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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
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +000064#if defined(Py_LIMITED_API) && defined(Py_REF_DEBUG)
65#error Py_LIMITED_API is incompatible with Py_DEBUG, Py_TRACE_REFS, and Py_REF_DEBUG
66#endif
67
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000068#ifdef Py_TRACE_REFS
69/* Define pointers to support a doubly-linked list of all live heap objects. */
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +000070#define _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA \
71 struct _object *_ob_next; \
72 struct _object *_ob_prev;
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000073
74#define _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT 0, 0,
75
76#else
77#define _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA
78#define _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT
79#endif
80
81/* PyObject_HEAD defines the initial segment of every PyObject. */
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +000082#define PyObject_HEAD PyObject ob_base;
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000083
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +000084#define PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) \
85 { _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT \
86 1, type },
Martin v. Löwis9f2e3462007-07-21 17:22:18 +000087
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +000088#define PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(type, size) \
89 { PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) size },
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000090
91/* PyObject_VAR_HEAD defines the initial segment of all variable-size
92 * container objects. These end with a declaration of an array with 1
93 * element, but enough space is malloc'ed so that the array actually
94 * has room for ob_size elements. Note that ob_size is an element count,
95 * not necessarily a byte count.
96 */
Martin v. Löwis9f2e3462007-07-21 17:22:18 +000097#define PyObject_VAR_HEAD PyVarObject ob_base;
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +000098#define Py_INVALID_SIZE (Py_ssize_t)-1
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +000099
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000100/* Nothing is actually declared to be a PyObject, but every pointer to
101 * a Python object can be cast to a PyObject*. This is inheritance built
102 * by hand. Similarly every pointer to a variable-size Python object can,
103 * in addition, be cast to PyVarObject*.
104 */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000105typedef struct _object {
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000106 _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA
107 Py_ssize_t ob_refcnt;
108 struct _typeobject *ob_type;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000109} PyObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000110
111typedef struct {
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000112 PyObject ob_base;
113 Py_ssize_t ob_size; /* Number of items in variable part */
Guido van Rossumd0c87ee1997-05-15 21:31:03 +0000114} PyVarObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000115
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000116#define Py_REFCNT(ob) (((PyObject*)(ob))->ob_refcnt)
117#define Py_TYPE(ob) (((PyObject*)(ob))->ob_type)
118#define Py_SIZE(ob) (((PyVarObject*)(ob))->ob_size)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000119
Benjamin Petersonce798522012-01-22 11:24:29 -0500120/********************* String Literals ****************************************/
121/* This structure helps managing static strings. The basic usage goes like this:
122 Instead of doing
123
124 r = PyObject_CallMethod(o, "foo", "args", ...);
125
126 do
127
128 _Py_IDENTIFIER(foo);
129 ...
130 r = _PyObject_CallMethodId(o, &PyId_foo, "args", ...);
131
132 PyId_foo is a static variable, either on block level or file level. On first
133 usage, the string "foo" is interned, and the structures are linked. On interpreter
134 shutdown, all strings are released (through _PyUnicode_ClearStaticStrings).
135
136 Alternatively, _Py_static_string allows to choose the variable name.
137 _PyUnicode_FromId returns a borrowed reference to the interned string.
138 _PyObject_{Get,Set,Has}AttrId are __getattr__ versions using _Py_Identifier*.
139*/
140typedef struct _Py_Identifier {
141 struct _Py_Identifier *next;
142 const char* string;
143 PyObject *object;
144} _Py_Identifier;
145
146#define _Py_static_string(varname, value) static _Py_Identifier varname = { 0, value, 0 }
147#define _Py_IDENTIFIER(varname) _Py_static_string(PyId_##varname, #varname)
148
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000149/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000150Type objects contain a string containing the type name (to help somewhat
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000151in debugging), the allocation parameters (see PyObject_New() and
152PyObject_NewVar()),
153and methods for accessing objects of the type. Methods are optional, a
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000154nil pointer meaning that particular kind of access is not available for
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000155this type. The Py_DECREF() macro uses the tp_dealloc method without
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000156checking for a nil pointer; it should always be implemented except if
157the implementation can guarantee that the reference count will never
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000158reach zero (e.g., for statically allocated type objects).
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000159
160NB: the methods for certain type groups are now contained in separate
161method blocks.
