc631994-08-09 13:21:54 +0000232 ternaryfunc nb_power;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000233 unaryfunc nb_negative;
234 unaryfunc nb_positive;
235 unaryfunc nb_absolute;
236 inquiry nb_nonzero;
237 unaryfunc nb_invert;
238 binaryfunc nb_lshift;
239 binaryfunc nb_rshift;
240 binaryfunc nb_and;
241 binaryfunc nb_xor;
242 binaryfunc nb_or;
243 coercion nb_coerce;
244 unaryfunc nb_int;
245 unaryfunc nb_long;
246 unaryfunc nb_float;
247 unaryfunc nb_oct;
248 unaryfunc nb_hex;
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000249 /* Added in release 2.0 */
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000250 binaryfunc nb_inplace_add;
251 binaryfunc nb_inplace_subtract;
252 binaryfunc nb_inplace_multiply;
253 binaryfunc nb_inplace_divide;
254 binaryfunc nb_inplace_remainder;
255 ternaryfunc nb_inplace_power;
256 binaryfunc nb_inplace_lshift;
257 binaryfunc nb_inplace_rshift;
258 binaryfunc nb_inplace_and;
259 binaryfunc nb_inplace_xor;
260 binaryfunc nb_inplace_or;
Guido van Rossum4668b002001-08-08 05:00:18 +0000261
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000262 /* Added in release 2.2 */
Guido van Rossum4668b002001-08-08 05:00:18 +0000263 /* The following require the Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_CLASS flag */
264 binaryfunc nb_floor_divide;
265 binaryfunc nb_true_divide;
266 binaryfunc nb_inplace_floor_divide;
267 binaryfunc nb_inplace_true_divide;
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000268
269 /* Added in release 2.5 */
Neal Norwitz8a87f5d2006-08-12 17:03:09 +0000270 unaryfunc nb_index;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000271} PyNumberMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000272
273typedef struct {
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000274 lenfunc sq_length;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000275 binaryfunc sq_concat;
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000276 ssizeargfunc sq_repeat;
277 ssizeargfunc sq_item;
278 ssizessizeargfunc sq_slice;
279 ssizeobjargproc sq_ass_item;
280 ssizessizeobjargproc sq_ass_slice;
Guido van Rossumcecb27a2000-02-28 15:00:40 +0000281 objobjproc sq_contains;
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000282 /* Added in release 2.0 */
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000283 binaryfunc sq_inplace_concat;
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000284 ssizeargfunc sq_inplace_repeat;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000285} PySequenceMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000286
287typedef struct {
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000288 lenfunc mp_length;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000289 binaryfunc mp_subscript;
290 objobjargproc mp_ass_subscript;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000291} PyMappingMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000292
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000293typedef struct {
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000294 readbufferproc bf_getreadbuffer;
295 writebufferproc bf_getwritebuffer;
296 segcountproc bf_getsegcount;
297 charbufferproc bf_getcharbuffer;
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000298 getbufferproc bf_getbuffer;
Guido van Rossum69ed1012008-08-19 20:13:02 +0000299 releasebufferproc bf_releasebuffer;
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000300} PyBufferProcs;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000301
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000302
Neil Schemenauerf6d1ea12002-04-12 01:57:06 +0000303typedef void (*freefunc)(void *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000304typedef void (*destructor)(PyObject *);
305typedef int (*printfunc)(PyObject *, FILE *, int);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000306typedef PyObject *(*getattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000307typedef PyObject *(*getattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000308typedef int (*setattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000309typedef int (*setattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
310typedef int (*cmpfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
311typedef PyObject *(*reprfunc)(PyObject *);
312typedef long (*hashfunc)(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000313typedef PyObject *(*richcmpfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000314typedef PyObject *(*getiterfunc) (PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum213c7a62001-04-23 14:08:49 +0000315typedef PyObject *(*iternextfunc) (PyObject *);
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000316typedef PyObject *(*descrgetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
317typedef int (*descrsetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
318typedef int (*initproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
319typedef PyObject *(*newfunc)(struct _typeobject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000320typedef PyObject *(*allocfunc)(struct _typeobject *, Py_ssize_t);
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000321
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000322typedef struct _typeobject {
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000323 PyObject_VAR_HEAD
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000324 const char *tp_name; /* For printing, in format "<module>.<name>" */
Martin v. Löwis97c65a82006-02-16 14:24:38 +0000325 Py_ssize_t tp_basicsize, tp_itemsize; /* For allocation */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000326
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000327 /* Methods to implement standard operations */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000328
