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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
118/* B/w compatibility */
119#define Py_Refcnt(ob) Py_REFCNT(op)
120#define Py_Type(op) Py_TYPE(op)
121#define Py_Size(op) Py_SIZE(op)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000122
123/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000124Type objects contain a string containing the type name (to help somewhat
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000125in debugging), the allocation parameters (see PyObject_New() and
126PyObject_NewVar()),
127and methods for accessing objects of the type. Methods are optional, a
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000128nil pointer meaning that particular kind of access is not available for
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000129this type. The Py_DECREF() macro uses the tp_dealloc method without
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000130checking for a nil pointer; it should always be implemented except if
131the implementation can guarantee that the reference count will never
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000132reach zero (e.g., for statically allocated type objects).
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000133
134NB: the methods for certain type groups are now contained in separate
135method blocks.
136*/
137
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000138typedef PyObject * (*unaryfunc)(PyObject *);
139typedef PyObject * (*binaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
140typedef PyObject * (*ternaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
141typedef int (*inquiry)(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000142typedef Py_ssize_t (*lenfunc)(PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000143typedef int (*coercion)(PyObject **, PyObject **);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000144typedef PyObject *(*intargfunc)(PyObject *, int) Py_DEPRECATED(2.5);
145typedef PyObject *(*intintargfunc)(PyObject *, int, int) Py_DEPRECATED(2.5);
146typedef PyObject *(*ssizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t);
147typedef PyObject *(*ssizessizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000148typedef int(*intobjargproc)(PyObject *, int, PyObject *);
149typedef int(*intintobjargproc)(PyObject *, int, int, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000150typedef int(*ssizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *);
151typedef int(*ssizessizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000152typedef int(*objobjargproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000153
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000154
155
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000156/* int-based buffer interface */
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000157typedef int (*getreadbufferproc)(PyObject *, int, void **);
158typedef int (*getwritebufferproc)(PyObject *, int, void **);
159typedef int (*getsegcountproc)(PyObject *, int *);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000160typedef int (*getcharbufferproc)(PyObject *, int, char **);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000161/* ssize_t-based buffer interface */
162typedef Py_ssize_t (*readbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, void **);
163typedef Py_ssize_t (*writebufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, void **);
164typedef Py_ssize_t (*segcountproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t *);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000165typedef Py_ssize_t (*charbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, char **);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000166
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000167/* Py3k buffer interface */
168
169typedef struct bufferinfo {
170 void *buf;
171 Py_ssize_t len;
172 Py_ssize_t itemsize; /* This is Py_ssize_t so it can be
173 pointed to by strides in simple case.*/
174 int readonly;
175 int ndim;
176 char *format;
177 Py_ssize_t *shape;
178 Py_ssize_t *strides;
179 Py_ssize_t *suboffsets;
180 void *internal;
181} Py_buffer;
182
183typedef int (*getbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *, int);
184typedef void (*releasebufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *);
185
186 /* Flags for getting buffers */
187#define PyBUF_SIMPLE 0
188#define PyBUF_WRITABLE 0x0001
189/* we used to include an E, backwards compatible alias */
190#define PyBUF_WRITEABLE PyBUF_WRITABLE
191#define PyBUF_LOCK 0x0002
192#define PyBUF_FORMAT 0x0004
193#define PyBUF_ND 0x0008
194#define PyBUF_STRIDES (0x0010 | PyBUF_ND)
195#define PyBUF_C_CONTIGUOUS (0x0020 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
196#define PyBUF_F_CONTIGUOUS (0x0040 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
197#define PyBUF_ANY_CONTIGUOUS (0x0080 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
198#define PyBUF_INDIRECT (0x0100 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
199
200#define PyBUF_CONTIG (PyBUF_ND | PyBUF_WRITABLE)
201#define PyBUF_CONTIG_RO (PyBUF_ND)
202#define PyBUF_CONTIG_LCK (PyBUF_ND | PyBUF_LOCK)
203#define PyBUF_CONTIG_XLCK (PyBUF_ND | PyBUF_LOCK | PyBUF_WRITABLE)
204
205#define PyBUF_STRIDED (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_WRITABLE)
206#define PyBUF_STRIDED_RO (PyBUF_STRIDES)
207#define PyBUF_STRIDED_LCK (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_LOCK)
208#define PyBUF_STRIDED_XLCK (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_LOCK | PyBUF_WRITABLE)
209
210#define PyBUF_RECORDS (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_WRITABLE | PyBUF_FORMAT)
211#define PyBUF_RECORDS_RO (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_FORMAT)
212#define PyBUF_RECORDS_LCK (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_LOCK | PyBUF_FORMAT)
213#define PyBUF_RECORDS_XLCK (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_LOCK | PyBUF_WRITABLE \
214 | PyBUF_FORMAT)
215
216#define PyBUF_FULL (PyBUF_INDIRECT | PyBUF_WRITABLE | PyBUF_FORMAT)
217#define PyBUF_FULL_RO (PyBUF_INDIRECT | PyBUF_FORMAT)
218#define PyBUF_FULL_LCK (PyBUF_INDIRECT | PyBUF_LOCK | PyBUF_FORMAT)
219#define PyBUF_FULL_XLCK (PyBUF_INDIRECT | PyBUF_LOCK | PyBUF_WRITABLE \
220 | PyBUF_FORMAT)
221
222
223#define PyBUF_READ 0x100
224#define PyBUF_WRITE 0x200
225#define PyBUF_SHADOW 0x400