162*/
163
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000164typedef PyObject * (*unaryfunc)(PyObject *);
165typedef PyObject * (*binaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
166typedef PyObject * (*ternaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
167typedef int (*inquiry)(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000168typedef Py_ssize_t (*lenfunc)(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000169typedef PyObject *(*ssizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t);
170typedef PyObject *(*ssizessizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000171typedef int(*ssizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *);
172typedef int(*ssizessizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000173typedef int(*objobjargproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000174
Martin v. Löwisc83bc3c2011-01-06 19:15:47 +0000175#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000176/* buffer interface */
177typedef struct bufferinfo {
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000178 void *buf;
179 PyObject *obj; /* owned reference */
180 Py_ssize_t len;
181 Py_ssize_t itemsize; /* This is Py_ssize_t so it can be
182 pointed to by strides in simple case.*/
183 int readonly;
184 int ndim;
185 char *format;
186 Py_ssize_t *shape;
187 Py_ssize_t *strides;
188 Py_ssize_t *suboffsets;
189 Py_ssize_t smalltable[2]; /* static store for shape and strides of
190 mono-dimensional buffers. */
191 void *internal;
Travis E. Oliphant8ae62b62007-09-23 02:00:13 +0000192} Py_buffer;
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000193
Travis E. Oliphant8ae62b62007-09-23 02:00:13 +0000194typedef int (*getbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *, int);
195typedef void (*releasebufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *);
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000196
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000197 /* Flags for getting buffers */
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000198#define PyBUF_SIMPLE 0
Travis E. Oliphantddacf962007-10-13 21:03:27 +0000199#define PyBUF_WRITABLE 0x0001
Sean Reifscheider54cf12b2007-09-17 17:55:36 +0000200/* we used to include an E, backwards compatible alias */
201#define PyBUF_WRITEABLE PyBUF_WRITABLE
Travis E. Oliphantddacf962007-10-13 21:03:27 +0000202#define PyBUF_FORMAT 0x0004
203#define PyBUF_ND 0x0008
204#define PyBUF_STRIDES (0x0010 | PyBUF_ND)
205#define PyBUF_C_CONTIGUOUS (0x0020 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
206#define PyBUF_F_CONTIGUOUS (0x0040 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
207#define PyBUF_ANY_CONTIGUOUS (0x0080 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
208#define PyBUF_INDIRECT (0x0100 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000209
Sean Reifscheider54cf12b2007-09-17 17:55:36 +0000210#define PyBUF_CONTIG (PyBUF_ND | PyBUF_WRITABLE)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000211#define PyBUF_CONTIG_RO (PyBUF_ND)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000212
Sean Reifscheider54cf12b2007-09-17 17:55:36 +0000213#define PyBUF_STRIDED (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_WRITABLE)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000214#define PyBUF_STRIDED_RO (PyBUF_STRIDES)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000215
Sean Reifscheider54cf12b2007-09-17 17:55:36 +0000216#define PyBUF_RECORDS (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_WRITABLE | PyBUF_FORMAT)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000217#define PyBUF_RECORDS_RO (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_FORMAT)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000218
Sean Reifscheider54cf12b2007-09-17 17:55:36 +0000219#define PyBUF_FULL (PyBUF_INDIRECT | PyBUF_WRITABLE | PyBUF_FORMAT)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000220#define PyBUF_FULL_RO (PyBUF_INDIRECT | PyBUF_FORMAT)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000221
222
223#define PyBUF_READ 0x100
224#define PyBUF_WRITE 0x200
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000225
226/* End buffer interface */
Martin v. Löwisc83bc3c2011-01-06 19:15:47 +0000227#endif /* Py_LIMITED_API */
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000228
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000229typedef int (*objobjproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
230typedef int (*visitproc)(PyObject *, void *);
231typedef int (*traverseproc)(PyObject *, visitproc, void *);
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000232
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000233#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000234typedef struct {
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000235 /* Number implementations must check *both*
236 arguments for proper type and implement the necessary conversions
237 in the slot functions themselves. */
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000238
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000239 binaryfunc nb_add;
240 binaryfunc nb_subtract;
241 binaryfunc nb_multiply;
242 binaryfunc nb_remainder;
243 binaryfunc nb_divmod;
244 ternaryfunc nb_power;
245 unaryfunc nb_negative;
246 unaryfunc nb_positive;
247 unaryfunc nb_absolute;
248 inquiry nb_bool;
249 unaryfunc nb_invert;
250 binaryfunc nb_lshift;
251 binaryfunc nb_rshift;
252 binaryfunc nb_and;
253 binaryfunc nb_xor;
254 binaryfunc nb_or;
255 unaryfunc nb_int;
256 void *nb_reserved; /* the slot formerly known as nb_long */
257 unaryfunc nb_float;
Guido van Rossum50e9fb92006-08-17 05:42:55 +0000258
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000259 binaryfunc nb_inplace_add;
260 binaryfunc nb_inplace_subtract;
261 binaryfunc nb_inplace_multiply;
262 binaryfunc nb_inplace_remainder;
263 ternaryfunc nb_inplace_power;
264 binaryfunc nb_inplace_lshift;
265 binaryfunc nb_inplace_rshift;
266 binaryfunc nb_inplace_and;
267 binaryfunc nb_inplace_xor;
268 binaryfunc nb_inplace_or;
Guido van Rossum4668b002001-08-08 05:00:18 +0000269
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000270 binaryfunc nb_floor_divide;
271 binaryfunc nb_true_divide;
272 binaryfunc nb_inplace_floor_divide;
273 binaryfunc nb_inplace_true_divide;
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000274