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000329 destructor tp_dealloc;
330 printfunc tp_print;
331 getattrfunc tp_getattr;
332 setattrfunc tp_setattr;
333 cmpfunc tp_compare;
334 reprfunc tp_repr;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000335
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000336 /* Method suites for standard classes */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000337
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000338 PyNumberMethods *tp_as_number;
339 PySequenceMethods *tp_as_sequence;
340 PyMappingMethods *tp_as_mapping;
Guido van Rossum9bfef441993-03-29 10:43:31 +0000341
Fred Drake0e12bcd2000-03-21 16:14:47 +0000342 /* More standard operations (here for binary compatibility) */
Guido van Rossum9bfef441993-03-29 10:43:31 +0000343
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000344 hashfunc tp_hash;
Guido van Rossum884afd61995-07-18 14:21:06 +0000345 ternaryfunc tp_call;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000346 reprfunc tp_str;
Guido van Rossum0693dd21996-08-09 20:48:52 +0000347 getattrofunc tp_getattro;
348 setattrofunc tp_setattro;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000349
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000350 /* Functions to access object as input/output buffer */
351 PyBufferProcs *tp_as_buffer;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000352
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000353 /* Flags to define presence of optional/expanded features */
354 long tp_flags;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000355
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000356 const char *tp_doc; /* Documentation string */
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000357
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000358 /* Assigned meaning in release 2.0 */
Jeremy Hylton8caad492000-06-23 14:18:11 +0000359 /* call function for all accessible objects */
360 traverseproc tp_traverse;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000361
Jeremy Hylton8caad492000-06-23 14:18:11 +0000362 /* delete references to contained objects */
363 inquiry tp_clear;
364
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000365 /* Assigned meaning in release 2.1 */
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000366 /* rich comparisons */
367 richcmpfunc tp_richcompare;
368
Fred Drake41deb1e2001-02-01 05:27:45 +0000369 /* weak reference enabler */
Martin v. Löwis97c65a82006-02-16 14:24:38 +0000370 Py_ssize_t tp_weaklistoffset;
Guido van Rossuma9c2d7a1998-04-23 19:16:44 +0000371
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000372 /* Added in release 2.2 */
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000373 /* Iterators */
374 getiterfunc tp_iter;
Guido van Rossum213c7a62001-04-23 14:08:49 +0000375 iternextfunc tp_iternext;
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000376
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000377 /* Attribute descriptor and subclassing stuff */
378 struct PyMethodDef *tp_methods;
Guido van Rossum6f799372001-09-20 20:46:19 +0000379 struct PyMemberDef *tp_members;
Guido van Rossum32d34c82001-09-20 21:45:26 +0000380 struct PyGetSetDef *tp_getset;
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000381 struct _typeobject *tp_base;
382 PyObject *tp_dict;
383 descrgetfunc tp_descr_get;
384 descrsetfunc tp_descr_set;
Martin v. Löwis97c65a82006-02-16 14:24:38 +0000385 Py_ssize_t tp_dictoffset;
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000386 initproc tp_init;
387 allocfunc tp_alloc;
388 newfunc tp_new;
Neil Schemenauerf6d1ea12002-04-12 01:57:06 +0000389 freefunc tp_free; /* Low-level free-memory routine */
Guido van Rossum048eb752001-10-02 21:24:57 +0000390 inquiry tp_is_gc; /* For PyObject_IS_GC */
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000391 PyObject *tp_bases;
392 PyObject *tp_mro; /* method resolution order */
Guido van Rossum687ae002001-10-15 22:03:32 +0000393 PyObject *tp_cache;
Guido van Rossum1c450732001-10-08 15:18:27 +0000394 PyObject *tp_subclasses;
395 PyObject *tp_weaklist;
Guido van Rossumfebd61d2002-08-08 20:55:20 +0000396 destructor tp_del;
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000397
Amaury Forgeot d'Arce4c270c2008-01-14 00:29:41 +0000398 /* Type attribute cache version tag. Added in version 2.6 */
399 unsigned int tp_version_tag;
400
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000401#ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000402 /* these must be last and never explicitly initialized */
Martin v. Löwise36dce62006-03-01 04:02:43 +0000403 Py_ssize_t tp_allocs;
404 Py_ssize_t tp_frees;
405 Py_ssize_t tp_maxalloc;
Martin v. Löwis45294a92006-04-18 06:24:08 +0000406 struct _typeobject *tp_prev;
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000407 struct _typeobject *tp_next;
408#endif
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000409} PyTypeObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000410
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000411
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000412/* The *real* layout of a type object when allocated on the heap */
413typedef struct _heaptypeobject {
414 /* Note: there's a dependency on the order of these members
415 in slotptr() in typeobject.c . */
Georg Brandlc255c7b2006-02-20 22:27:28 +0000416 PyTypeObject ht_type;
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000417 PyNumberMethods as_number;
418 PyMappingMethods as_mapping;
419 PySequenceMethods as_sequence; /* as_sequence comes after as_mapping,
420 so that the mapping wins when both
421 the mapping and the sequence define
422 a given operator (e.g. __getitem__).