226/* end Py3k buffer interface */
227
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000228typedef int (*objobjproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
229typedef int (*visitproc)(PyObject *, void *);
230typedef int (*traverseproc)(PyObject *, visitproc, void *);
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000231
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000232typedef struct {
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000233 /* For numbers without flag bit Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES set, all
234 arguments are guaranteed to be of the object's type (modulo
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000235 coercion hacks -- i.e. if the type's coercion function
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000236 returns other types, then these are allowed as well). Numbers that
237 have the Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES flag bit set should check *both*
238 arguments for proper type and implement the necessary conversions
239 in the slot functions themselves. */
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000240
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000241 binaryfunc nb_add;
242 binaryfunc nb_subtract;
243 binaryfunc nb_multiply;
244 binaryfunc nb_divide;
245 binaryfunc nb_remainder;
246 binaryfunc nb_divmod;
Guido van Rossum75abc631994-08-09 13:21:54 +0000247 ternaryfunc nb_power;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000248 unaryfunc nb_negative;
249 unaryfunc nb_positive;
250 unaryfunc nb_absolute;
251 inquiry nb_nonzero;
252 unaryfunc nb_invert;
253 binaryfunc nb_lshift;
254 binaryfunc nb_rshift;
255 binaryfunc nb_and;
256 binaryfunc nb_xor;
257 binaryfunc nb_or;
258 coercion nb_coerce;
259 unaryfunc nb_int;
260 unaryfunc nb_long;
261 unaryfunc nb_float;
262 unaryfunc nb_oct;
263 unaryfunc nb_hex;
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000264 /* Added in release 2.0 */
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000265 binaryfunc nb_inplace_add;
266 binaryfunc nb_inplace_subtract;
267 binaryfunc nb_inplace_multiply;
268 binaryfunc nb_inplace_divide;
269 binaryfunc nb_inplace_remainder;
270 ternaryfunc nb_inplace_power;
271 binaryfunc nb_inplace_lshift;
272 binaryfunc nb_inplace_rshift;
273 binaryfunc nb_inplace_and;
274 binaryfunc nb_inplace_xor;
275 binaryfunc nb_inplace_or;
Guido van Rossum4668b002001-08-08 05:00:18 +0000276
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000277 /* Added in release 2.2 */
Guido van Rossum4668b002001-08-08 05:00:18 +0000278 /* The following require the Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_CLASS flag */
279 binaryfunc nb_floor_divide;
280 binaryfunc nb_true_divide;
281 binaryfunc nb_inplace_floor_divide;
282 binaryfunc nb_inplace_true_divide;
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000283
284 /* Added in release 2.5 */
Neal Norwitz8a87f5d2006-08-12 17:03:09 +0000285 unaryfunc nb_index;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000286} PyNumberMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000287
288typedef struct {
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000289 lenfunc sq_length;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000290 binaryfunc sq_concat;
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000291 ssizeargfunc sq_repeat;
292 ssizeargfunc sq_item;
293 ssizessizeargfunc sq_slice;
294 ssizeobjargproc sq_ass_item;
295 ssizessizeobjargproc sq_ass_slice;
Guido van Rossumcecb27a2000-02-28 15:00:40 +0000296 objobjproc sq_contains;
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000297 /* Added in release 2.0 */
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000298 binaryfunc sq_inplace_concat;
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000299 ssizeargfunc sq_inplace_repeat;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000300} PySequenceMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000301
302typedef struct {
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000303 lenfunc mp_length;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000304 binaryfunc mp_subscript;
305 objobjargproc mp_ass_subscript;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000306} PyMappingMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000307
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000308typedef struct {
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000309 readbufferproc bf_getreadbuffer;
310 writebufferproc bf_getwritebuffer;
311 segcountproc bf_getsegcount;
312 charbufferproc bf_getcharbuffer;
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000313 getbufferproc bf_getbuffer;
314 releasebufferproc bf_releasebuffer;
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000315} PyBufferProcs;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000316
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000317
Neil Schemenauerf6d1ea12002-04-12 01:57:06 +0000318typedef void (*freefunc)(void *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000319typedef void (*destructor)(PyObject *);
320typedef int (*printfunc)(PyObject *, FILE *, int);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000321typedef PyObject *(*getattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000322typedef PyObject *(*getattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000323typedef int (*setattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000324typedef int (*setattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
325typedef int (*cmpfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
326typedef PyObject *(*reprfunc)(PyObject *);
327typedef long (*hashfunc)(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000328typedef PyObject *(*richcmpfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000329typedef PyObject *(*getiterfunc) (PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum213c7a62001-04-23 14:08:49 +0000330typedef PyObject *(*iternextfunc) (PyObject *);
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000331typedef PyObject *(*descrgetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
332typedef int (*descrsetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
333typedef int (*initproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
334typedef PyObject *(*newfunc)(struct _typeobject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000335typedef PyObject *(*allocfunc)(struct _typeobject *, Py_ssize_t);