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000275 unaryfunc nb_index;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000276} PyNumberMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000277
278typedef struct {
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000279 lenfunc sq_length;
280 binaryfunc sq_concat;
281 ssizeargfunc sq_repeat;
282 ssizeargfunc sq_item;
283 void *was_sq_slice;
284 ssizeobjargproc sq_ass_item;
285 void *was_sq_ass_slice;
286 objobjproc sq_contains;
Guido van Rossum50e9fb92006-08-17 05:42:55 +0000287
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000288 binaryfunc sq_inplace_concat;
289 ssizeargfunc sq_inplace_repeat;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000290} PySequenceMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000291
292typedef struct {
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000293 lenfunc mp_length;
294 binaryfunc mp_subscript;
295 objobjargproc mp_ass_subscript;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000296} PyMappingMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000297
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000298
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000299typedef struct {
300 getbufferproc bf_getbuffer;
301 releasebufferproc bf_releasebuffer;
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000302} PyBufferProcs;
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000303#endif /* Py_LIMITED_API */
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000304
Neil Schemenauerf6d1ea12002-04-12 01:57:06 +0000305typedef void (*freefunc)(void *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000306typedef void (*destructor)(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000307#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
308/* We can't provide a full compile-time check that limited-API
309 users won't implement tp_print. However, not defining printfunc
310 and making tp_print of a different function pointer type
311 should at least cause a warning in most cases. */
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000312typedef int (*printfunc)(PyObject *, FILE *, int);
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000313#endif
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000314typedef PyObject *(*getattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000315typedef PyObject *(*getattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000316typedef int (*setattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000317typedef int (*setattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000318typedef PyObject *(*reprfunc)(PyObject *);
Benjamin Peterson8f67d082010-10-17 20:54:53 +0000319typedef Py_hash_t (*hashfunc)(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000320typedef PyObject *(*richcmpfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000321typedef PyObject *(*getiterfunc) (PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum213c7a62001-04-23 14:08:49 +0000322typedef PyObject *(*iternextfunc) (PyObject *);
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000323typedef PyObject *(*descrgetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
324typedef int (*descrsetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
325typedef int (*initproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
326typedef PyObject *(*newfunc)(struct _typeobject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000327typedef PyObject *(*allocfunc)(struct _typeobject *, Py_ssize_t);
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000328
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000329#ifdef Py_LIMITED_API
330typedef struct _typeobject PyTypeObject; /* opaque */
331#else
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000332typedef struct _typeobject {
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000333 PyObject_VAR_HEAD
334 const char *tp_name; /* For printing, in format "<module>.<name>" */
335 Py_ssize_t tp_basicsize, tp_itemsize; /* For allocation */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000336
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000337 /* Methods to implement standard operations */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000338
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000339 destructor tp_dealloc;
340 printfunc tp_print;
341 getattrfunc tp_getattr;
342 setattrfunc tp_setattr;
343 void *tp_reserved; /* formerly known as tp_compare */
344 reprfunc tp_repr;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000345
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000346 /* Method suites for standard classes */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000347
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000348 PyNumberMethods *tp_as_number;
349 PySequenceMethods *tp_as_sequence;
350 PyMappingMethods *tp_as_mapping;
Guido van Rossum9bfef441993-03-29 10:43:31 +0000351
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000352 /* More standard operations (here for binary compatibility) */
Guido van Rossum9bfef441993-03-29 10:43:31 +0000353
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000354 hashfunc tp_hash;
355 ternaryfunc tp_call;
356 reprfunc tp_str;
357 getattrofunc tp_getattro;
358 setattrofunc tp_setattro;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000359
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000360 /* Functions to access object as input/output buffer */
361 PyBufferProcs *tp_as_buffer;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000362
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000363 /* Flags to define presence of optional/expanded features */
364 long tp_flags;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000365
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000366 const char *tp_doc; /* Documentation string */
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000367
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000368 /* Assigned meaning in release 2.0 */
369 /* call function for all accessible objects */
370 traverseproc tp_traverse;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000371
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000372 /* delete references to contained objects */
373 inquiry tp_clear;
Jeremy Hylton8caad492000-06-23 14:18:11 +0000374