423 see add_operators() in typeobject.c . */
424 PyBufferProcs as_buffer;
Georg Brandlc255c7b2006-02-20 22:27:28 +0000425 PyObject *ht_name, *ht_slots;
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000426 /* here are optional user slots, followed by the members. */
427} PyHeapTypeObject;
428
429/* access macro to the members which are floating "behind" the object */
430#define PyHeapType_GET_MEMBERS(etype) \
Christian Heimese93237d2007-12-19 02:37:44 +0000431 ((PyMemberDef *)(((char *)etype) + Py_TYPE(etype)->tp_basicsize))
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000432
433
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000434/* Generic type check */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000435PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_IsSubtype(PyTypeObject *, PyTypeObject *);
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000436#define PyObject_TypeCheck(ob, tp) \
Christian Heimese93237d2007-12-19 02:37:44 +0000437 (Py_TYPE(ob) == (tp) || PyType_IsSubtype(Py_TYPE(ob), (tp)))
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000438
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000439PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyType_Type; /* built-in 'type' */
440PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyBaseObject_Type; /* built-in 'object' */
441PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PySuper_Type; /* built-in 'super' */
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000442
Neal Norwitzee3a1b52007-02-25 19:44:48 +0000443#define PyType_Check(op) \
Christian Heimese93237d2007-12-19 02:37:44 +0000444 PyType_FastSubclass(Py_TYPE(op), Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS)
445#define PyType_CheckExact(op) (Py_TYPE(op) == &PyType_Type)
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000446
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000447PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000448PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericAlloc(PyTypeObject *, Py_ssize_t);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000449PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericNew(PyTypeObject *,
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000450 PyObject *, PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000451PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyType_Lookup(PyTypeObject *, PyObject *);
Christian Heimes908caac2008-01-27 23:34:59 +0000452PyAPI_FUNC(unsigned int) PyType_ClearCache(void);
Georg Brandl74a1dea2008-05-28 11:21:39 +0000453PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyType_Modified(PyTypeObject *);
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000454
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000455/* Generic operations on objects */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000456PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Print(PyObject *, FILE *, int);
457PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyObject_Dump(PyObject *);
458PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Repr(PyObject *);
Neil Schemenauercf52c072005-08-12 17:34:58 +0000459PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_Str(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000460PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Str(PyObject *);
Benjamin Peterson14cb6bc2008-08-26 17:08:40 +0000461#define PyObject_Bytes PyObject_Str
Martin v. Löwis339d0f72001-08-17 18:39:25 +0000462#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000463PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Unicode(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis339d0f72001-08-17 18:39:25 +0000464#endif
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000465PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Compare(PyObject *, PyObject *);
466PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_RichCompare(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
467PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_RichCompareBool(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000468PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
469PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *, PyObject *);
470PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000471PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
472PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
473PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
474PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject **) _PyObject_GetDictPtr(PyObject *);
Raymond Hettinger1da1dbf2003-03-17 19:46:11 +0000475PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_SelfIter(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000476PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GenericGetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
477PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_GenericSetAttr(PyObject *,
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000478 PyObject *, PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000479PyAPI_FUNC(long) PyObject_Hash(PyObject *);
Nick Coghlan53663a62008-07-15 14:27:37 +0000480PyAPI_FUNC(long) PyObject_HashNotImplemented(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000481PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_IsTrue(PyObject *);
482PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Not(PyObject *);
483PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyCallable_Check(PyObject *);
484PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyNumber_Coerce(PyObject **, PyObject **);
485PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyNumber_CoerceEx(PyObject **, PyObject **);
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000486
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000487PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyObject_ClearWeakRefs(PyObject *);
Fred Drake41deb1e2001-02-01 05:27:45 +0000488
Guido van Rossumab3b0342001-09-18 20:38:53 +0000489/* A slot function whose address we need to compare */
490extern int _PyObject_SlotCompare(PyObject *, PyObject *);
491
492
Tim Peters7eea37e2001-09-04 22:08:56 +0000493/* PyObject_Dir(obj) acts like Python __builtin__.dir(obj), returning a
494 list of strings. PyObject_Dir(NULL) is like __builtin__.dir(),
495 returning the names of the current locals. In this case, if there are
496 no current locals, NULL is returned, and PyErr_Occurred() is false.