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000336
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000337typedef struct _typeobject {
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000338 PyObject_VAR_HEAD
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000339 const char *tp_name; /* For printing, in format "<module>.<name>" */
Martin v. Löwis97c65a82006-02-16 14:24:38 +0000340 Py_ssize_t tp_basicsize, tp_itemsize; /* For allocation */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000341
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000342 /* Methods to implement standard operations */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000343
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000344 destructor tp_dealloc;
345 printfunc tp_print;
346 getattrfunc tp_getattr;
347 setattrfunc tp_setattr;
348 cmpfunc tp_compare;
349 reprfunc tp_repr;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000350
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000351 /* Method suites for standard classes */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000352
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000353 PyNumberMethods *tp_as_number;
354 PySequenceMethods *tp_as_sequence;
355 PyMappingMethods *tp_as_mapping;
Guido van Rossum9bfef441993-03-29 10:43:31 +0000356
Fred Drake0e12bcd2000-03-21 16:14:47 +0000357 /* More standard operations (here for binary compatibility) */
Guido van Rossum9bfef441993-03-29 10:43:31 +0000358
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000359 hashfunc tp_hash;
Guido van Rossum884afd61995-07-18 14:21:06 +0000360 ternaryfunc tp_call;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000361 reprfunc tp_str;
Guido van Rossum0693dd21996-08-09 20:48:52 +0000362 getattrofunc tp_getattro;
363 setattrofunc tp_setattro;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000364
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000365 /* Functions to access object as input/output buffer */
366 PyBufferProcs *tp_as_buffer;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000367
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000368 /* Flags to define presence of optional/expanded features */
369 long tp_flags;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000370
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000371 const char *tp_doc; /* Documentation string */
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000372
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000373 /* Assigned meaning in release 2.0 */
Jeremy Hylton8caad492000-06-23 14:18:11 +0000374 /* call function for all accessible objects */
375 traverseproc tp_traverse;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000376
Jeremy Hylton8caad492000-06-23 14:18:11 +0000377 /* delete references to contained objects */
378 inquiry tp_clear;
379
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000380 /* Assigned meaning in release 2.1 */
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000381 /* rich comparisons */
382 richcmpfunc tp_richcompare;
383
Fred Drake41deb1e2001-02-01 05:27:45 +0000384 /* weak reference enabler */
Martin v. Löwis97c65a82006-02-16 14:24:38 +0000385 Py_ssize_t tp_weaklistoffset;
Guido van Rossuma9c2d7a1998-04-23 19:16:44 +0000386
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000387 /* Added in release 2.2 */
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000388 /* Iterators */
389 getiterfunc tp_iter;
Guido van Rossum213c7a62001-04-23 14:08:49 +0000390 iternextfunc tp_iternext;
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000391
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000392 /* Attribute descriptor and subclassing stuff */
393 struct PyMethodDef *tp_methods;
Guido van Rossum6f799372001-09-20 20:46:19 +0000394 struct PyMemberDef *tp_members;
Guido van Rossum32d34c82001-09-20 21:45:26 +0000395 struct PyGetSetDef *tp_getset;
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000396 struct _typeobject *tp_base;
397 PyObject *tp_dict;
398 descrgetfunc tp_descr_get;
399 descrsetfunc tp_descr_set;
Martin v. Löwis97c65a82006-02-16 14:24:38 +0000400 Py_ssize_t tp_dictoffset;
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000401 initproc tp_init;
402 allocfunc tp_alloc;
403 newfunc tp_new;
Neil Schemenauerf6d1ea12002-04-12 01:57:06 +0000404 freefunc tp_free; /* Low-level free-memory routine */
Guido van Rossum048eb752001-10-02 21:24:57 +0000405 inquiry tp_is_gc; /* For PyObject_IS_GC */
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000406 PyObject *tp_bases;
407 PyObject *tp_mro; /* method resolution order */
Guido van Rossum687ae002001-10-15 22:03:32 +0000408 PyObject *tp_cache;
Guido van Rossum1c450732001-10-08 15:18:27 +0000409 PyObject *tp_subclasses;
410 PyObject *tp_weaklist;
Guido van Rossumfebd61d2002-08-08 20:55:20 +0000411 destructor tp_del;
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000412
Amaury Forgeot d'Arce4c270c2008-01-14 00:29:41 +0000413 /* Type attribute cache version tag. Added in version 2.6 */
414 unsigned int tp_version_tag;
415
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000416#ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000417 /* these must be last and never explicitly initialized */
Martin v. Löwise36dce62006-03-01 04:02:43 +0000418 Py_ssize_t tp_allocs;
419 Py_ssize_t tp_frees;
420 Py_ssize_t tp_maxalloc;
Martin v. Löwis45294a92006-04-18 06:24:08 +0000421 struct _typeobject *tp_prev;
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000422 struct _typeobject *tp_next;
423#endif
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000424} PyTypeObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000425
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000426
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000427/* The *real* layout of a type object when allocated on the heap */
428typedef struct _heaptypeobject {
429 /* Note: there's a dependency on the order of these members
430 in slotptr() in typeobject.c . */
Georg Brandlc255c7b2006-02-20 22:27:28 +0000431 PyTypeObject ht_type;
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000432 PyNumberMethods as_number;
433 PyMappingMethods as_mapping;
434 PySequenceMethods as_sequence; /* as_sequence comes after as_mapping,
435 so that the mapping wins when both
436 the mapping and the sequence define
437 a given operator (e.g. __getitem__).
