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Antoine Pitrou789be0c2009-04-02 21:18:34 +00001/* Memory view object. In Python this is available as "memoryview". */
2
3#ifndef Py_MEMORYOBJECT_H
4#define Py_MEMORYOBJECT_H
5#ifdef __cplusplus
6extern "C" {
7#endif
8
9PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyMemoryView_Type;
10
11#define PyMemoryView_Check(op) (Py_TYPE(op) == &PyMemoryView_Type)
12
13/* Get a pointer to the underlying Py_buffer of a memoryview object. */
14#define PyMemoryView_GET_BUFFER(op) (&((PyMemoryViewObject *)(op))->view)
15/* Get a pointer to the PyObject from which originates a memoryview object. */
16#define PyMemoryView_GET_BASE(op) (((PyMemoryViewObject *)(op))->view.obj)
17
18
19PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyMemoryView_GetContiguous(PyObject *base,
20 int buffertype,
21 char fort);
22
23 /* Return a contiguous chunk of memory representing the buffer
24 from an object in a memory view object. If a copy is made then the
25 base object for the memory view will be a *new* bytes object.
26
27 Otherwise, the base-object will be the object itself and no
28 data-copying will be done.
29
30 The buffertype argument can be PyBUF_READ, PyBUF_WRITE,
31 PyBUF_SHADOW to determine whether the returned buffer
32 should be READONLY, WRITABLE, or set to update the
33 original buffer if a copy must be made. If buffertype is
34 PyBUF_WRITE and the buffer is not contiguous an error will
35 be raised. In this circumstance, the user can use
36 PyBUF_SHADOW to ensure that a a writable temporary
37 contiguous buffer is returned. The contents of this
38 contiguous buffer will be copied back into the original
39 object after the memoryview object is deleted as long as
40 the original object is writable and allows setting an
41 exclusive write lock. If this is not allowed by the
42 original object, then a BufferError is raised.
43
44 If the object is multi-dimensional and if fortran is 'F',
45 the first dimension of the underlying array will vary the
46 fastest in the buffer. If fortran is 'C', then the last
47 dimension will vary the fastest (C-style contiguous). If
48 fortran is 'A', then it does not matter and you will get
49 whatever the object decides is more efficient.
50
51 A new reference is returned that must be DECREF'd when finished.
52 */
53
54PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyMemoryView_FromObject(PyObject *base);
55
56PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyMemoryView_FromBuffer(Py_buffer *info);
57 /* create new if bufptr is NULL
58 will be a new bytesobject in base */
59
60
61/* The struct is declared here so that macros can work, but it shouldn't
62 be considered public. Don't access those fields directly, use the macros
63 and functions instead! */
64typedef struct {
65 PyObject_HEAD
66 PyObject *base;
67 Py_buffer view;
68} PyMemoryViewObject;
69
70
71#ifdef __cplusplus
72}
73#endif
74#endif /* !Py_MEMORYOBJECT_H */