497*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000498PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Dir(PyObject *);
Tim Peters7eea37e2001-09-04 22:08:56 +0000499
500
Guido van Rossum26d4ac31998-04-10 22:32:24 +0000501/* Helpers for printing recursive container types */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000502PyAPI_FUNC(int) Py_ReprEnter(PyObject *);
503PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_ReprLeave(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum26d4ac31998-04-10 22:32:24 +0000504
Fred Drake13634cf2000-06-29 19:17:04 +0000505/* Helpers for hash functions */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000506PyAPI_FUNC(long) _Py_HashDouble(double);
507PyAPI_FUNC(long) _Py_HashPointer(void*);
Fred Drake13634cf2000-06-29 19:17:04 +0000508
Jeremy Hylton483638c2001-02-01 20:20:45 +0000509/* Helper for passing objects to printf and the like */
Gregory P. Smithdd96db62008-06-09 04:58:54 +0000510#define PyObject_REPR(obj) PyString_AS_STRING(PyObject_Repr(obj))
Jeremy Hylton483638c2001-02-01 20:20:45 +0000511
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000512/* Flag bits for printing: */
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000513#define Py_PRINT_RAW 1 /* No string quotes etc. */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000514
515/*
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000516`Type flags (tp_flags)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000517
518These flags are used to extend the type structure in a backwards-compatible
519fashion. Extensions can use the flags to indicate (and test) when a given
520type structure contains a new feature. The Python core will use these when
521introducing new functionality between major revisions (to avoid mid-version
522changes in the PYTHON_API_VERSION).
523
524Arbitration of the flag bit positions will need to be coordinated among
525all extension writers who publically release their extensions (this will
526be fewer than you might expect!)..
527
528Python 1.5.2 introduced the bf_getcharbuffer slot into PyBufferProcs.
529
530Type definitions should use Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT for their tp_flags value.
531
532Code can use PyType_HasFeature(type_ob, flag_value) to test whether the
533given type object has a specified feature.
Guido van Rossum69ed1012008-08-19 20:13:02 +0000534
535NOTE: when building the core, Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT includes
536Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG; outside the core, it doesn't. This is so
537that extensions that modify tp_dict of their own types directly don't
538break, since this was allowed in 2.5. In 3.0 they will have to
539manually remove this flag though!
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000540*/
541
542/* PyBufferProcs contains bf_getcharbuffer */
543#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER (1L<<0)
544
Guido van Rossumcecb27a2000-02-28 15:00:40 +0000545/* PySequenceMethods contains sq_contains */
546#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_SEQUENCE_IN (1L<<1)
547
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000548/* This is here for backwards compatibility. Extensions that use the old GC
549 * API will still compile but the objects will not be tracked by the GC. */
550#define Py_TPFLAGS_GC 0 /* used to be (1L<<2) */
Jeremy Hyltond08b4c42000-06-23 19:37:02 +0000551
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000552/* PySequenceMethods and PyNumberMethods contain in-place operators */
553#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INPLACEOPS (1L<<3)
554
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000555/* PyNumberMethods do their own coercion */
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000556#define Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES (1L<<4)
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000557
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000558/* tp_richcompare is defined */
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000559#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_RICHCOMPARE (1L<<5)
560
Fred Drake033f3122001-02-02 18:17:30 +0000561/* Objects which are weakly referencable if their tp_weaklistoffset is >0 */
Fred Drake033f3122001-02-02 18:17:30 +0000562#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_WEAKREFS (1L<<6)
563
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000564/* tp_iter is defined */
565#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_ITER (1L<<7)
566
Guido van Rossum4668b002001-08-08 05:00:18 +0000567/* New members introduced by Python 2.2 exist */
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000568#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_CLASS (1L<<8)
569
570/* Set if the type object is dynamically allocated */
571#define Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE (1L<<9)
572
573/* Set if the type allows subclassing */
574#define Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE (1L<<10)
575
Guido van Rossum9b9c9722001-08-10 17:37:02 +0000576/* Set if the type is 'ready' -- fully initialized */
577#define Py_TPFLAGS_READY (1L<<12)
578
579/* Set while the type is being 'readied', to prevent recursive ready calls */
580#define Py_TPFLAGS_READYING (1L<<13)
581
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000582/* Objects support garbage collection (see objimp.h) */
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000583#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC (1L<<14)
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000584
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000585/* These two bits are preserved for Stackless Python, next after this is 17 */
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000586#ifdef STACKLESS
Christian Tismer661a9e32003-05-23 12:47:36 +0000587#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION (3L<<15)
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000588#else