438 see add_operators() in typeobject.c . */
439 PyBufferProcs as_buffer;
Georg Brandlc255c7b2006-02-20 22:27:28 +0000440 PyObject *ht_name, *ht_slots;
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000441 /* here are optional user slots, followed by the members. */
442} PyHeapTypeObject;
443
444/* access macro to the members which are floating "behind" the object */
445#define PyHeapType_GET_MEMBERS(etype) \
Christian Heimese93237d2007-12-19 02:37:44 +0000446 ((PyMemberDef *)(((char *)etype) + Py_TYPE(etype)->tp_basicsize))
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000447
448
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000449/* Generic type check */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000450PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_IsSubtype(PyTypeObject *, PyTypeObject *);
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000451#define PyObject_TypeCheck(ob, tp) \
Christian Heimese93237d2007-12-19 02:37:44 +0000452 (Py_TYPE(ob) == (tp) || PyType_IsSubtype(Py_TYPE(ob), (tp)))
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000453
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000454PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyType_Type; /* built-in 'type' */
455PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyBaseObject_Type; /* built-in 'object' */
456PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PySuper_Type; /* built-in 'super' */
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000457
Neal Norwitzee3a1b52007-02-25 19:44:48 +0000458#define PyType_Check(op) \
Christian Heimese93237d2007-12-19 02:37:44 +0000459 PyType_FastSubclass(Py_TYPE(op), Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS)
460#define PyType_CheckExact(op) (Py_TYPE(op) == &PyType_Type)
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000461
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000462PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000463PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericAlloc(PyTypeObject *, Py_ssize_t);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000464PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericNew(PyTypeObject *,
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000465 PyObject *, PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000466PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyType_Lookup(PyTypeObject *, PyObject *);
Christian Heimes908caac2008-01-27 23:34:59 +0000467PyAPI_FUNC(unsigned int) PyType_ClearCache(void);
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000468
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000469/* Generic operations on objects */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000470PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Print(PyObject *, FILE *, int);
471PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyObject_Dump(PyObject *);
472PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Repr(PyObject *);
Neil Schemenauercf52c072005-08-12 17:34:58 +0000473PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_Str(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000474PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Str(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis339d0f72001-08-17 18:39:25 +0000475#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000476PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Unicode(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis339d0f72001-08-17 18:39:25 +0000477#endif
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000478PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Compare(PyObject *, PyObject *);
479PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_RichCompare(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
480PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_RichCompareBool(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000481PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
482PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *, PyObject *);
483PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000484PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
485PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
486PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
487PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject **) _PyObject_GetDictPtr(PyObject *);
Raymond Hettinger1da1dbf2003-03-17 19:46:11 +0000488PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_SelfIter(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000489PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GenericGetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
490PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_GenericSetAttr(PyObject *,
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000491 PyObject *, PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000492PyAPI_FUNC(long) PyObject_Hash(PyObject *);
493PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_IsTrue(PyObject *);
494PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Not(PyObject *);
495PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyCallable_Check(PyObject *);
496PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyNumber_Coerce(PyObject **, PyObject **);
497PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyNumber_CoerceEx(PyObject **, PyObject **);
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000498
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000499PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyObject_ClearWeakRefs(PyObject *);
Fred Drake41deb1e2001-02-01 05:27:45 +0000500
Guido van Rossumab3b0342001-09-18 20:38:53 +0000501/* A slot function whose address we need to compare */
502extern int _PyObject_SlotCompare(PyObject *, PyObject *);
503
504
Tim Peters7eea37e2001-09-04 22:08:56 +0000505/* PyObject_Dir(obj) acts like Python __builtin__.dir(obj), returning a
506 list of strings. PyObject_Dir(NULL) is like __builtin__.dir(),
507 returning the names of the current locals. In this case, if there are
508 no current locals, NULL is returned, and PyErr_Occurred() is false.
509*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000510PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Dir(PyObject *);
Tim Peters7eea37e2001-09-04 22:08:56 +0000511
512
Guido van Rossum26d4ac31998-04-10 22:32:24 +0000513/* Helpers for printing recursive container types */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000514PyAPI_FUNC(int) Py_ReprEnter(PyObject *);
515PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_ReprLeave(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum26d4ac31998-04-10 22:32:24 +0000516
Fred Drake13634cf2000-06-29 19:17:04 +0000517/* Helpers for hash functions */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000518PyAPI_FUNC(long) _Py_HashDouble(double);
519PyAPI_FUNC(long) _Py_HashPointer(void*);
Fred Drake13634cf2000-06-29 19:17:04 +0000520
Jeremy Hylton483638c2001-02-01 20:20:45 +0000521/* Helper for passing objects to printf and the like */
522#define PyObject_REPR(obj) PyString_AS_STRING(PyObject_Repr(obj))
523
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000524/* Flag bits for printing: */
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000525#define Py_PRINT_RAW 1 /* No string quotes etc. */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000526
527/*
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000528`Type flags (tp_flags)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000529
530These flags are used to extend the type structure in a backwards-compatible
531fashion. Extensions can use the flags to indicate (and test) when a given
532type structure contains a new feature. The Python core will use these when
533introducing new functionality between major revisions (to avoid mid-version
534changes in the PYTHON_API_VERSION).