Christian Tismerc26ff412003-05-23 03:33:35 +0000589#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION 0
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000590#endif
591
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000592/* Objects support nb_index in PyNumberMethods */
593#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INDEX (1L<<17)
594
Amaury Forgeot d'Arce4c270c2008-01-14 00:29:41 +0000595/* Objects support type attribute cache */
596#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG (1L<<18)
597#define Py_TPFLAGS_VALID_VERSION_TAG (1L<<19)
598
Jeffrey Yasskin960b9b72008-02-28 04:45:36 +0000599/* Type is abstract and cannot be instantiated */
600#define Py_TPFLAGS_IS_ABSTRACT (1L<<20)
601
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000602/* Has the new buffer protocol */
603#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_NEWBUFFER (1L<<21)
604
Neal Norwitzee3a1b52007-02-25 19:44:48 +0000605/* These flags are used to determine if a type is a subclass. */
606#define Py_TPFLAGS_INT_SUBCLASS (1L<<23)
607#define Py_TPFLAGS_LONG_SUBCLASS (1L<<24)
608#define Py_TPFLAGS_LIST_SUBCLASS (1L<<25)
609#define Py_TPFLAGS_TUPLE_SUBCLASS (1L<<26)
Gregory P. Smithdd96db62008-06-09 04:58:54 +0000610#define Py_TPFLAGS_STRING_SUBCLASS (1L<<27)
Neal Norwitzee3a1b52007-02-25 19:44:48 +0000611#define Py_TPFLAGS_UNICODE_SUBCLASS (1L<<28)
612#define Py_TPFLAGS_DICT_SUBCLASS (1L<<29)
613#define Py_TPFLAGS_BASE_EXC_SUBCLASS (1L<<30)
614#define Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS (1L<<31)
615
Guido van Rossum69ed1012008-08-19 20:13:02 +0000616#define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT_EXTERNAL ( \
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000617 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER | \
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000618 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_SEQUENCE_IN | \
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000619 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INPLACEOPS | \
620 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_RICHCOMPARE | \
Fred Drake033f3122001-02-02 18:17:30 +0000621 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_WEAKREFS | \
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000622 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_ITER | \
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000623 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_CLASS | \
Christian Tismerc26ff412003-05-23 03:33:35 +0000624 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION | \
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000625 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INDEX | \
Guido van Rossum69ed1012008-08-19 20:13:02 +0000626 0)
627#define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT_CORE (Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT_EXTERNAL | \
628 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG)
629
630#ifdef Py_BUILD_CORE
631#define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT_CORE
632#else
633#define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT_EXTERNAL
634#endif
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000635
636#define PyType_HasFeature(t,f) (((t)->tp_flags & (f)) != 0)
Neal Norwitzee3a1b52007-02-25 19:44:48 +0000637#define PyType_FastSubclass(t,f) PyType_HasFeature(t,f)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000638
639
640/*
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000641The macros Py_INCREF(op) and Py_DECREF(op) are used to increment or decrement
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000642reference counts. Py_DECREF calls the object's deallocator function when
643the refcount falls to 0; for
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000644objects that don't contain references to other objects or heap memory
645this can be the standard function free(). Both macros can be used
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000646wherever a void expression is allowed. The argument must not be a
Benjamin Petersona45ab9f2008-03-28 23:11:01 +0000647NULL pointer. If it may be NULL, use Py_XINCREF/Py_XDECREF instead.
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000648The macro _Py_NewReference(op) initialize reference counts to 1, and
649in special builds (Py_REF_DEBUG, Py_TRACE_REFS) performs additional
650bookkeeping appropriate to the special build.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000651
652We assume that the reference count field can never overflow; this can
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000653be proven when the size of the field is the same as the pointer size, so
654we ignore the possibility. Provided a C int is at least 32 bits (which
655is implicitly assumed in many parts of this code), that's enough for
656about 2**31 references to an object.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000657
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000658XXX The following became out of date in Python 2.2, but I'm not sure
659XXX what the full truth is now. Certainly, heap-allocated type objects
660XXX can and should be deallocated.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000661Type objects should never be deallocated; the type pointer in an object
662is not considered to be a reference to the type object, to save
663complications in the deallocation function. (This is actually a
664decision that's up to the implementer of each new type so if you want,
665you can count such references to the type object.)
666
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000667*** WARNING*** The Py_DECREF macro must have a side-effect-free argument
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000668since it may evaluate its argument multiple times. (The alternative
669would be to mace it a proper function or assign it to a global temporary
670variable first, both of which are slower; and in a multi-threaded
671environment the global variable trick is not safe.)
672*/
673
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000674/* First define a pile of simple helper macros, one set per special
675 * build symbol. These either expand to the obvious things, or to
676 * nothing at all when the special mode isn't in effect. The main
677 * macros can later be defined just once then, yet expand to different
678 * things depending on which special build options are and aren't in effect.
679 * Trust me <wink>: while painful, this is 20x easier to understand than,
680 * e.g, defining _Py_NewReference five different times in a maze of nested
681 * #ifdefs (we used to do that -- it was impenetrable).
682 */
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000683#ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG
Neal Norwitz4281cef2006-03-04 19:58:13 +0000684PyAPI_DATA(Py_ssize_t) _Py_RefTotal;
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000685PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_NegativeRefcount(const char *fname,
Tim Peters7c321a82002-07-09 02:57:01 +0000686 int lineno, PyObject *op);
Armin Rigoe1709372006-04-12 17:06:05 +0000687PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyDict_Dummy(void);
688PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PySet_Dummy(void);
689PyAPI_FUNC(Py_ssize_t) _Py_GetRefTotal(void);
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000690#define _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_RefTotal++
691#define _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL _Py_RefTotal--
692#define _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA ,
693#define _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(OP) \
Martin v. Löwis68192102007-07-21 06:55:02 +0000694{ if (((PyObject*)OP)->ob_refcnt < 0) \
Tim Peters7c321a82002-07-09 02:57:01 +0000695 _Py_NegativeRefcount(__FILE__, __LINE__, \
696 (PyObject *)(OP)); \
697}
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000698#else
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000699#define _Py_INC_REFTOTAL
700#define _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL
701#define _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA
702#define _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(OP) /* a semicolon */;
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000703#endif /* Py_REF_DEBUG */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000704
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000705#ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000706PyAPI_FUNC(void) inc_count(PyTypeObject *);
Martin v. Löwis45294a92006-04-18 06:24:08 +0000707PyAPI_FUNC(void) dec_count(PyTypeObject *);
Christian Heimese93237d2007-12-19 02:37:44 +0000708#define _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(OP) inc_count(Py_TYPE(OP))
709#define _Py_INC_TPFREES(OP) dec_count(Py_TYPE(OP))
710#define _Py_DEC_TPFREES(OP) Py_TYPE(OP)->tp_frees--
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000711#define _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA ,
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000712#else
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000713#define _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(OP)
714#define _Py_INC_TPFREES(OP)
715#define _Py_DEC_TPFREES(OP)
716#define _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000717#endif /* COUNT_ALLOCS */
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000718
719#ifdef Py_TRACE_REFS
720/* Py_TRACE_REFS is such major surgery that we call external routines. */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000721PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_NewReference(PyObject *);
722PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_ForgetReference(PyObject *);
723PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_Dealloc(PyObject *);
724PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferences(FILE *);
Tim Peters269b2a62003-04-17 19:52:29 +0000725PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferenceAddresses(FILE *);
Tim Peters7571a0f2003-03-23 17:52:28 +0000726PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_AddToAllObjects(PyObject *, int force);
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000727
728#else
729/* Without Py_TRACE_REFS, there's little enough to do that we expand code
730 * inline.
731 */
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000732#define _Py_NewReference(op) ( \
733 _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(op) _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA \
734 _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
Christian Heimese93237d2007-12-19 02:37:44 +0000735 Py_REFCNT(op) = 1)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000736
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000737#define _Py_ForgetReference(op) _Py_INC_TPFREES(op)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000738
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000739#define _Py_Dealloc(op) ( \
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000740 _Py_INC_TPFREES(op) _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA \
Christian Heimese93237d2007-12-19 02:37:44 +0000741 (*Py_TYPE(op)->tp_dealloc)((PyObject *)(op)))
Guido van Rossum60be1db1996-05-22 16:33:22 +0000742#endif /* !Py_TRACE_REFS */
743
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000744#define Py_INCREF(op) ( \
745 _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
Martin v. Löwis68192102007-07-21 06:55:02 +0000746 ((PyObject*)(op))->ob_refcnt++)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000747
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000748#define Py_DECREF(op) \
749 if (_Py_DEC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
Martin v. Löwis68192102007-07-21 06:55:02 +0000750 --((PyObject*)(op))->ob_refcnt != 0) \
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000751 _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(op) \
752 else \
Guido van Rossum1d529d11997-08-05 02:30:44 +0000753 _Py_Dealloc((PyObject *)(op))
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000754
Tim Peters9d2ced82006-04-15 02:14:03 +0000755/* Safely decref `op` and set `op` to NULL, especially useful in tp_clear
756 * and tp_dealloc implementatons.