535
536Arbitration of the flag bit positions will need to be coordinated among
537all extension writers who publically release their extensions (this will
538be fewer than you might expect!)..
539
540Python 1.5.2 introduced the bf_getcharbuffer slot into PyBufferProcs.
541
542Type definitions should use Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT for their tp_flags value.
543
544Code can use PyType_HasFeature(type_ob, flag_value) to test whether the
545given type object has a specified feature.
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000546*/
547
548/* PyBufferProcs contains bf_getcharbuffer */
549#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER (1L<<0)
550
Guido van Rossumcecb27a2000-02-28 15:00:40 +0000551/* PySequenceMethods contains sq_contains */
552#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_SEQUENCE_IN (1L<<1)
553
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000554/* This is here for backwards compatibility. Extensions that use the old GC
555 * API will still compile but the objects will not be tracked by the GC. */
556#define Py_TPFLAGS_GC 0 /* used to be (1L<<2) */
Jeremy Hyltond08b4c42000-06-23 19:37:02 +0000557
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000558/* PySequenceMethods and PyNumberMethods contain in-place operators */
559#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INPLACEOPS (1L<<3)
560
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000561/* PyNumberMethods do their own coercion */
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000562#define Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES (1L<<4)
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000563
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000564/* tp_richcompare is defined */
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000565#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_RICHCOMPARE (1L<<5)
566
Fred Drake033f3122001-02-02 18:17:30 +0000567/* Objects which are weakly referencable if their tp_weaklistoffset is >0 */
Fred Drake033f3122001-02-02 18:17:30 +0000568#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_WEAKREFS (1L<<6)
569
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000570/* tp_iter is defined */
571#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_ITER (1L<<7)
572
Guido van Rossum4668b002001-08-08 05:00:18 +0000573/* New members introduced by Python 2.2 exist */
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000574#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_CLASS (1L<<8)
575
576/* Set if the type object is dynamically allocated */
577#define Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE (1L<<9)
578
579/* Set if the type allows subclassing */
580#define Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE (1L<<10)
581
Guido van Rossum9b9c9722001-08-10 17:37:02 +0000582/* Set if the type is 'ready' -- fully initialized */
583#define Py_TPFLAGS_READY (1L<<12)
584
585/* Set while the type is being 'readied', to prevent recursive ready calls */
586#define Py_TPFLAGS_READYING (1L<<13)
587
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000588/* Objects support garbage collection (see objimp.h) */
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000589#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC (1L<<14)
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000590
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000591/* These two bits are preserved for Stackless Python, next after this is 17 */
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000592#ifdef STACKLESS
Christian Tismer661a9e32003-05-23 12:47:36 +0000593#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION (3L<<15)
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000594#else
Christian Tismerc26ff412003-05-23 03:33:35 +0000595#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION 0
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000596#endif
597
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000598/* Objects support nb_index in PyNumberMethods */
599#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INDEX (1L<<17)
600
Amaury Forgeot d'Arce4c270c2008-01-14 00:29:41 +0000601/* Objects support type attribute cache */
602#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG (1L<<18)
603#define Py_TPFLAGS_VALID_VERSION_TAG (1L<<19)
604
Jeffrey Yasskin960b9b72008-02-28 04:45:36 +0000605/* Type is abstract and cannot be instantiated */
606#define Py_TPFLAGS_IS_ABSTRACT (1L<<20)
607
Travis E. Oliphant33451d82008-03-17 17:36:12 +0000608/* Has the new buffer protocol */
609#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_NEWBUFFER (1L<<21)
610
Neal Norwitzee3a1b52007-02-25 19:44:48 +0000611/* These flags are used to determine if a type is a subclass. */
612#define Py_TPFLAGS_INT_SUBCLASS (1L<<23)
613#define Py_TPFLAGS_LONG_SUBCLASS (1L<<24)
614#define Py_TPFLAGS_LIST_SUBCLASS (1L<<25)
615#define Py_TPFLAGS_TUPLE_SUBCLASS (1L<<26)
616#define Py_TPFLAGS_STRING_SUBCLASS (1L<<27)
617#define Py_TPFLAGS_UNICODE_SUBCLASS (1L<<28)
618#define Py_TPFLAGS_DICT_SUBCLASS (1L<<29)
619#define Py_TPFLAGS_BASE_EXC_SUBCLASS (1L<<30)
620#define Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS (1L<<31)
621
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000622#define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT ( \
623 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER | \
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000624 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_SEQUENCE_IN | \
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000625 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INPLACEOPS | \
626 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_RICHCOMPARE | \
Fred Drake033f3122001-02-02 18:17:30 +0000627 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_WEAKREFS | \
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000628 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_ITER | \
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000629 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_CLASS | \
Christian Tismerc26ff412003-05-23 03:33:35 +0000630 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION | \
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000631 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INDEX | \
Amaury Forgeot d'Arce4c270c2008-01-14 00:29:41 +0000632 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG | \
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000633 0)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000634
635#define PyType_HasFeature(t,f) (((t)->tp_flags & (f)) != 0)
Neal Norwitzee3a1b52007-02-25 19:44:48 +0000636#define PyType_FastSubclass(t,f) PyType_HasFeature(t,f)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000637
638
639/*
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000640The macros Py_INCREF(op) and Py_DECREF(op) are used to increment or decrement
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000641reference counts. Py_DECREF calls the object's deallocator function when
642the refcount falls to 0; for
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000643objects that don't contain references to other objects or heap memory
644this can be the standard function free(). Both macros can be used
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000645wherever a void expression is allowed. The argument must not be a
646NIL pointer. If it may be NIL, use Py_XINCREF/Py_XDECREF instead.
647The macro _Py_NewReference(op) initialize reference counts to 1, and
648in special builds (Py_REF_DEBUG, Py_TRACE_REFS) performs additional
649bookkeeping appropriate to the special build.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000650
651We assume that the reference count field can never overflow; this can
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000652be proven when the size of the field is the same as the pointer size, so
653we ignore the possibility. Provided a C int is at least 32 bits (which
654is implicitly assumed in many parts of this code), that's enough for
655about 2**31 references to an object.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000656
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000657XXX The following became out of date in Python 2.2, but I'm not sure
658XXX what the full truth is now. Certainly, heap-allocated type objects
659XXX can and should be deallocated.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000660Type objects should never be deallocated; the type pointer in an object
661is not considered to be a reference to the type object, to save
662complications in the deallocation function. (This is actually a
663decision that's up to the implementer of each new type so if you want,
664you can count such references to the type object.)
665
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000666*** WARNING*** The Py_DECREF macro must have a side-effect-free argument
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000667since it may evaluate its argument multiple times. (The alternative
668would be to mace it a proper function or assign it to a global temporary
669variable first, both of which are slower; and in a multi-threaded
670environment the global variable trick is not safe.)
671*/
672
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000673/* First define a pile of simple helper macros, one set per special
674 * build symbol. These either expand to the obvious things, or to
675 * nothing at all when the special mode isn't in effect. The main
676 * macros can later be defined just once then, yet expand to different
677 * things depending on which special build options are and aren't in effect.
678 * Trust me <wink>: while painful, this is 20x easier to understand than,
679 * e.g, defining _Py_NewReference five different times in a maze of nested
680 * #ifdefs (we used to do that -- it was impenetrable).
681 */
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000682#ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG
Neal Norwitz4281cef2006-03-04 19:58:13 +0000683PyAPI_DATA(Py_ssize_t) _Py_RefTotal;
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000684PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_NegativeRefcount(const char *fname,
Tim Peters7c321a82002-07-09 02:57:01 +0000685 int lineno, PyObject *op);
Armin Rigoe1709372006-04-12 17:06:05 +0000686PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyDict_Dummy(void);
687PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PySet_Dummy(void);
688PyAPI_FUNC(Py_ssize_t) _Py_GetRefTotal(void);
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000689#define _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_RefTotal++
690#define _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL _Py_RefTotal--
691#define _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA ,
692#define _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(OP) \
Martin v. Löwis68192102007-07-21 06:55:02 +0000693{ if (((PyObject*)OP)->ob_refcnt < 0) \
Tim Peters7c321a82002-07-09 02:57:01 +0000694 _Py_NegativeRefcount(__FILE__, __LINE__, \
695 (PyObject *)(OP)); \
696}
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000697#else
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000698#define _Py_INC_REFTOTAL
699#define _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL
700#define _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA
701#define _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(OP) /* a semicolon */;
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000702#endif /* Py_REF_DEBUG */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000703
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000704#ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000705PyAPI_FUNC(void) inc_count(PyTypeObject *);
Martin v. Löwis45294a92006-04-18 06:24:08 +0000706PyAPI_FUNC(void) dec_count(PyTypeObject *);
Christian Heimese93237d2007-12-19 02:37:44 +0000707#define _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(OP) inc_count(Py_TYPE(OP))
708#define _Py_INC_TPFREES(OP) dec_count(Py_TYPE(OP))
709#define _Py_DEC_TPFREES(OP) Py_TYPE(OP)->tp_frees--
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000710#define _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA ,
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000711#else
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000712#define _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(OP)
713#define _Py_INC_TPFREES(OP)
714#define _Py_DEC_TPFREES(OP)
715#define _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000716#endif /* COUNT_ALLOCS */
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000717
718#ifdef Py_TRACE_REFS
719/* Py_TRACE_REFS is such major surgery that we call external routines. */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000720PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_NewReference(PyObject *);
721PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_ForgetReference(PyObject *);
722PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_Dealloc(PyObject *);
723PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferences(FILE *);
Tim Peters269b2a62003-04-17 19:52:29 +0000724PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferenceAddresses(FILE *);
Tim Peters7571a0f2003-03-23 17:52:28 +0000725PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_AddToAllObjects(PyObject *, int force);
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000726
727#else
728/* Without Py_TRACE_REFS, there's little enough to do that we expand code
729 * inline.