757 *
758 * Note that "the obvious" code can be deadly:
759 *
760 * Py_XDECREF(op);
761 * op = NULL;
762 *
763 * Typically, `op` is something like self->containee, and `self` is done
764 * using its `containee` member. In the code sequence above, suppose
765 * `containee` is non-NULL with a refcount of 1. Its refcount falls to
766 * 0 on the first line, which can trigger an arbitrary amount of code,
767 * possibly including finalizers (like __del__ methods or weakref callbacks)
768 * coded in Python, which in turn can release the GIL and allow other threads
769 * to run, etc. Such code may even invoke methods of `self` again, or cause
770 * cyclic gc to trigger, but-- oops! --self->containee still points to the
771 * object being torn down, and it may be in an insane state while being torn
772 * down. This has in fact been a rich historic source of miserable (rare &
773 * hard-to-diagnose) segfaulting (and other) bugs.
774 *
775 * The safe way is:
776 *
777 * Py_CLEAR(op);
778 *
779 * That arranges to set `op` to NULL _before_ decref'ing, so that any code
780 * triggered as a side-effect of `op` getting torn down no longer believes
781 * `op` points to a valid object.
782 *
783 * There are cases where it's safe to use the naive code, but they're brittle.
784 * For example, if `op` points to a Python integer, you know that destroying
785 * one of those can't cause problems -- but in part that relies on that
786 * Python integers aren't currently weakly referencable. Best practice is
787 * to use Py_CLEAR() even if you can't think of a reason for why you need to.
788 */
Jim Fulton8c5aeaa2004-07-14 19:07:35 +0000789#define Py_CLEAR(op) \
790 do { \
791 if (op) { \
Alexandre Vassalotti8d412f32008-07-13 20:42:44 +0000792 PyObject *_py_tmp = (PyObject *)(op); \
Jim Fulton8c5aeaa2004-07-14 19:07:35 +0000793 (op) = NULL; \
Alexandre Vassalotti8d412f32008-07-13 20:42:44 +0000794 Py_DECREF(_py_tmp); \
Jim Fulton8c5aeaa2004-07-14 19:07:35 +0000795 } \
796 } while (0)
797
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000798/* Macros to use in case the object pointer may be NULL: */
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000799#define Py_XINCREF(op) if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_INCREF(op)
800#define Py_XDECREF(op) if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_DECREF(op)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000801
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000802/*
Thomas Heller1328b522004-04-22 17:23:49 +0000803These are provided as conveniences to Python runtime embedders, so that
804they can have object code that is not dependent on Python compilation flags.
805*/
806PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_IncRef(PyObject *);
807PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_DecRef(PyObject *);
808
809/*
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000810_Py_NoneStruct is an object of undefined type which can be used in contexts
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000811where NULL (nil) is not suitable (since NULL often means 'error').
812
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000813Don't forget to apply Py_INCREF() when returning this value!!!
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000814*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000815PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NoneStruct; /* Don't use this directly */
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000816#define Py_None (&_Py_NoneStruct)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000817
Brett Cannond05235e2003-10-19 21:19:40 +0000818/* Macro for returning Py_None from a function */
Tim Peters5980ff22004-07-22 01:46:43 +0000819#define Py_RETURN_NONE return Py_INCREF(Py_None), Py_None
Brett Cannond05235e2003-10-19 21:19:40 +0000820
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000821/*
822Py_NotImplemented is a singleton used to signal that an operation is
823not implemented for a given type combination.
824*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000825PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NotImplementedStruct; /* Don't use this directly */
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000826#define Py_NotImplemented (&_Py_NotImplementedStruct)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000827
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000828/* Rich comparison opcodes */
829#define Py_LT 0
830#define Py_LE 1
831#define Py_EQ 2
832#define Py_NE 3
833#define Py_GT 4
834#define Py_GE 5
835
Tim Petersf4aca752004-09-23 02:39:37 +0000836/* Maps Py_LT to Py_GT, ..., Py_GE to Py_LE.
837 * Defined in object.c.
838 */
839PyAPI_DATA(int) _Py_SwappedOp[];
840
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000841/*
Jeremy Hylton938ace62002-07-17 16:30:39 +0000842Define staticforward and statichere for source compatibility with old
843C extensions.
844
845The staticforward define was needed to support certain broken C
846compilers (notably SCO ODT 3.0, perhaps early AIX as well) botched the
847static keyword when it was used with a forward declaration of a static
848initialized structure. Standard C allows the forward declaration with
849static, and we've decided to stop catering to broken C compilers.
850(In fact, we expect that the compilers are all fixed eight years later.)
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000851*/
852
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000853#define staticforward static
Guido van Rossum57836fe1995-02-21 21:06:10 +0000854#define statichere static
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000855
856
857/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000858More conventions
859================
860
861Argument Checking
862-----------------
863
864Functions that take objects as arguments normally don't check for nil
865arguments, but they do check the type of the argument, and return an
866error if the function doesn't apply to the type.
867
868Failure Modes
869-------------
870
871Functions may fail for a variety of reasons, including running out of
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000872memory. This is communicated to the caller in two ways: an error string
873is set (see errors.h), and the function result differs: functions that
874normally return a pointer return NULL for failure, functions returning
875an integer return -1 (which could be a legal return value too!), and
876other functions return 0 for success and -1 for failure.
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000877Callers should always check for errors before using the result. If
878an error was set, the caller must either explicitly clear it, or pass
879the error on to its caller.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000880
881Reference Counts
882----------------
883
884It takes a while to get used to the proper usage of reference counts.
885
886Functions that create an object set the reference count to 1; such new
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000887objects must be stored somewhere or destroyed again with Py_DECREF().
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000888Some functions that 'store' objects, such as PyTuple_SetItem() and
889PyList_SetItem(),
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000890don't increment the reference count of the object, since the most
891frequent use is to store a fresh object. Functions that 'retrieve'
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000892objects, such as PyTuple_GetItem() and PyDict_GetItemString(), also
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000893don't increment
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000894the reference count, since most frequently the object is only looked at
895quickly. Thus, to retrieve an object and store it again, the caller
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000896must call Py_INCREF() explicitly.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000897
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000898NOTE: functions that 'consume' a reference count, like
899PyList_SetItem(), consume the reference even if the object wasn't
900successfully stored, to simplify error handling.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000901
902It seems attractive to make other functions that take an object as
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000903argument consume a reference count; however, this may quickly get
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000904confusing (even the current practice is already confusing). Consider
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000905it carefully, it may save lots of calls to Py_INCREF() and Py_DECREF() at
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000906times.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000907*/
Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +0000908
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000909
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000910/* Trashcan mechanism, thanks to Christian Tismer.
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000911
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000912When deallocating a container object, it's possible to trigger an unbounded
913chain of deallocations, as each Py_DECREF in turn drops the refcount on "the
914next" object in the chain to 0. This can easily lead to stack faults, and
915especially in threads (which typically have less stack space to work with).
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000916
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000917A container object that participates in cyclic gc can avoid this by
918bracketing the body of its tp_dealloc function with a pair of macros:
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000919
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000920static void
921mytype_dealloc(mytype *p)
922{
923 ... declarations go here ...
924
925 PyObject_GC_UnTrack(p); // must untrack first
926 Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_BEGIN(p)
927 ... The body of the deallocator goes here, including all calls ...
928 ... to Py_DECREF on contained objects. ...
929 Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END(p)
930}
931
Tim Peters808eb592002-08-07 20:53:05 +0000932CAUTION: Never return from the middle of the body! If the body needs to
933"get out early", put a label immediately before the Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END
934call, and goto it. Else the call-depth counter (see below) will stay
935above 0 forever, and the trashcan will never get emptied.
936
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000937How it works: The BEGIN macro increments a call-depth counter. So long
938as this counter is small, the body of the deallocator is run directly without
939further ado. But if the counter gets large, it instead adds p to a list of
940objects to be deallocated later, skips the body of the deallocator, and
941resumes execution after the END macro. The tp_dealloc routine then returns
942without deallocating anything (and so unbounded call-stack depth is avoided).
943
944When the call stack finishes unwinding again, code generated by the END macro
945notices this, and calls another routine to deallocate all the objects that
946may have been added to the list of deferred deallocations. In effect, a
947chain of N deallocations is broken into N / PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL pieces,
948with the call stack never exceeding a depth of PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL.
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000949*/
950
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000951PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTrash_deposit_object(PyObject*);
952PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTrash_destroy_chain(void);
953PyAPI_DATA(int) _PyTrash_delete_nesting;
954PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) _PyTrash_delete_later;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000955
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000956#define PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL 50
957
958#define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_BEGIN(op) \
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000959 if (_PyTrash_delete_nesting < PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL) { \
960 ++_PyTrash_delete_nesting;
961 /* The body of the deallocator is here. */
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000962#define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END(op) \
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000963 --_PyTrash_delete_nesting; \
964 if (_PyTrash_delete_later && _PyTrash_delete_nesting <= 0) \
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000965 _PyTrash_destroy_chain(); \
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000966 } \
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000967 else \
968 _PyTrash_deposit_object((PyObject*)op);
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000969
Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +0000970#ifdef __cplusplus
971}
972#endif
973#endif /* !Py_OBJECT_H */