730 */
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000731#define _Py_NewReference(op) ( \
732 _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(op) _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA \
733 _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
Christian Heimese93237d2007-12-19 02:37:44 +0000734 Py_REFCNT(op) = 1)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000735
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000736#define _Py_ForgetReference(op) _Py_INC_TPFREES(op)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000737
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000738#define _Py_Dealloc(op) ( \
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000739 _Py_INC_TPFREES(op) _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA \
Christian Heimese93237d2007-12-19 02:37:44 +0000740 (*Py_TYPE(op)->tp_dealloc)((PyObject *)(op)))
Guido van Rossum60be1db1996-05-22 16:33:22 +0000741#endif /* !Py_TRACE_REFS */
742
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000743#define Py_INCREF(op) ( \
744 _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
Martin v. Löwis68192102007-07-21 06:55:02 +0000745 ((PyObject*)(op))->ob_refcnt++)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000746
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000747#define Py_DECREF(op) \
748 if (_Py_DEC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
Martin v. Löwis68192102007-07-21 06:55:02 +0000749 --((PyObject*)(op))->ob_refcnt != 0) \
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000750 _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(op) \
751 else \
Guido van Rossum1d529d11997-08-05 02:30:44 +0000752 _Py_Dealloc((PyObject *)(op))
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000753
Tim Peters9d2ced82006-04-15 02:14:03 +0000754/* Safely decref `op` and set `op` to NULL, especially useful in tp_clear
755 * and tp_dealloc implementatons.
756 *
757 * Note that "the obvious" code can be deadly:
758 *
759 * Py_XDECREF(op);
760 * op = NULL;
761 *
762 * Typically, `op` is something like self->containee, and `self` is done
763 * using its `containee` member. In the code sequence above, suppose
764 * `containee` is non-NULL with a refcount of 1. Its refcount falls to
765 * 0 on the first line, which can trigger an arbitrary amount of code,
766 * possibly including finalizers (like __del__ methods or weakref callbacks)
767 * coded in Python, which in turn can release the GIL and allow other threads
768 * to run, etc. Such code may even invoke methods of `self` again, or cause
769 * cyclic gc to trigger, but-- oops! --self->containee still points to the
770 * object being torn down, and it may be in an insane state while being torn
771 * down. This has in fact been a rich historic source of miserable (rare &
772 * hard-to-diagnose) segfaulting (and other) bugs.
773 *
774 * The safe way is:
775 *
776 * Py_CLEAR(op);
777 *
778 * That arranges to set `op` to NULL _before_ decref'ing, so that any code
779 * triggered as a side-effect of `op` getting torn down no longer believes
780 * `op` points to a valid object.
781 *
782 * There are cases where it's safe to use the naive code, but they're brittle.
783 * For example, if `op` points to a Python integer, you know that destroying
784 * one of those can't cause problems -- but in part that relies on that
785 * Python integers aren't currently weakly referencable. Best practice is
786 * to use Py_CLEAR() even if you can't think of a reason for why you need to.
787 */
Jim Fulton8c5aeaa2004-07-14 19:07:35 +0000788#define Py_CLEAR(op) \
789 do { \
790 if (op) { \
Raymond Hettinger75ccea32004-09-01 07:02:44 +0000791 PyObject *tmp = (PyObject *)(op); \
Jim Fulton8c5aeaa2004-07-14 19:07:35 +0000792 (op) = NULL; \
793 Py_DECREF(tmp); \
794 } \
795 } while (0)
796
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000797/* Macros to use in case the object pointer may be NULL: */
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000798#define Py_XINCREF(op) if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_INCREF(op)
799#define Py_XDECREF(op) if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_DECREF(op)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000800
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000801/*
Thomas Heller1328b522004-04-22 17:23:49 +0000802These are provided as conveniences to Python runtime embedders, so that
803they can have object code that is not dependent on Python compilation flags.
804*/
805PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_IncRef(PyObject *);
806PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_DecRef(PyObject *);
807
808/*
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000809_Py_NoneStruct is an object of undefined type which can be used in contexts
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000810where NULL (nil) is not suitable (since NULL often means 'error').
811
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000812Don't forget to apply Py_INCREF() when returning this value!!!
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000813*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000814PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NoneStruct; /* Don't use this directly */
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000815#define Py_None (&_Py_NoneStruct)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000816
Brett Cannond05235e2003-10-19 21:19:40 +0000817/* Macro for returning Py_None from a function */
Tim Peters5980ff22004-07-22 01:46:43 +0000818#define Py_RETURN_NONE return Py_INCREF(Py_None), Py_None
Brett Cannond05235e2003-10-19 21:19:40 +0000819
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000820/*
821Py_NotImplemented is a singleton used to signal that an operation is
822not implemented for a given type combination.
823*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000824PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NotImplementedStruct; /* Don't use this directly */
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000825#define Py_NotImplemented (&_Py_NotImplementedStruct)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000826
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000827/* Rich comparison opcodes */
828#define Py_LT 0
829#define Py_LE 1
830#define Py_EQ 2
831#define Py_NE 3
832#define Py_GT 4
833#define Py_GE 5
834
Tim Petersf4aca752004-09-23 02:39:37 +0000835/* Maps Py_LT to Py_GT, ..., Py_GE to Py_LE.
836 * Defined in object.c.
837 */
838PyAPI_DATA(int) _Py_SwappedOp[];
839
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000840/*
Jeremy Hylton938ace62002-07-17 16:30:39 +0000841Define staticforward and statichere for source compatibility with old
842C extensions.
843
844The staticforward define was needed to support certain broken C
845compilers (notably SCO ODT 3.0, perhaps early AIX as well) botched the
846static keyword when it was used with a forward declaration of a static
847initialized structure. Standard C allows the forward declaration with
848static, and we've decided to stop catering to broken C compilers.
849(In fact, we expect that the compilers are all fixed eight years later.)
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000850*/
851
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000852#define staticforward static
Guido van Rossum57836fe1995-02-21 21:06:10 +0000853#define statichere static
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000854
855
856/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000857More conventions
858================
859
860Argument Checking
861-----------------
862
863Functions that take objects as arguments normally don't check for nil
864arguments, but they do check the type of the argument, and return an
865error if the function doesn't apply to the type.
866
867Failure Modes
868-------------
869
870Functions may fail for a variety of reasons, including running out of
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000871memory. This is communicated to the caller in two ways: an error string
872is set (see errors.h), and the function result differs: functions that
873normally return a pointer return NULL for failure, functions returning
874an integer return -1 (which could be a legal return value too!), and
875other functions return 0 for success and -1 for failure.
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000876Callers should always check for errors before using the result. If
877an error was set, the caller must either explicitly clear it, or pass
878the error on to its caller.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000879
880Reference Counts
881----------------
882
883It takes a while to get used to the proper usage of reference counts.
884
885Functions that create an object set the reference count to 1; such new
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000886objects must be stored somewhere or destroyed again with Py_DECREF().
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000887Some functions that 'store' objects, such as PyTuple_SetItem() and
888PyList_SetItem(),
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000889don't increment the reference count of the object, since the most
890frequent use is to store a fresh object. Functions that 'retrieve'
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000891objects, such as PyTuple_GetItem() and PyDict_GetItemString(), also
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000892don't increment
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000893the reference count, since most frequently the object is only looked at
894quickly. Thus, to retrieve an object and store it again, the caller
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000895must call Py_INCREF() explicitly.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000896
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000897NOTE: functions that 'consume' a reference count, like
898PyList_SetItem(), consume the reference even if the object wasn't
899successfully stored, to simplify error handling.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000900
901It seems attractive to make other functions that take an object as
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000902argument consume a reference count; however, this may quickly get
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000903confusing (even the current practice is already confusing). Consider
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000904it carefully, it may save lots of calls to Py_INCREF() and Py_DECREF() at
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000905times.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000906*/
Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +0000907
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000908
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000909/* Trashcan mechanism, thanks to Christian Tismer.
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000910
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000911When deallocating a container object, it's possible to trigger an unbounded
912chain of deallocations, as each Py_DECREF in turn drops the refcount on "the
913next" object in the chain to 0. This can easily lead to stack faults, and
914especially in threads (which typically have less stack space to work with).
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000915
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000916A container object that participates in cyclic gc can avoid this by
917bracketing the body of its tp_dealloc function with a pair of macros:
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000918
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000919static void
920mytype_dealloc(mytype *p)
921{
922 ... declarations go here ...
923
924 PyObject_GC_UnTrack(p); // must untrack first
925 Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_BEGIN(p)
926 ... The body of the deallocator goes here, including all calls ...
927 ... to Py_DECREF on contained objects. ...
928 Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END(p)
929}
930
Tim Peters808eb592002-08-07 20:53:05 +0000931CAUTION: Never return from the middle of the body! If the body needs to
932"get out early", put a label immediately before the Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END
933call, and goto it. Else the call-depth counter (see below) will stay
934above 0 forever, and the trashcan will never get emptied.
935
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000936How it works: The BEGIN macro increments a call-depth counter. So long
937as this counter is small, the body of the deallocator is run directly without
938further ado. But if the counter gets large, it instead adds p to a list of
939objects to be deallocated later, skips the body of the deallocator, and
940resumes execution after the END macro. The tp_dealloc routine then returns
941without deallocating anything (and so unbounded call-stack depth is avoided).
942
943When the call stack finishes unwinding again, code generated by the END macro
944notices this, and calls another routine to deallocate all the objects that
945may have been added to the list of deferred deallocations. In effect, a
946chain of N deallocations is broken into N / PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL pieces,
947with the call stack never exceeding a depth of PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL.
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000948*/
949
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000950PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTrash_deposit_object(PyObject*);
951PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTrash_destroy_chain(void);
952PyAPI_DATA(int) _PyTrash_delete_nesting;
953PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) _PyTrash_delete_later;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000954
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000955#define PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL 50
956
957#define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_BEGIN(op) \
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000958 if (_PyTrash_delete_nesting < PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL) { \
959 ++_PyTrash_delete_nesting;
960 /* The body of the deallocator is here. */
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000961#define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END(op) \
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000962 --_PyTrash_delete_nesting; \
963 if (_PyTrash_delete_later && _PyTrash_delete_nesting <= 0) \
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000964 _PyTrash_destroy_chain(); \
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000965 } \
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000966 else \
967 _PyTrash_deposit_object((PyObject*)op);
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000968
Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +0000969#ifdef __cplusplus
970}
971#endif
972#endif /* !Py_OBJECT_H */