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000375 /* Assigned meaning in release 2.1 */
376 /* rich comparisons */
377 richcmpfunc tp_richcompare;
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000378
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000379 /* weak reference enabler */
380 Py_ssize_t tp_weaklistoffset;
Guido van Rossuma9c2d7a1998-04-23 19:16:44 +0000381
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000382 /* Iterators */
383 getiterfunc tp_iter;
384 iternextfunc tp_iternext;
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000385
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000386 /* Attribute descriptor and subclassing stuff */
387 struct PyMethodDef *tp_methods;
388 struct PyMemberDef *tp_members;
389 struct PyGetSetDef *tp_getset;
390 struct _typeobject *tp_base;
391 PyObject *tp_dict;
392 descrgetfunc tp_descr_get;
393 descrsetfunc tp_descr_set;
394 Py_ssize_t tp_dictoffset;
395 initproc tp_init;
396 allocfunc tp_alloc;
397 newfunc tp_new;
398 freefunc tp_free; /* Low-level free-memory routine */
399 inquiry tp_is_gc; /* For PyObject_IS_GC */
400 PyObject *tp_bases;
401 PyObject *tp_mro; /* method resolution order */
402 PyObject *tp_cache;
403 PyObject *tp_subclasses;
404 PyObject *tp_weaklist;
405 destructor tp_del;
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000406
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000407 /* Type attribute cache version tag. Added in version 2.6 */
408 unsigned int tp_version_tag;
Christian Heimesa62da1d2008-01-12 19:39:10 +0000409
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000410#ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000411 /* these must be last and never explicitly initialized */
412 Py_ssize_t tp_allocs;
413 Py_ssize_t tp_frees;
414 Py_ssize_t tp_maxalloc;
415 struct _typeobject *tp_prev;
416 struct _typeobject *tp_next;
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000417#endif
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000418} PyTypeObject;
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000419#endif
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000420
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000421typedef struct{
422 int slot; /* slot id, see below */
423 void *pfunc; /* function pointer */
424} PyType_Slot;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000425
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000426typedef struct{
427 const char* name;
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000428 int basicsize;
429 int itemsize;
430 int flags;
431 PyType_Slot *slots; /* terminated by slot==0. */
432} PyType_Spec;
433
434PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyType_FromSpec(PyType_Spec*);
435
436#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000437/* The *real* layout of a type object when allocated on the heap */
438typedef struct _heaptypeobject {
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000439 /* Note: there's a dependency on the order of these members
440 in slotptr() in typeobject.c . */
441 PyTypeObject ht_type;
442 PyNumberMethods as_number;
443 PyMappingMethods as_mapping;
444 PySequenceMethods as_sequence; /* as_sequence comes after as_mapping,
445 so that the mapping wins when both
446 the mapping and the sequence define
447 a given operator (e.g. __getitem__).
448 see add_operators() in typeobject.c . */
449 PyBufferProcs as_buffer;
Antoine Pitrou86a36b52011-11-25 18:56:07 +0100450 PyObject *ht_name, *ht_slots, *ht_qualname;
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000451 /* here are optional user slots, followed by the members. */
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000452} PyHeapTypeObject;
453
454/* access macro to the members which are floating "behind" the object */
455#define PyHeapType_GET_MEMBERS(etype) \
Christian Heimes90aa7642007-12-19 02:45:37 +0000456 ((PyMemberDef *)(((char *)etype) + Py_TYPE(etype)->tp_basicsize))
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000457#endif
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000458
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000459/* Generic type check */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000460PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_IsSubtype(PyTypeObject *, PyTypeObject *);
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000461#define PyObject_TypeCheck(ob, tp) \
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000462 (Py_TYPE(ob) == (tp) || PyType_IsSubtype(Py_TYPE(ob), (tp)))
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000463
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000464PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyType_Type; /* built-in 'type' */
465PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyBaseObject_Type; /* built-in 'object' */
466PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PySuper_Type; /* built-in 'super' */
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000467
Martin v. Löwis738236d2011-02-05 20:35:29 +0000468PyAPI_FUNC(long) PyType_GetFlags(PyTypeObject*);
469
Thomas Wouters27d517b2007-02-25 20:39:11 +0000470#define PyType_Check(op) \
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000471 PyType_FastSubclass(Py_TYPE(op), Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS)
Christian Heimes90aa7642007-12-19 02:45:37 +0000472#define PyType_CheckExact(op) (Py_TYPE(op) == &PyType_Type)
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000473
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000474PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000475PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericAlloc(PyTypeObject *, Py_ssize_t);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000476PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericNew(PyTypeObject *,
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000477 PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000478#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000479PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyType_Lookup(PyTypeObject *, PyObject *);
Benjamin Petersonce798522012-01-22 11:24:29 -0500480PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_LookupSpecial(PyObject *, _Py_Identifier *);
Nick Coghlande31b192011-10-23 22:04:16 +1000481PyAPI_FUNC(PyTypeObject *) _PyType_CalculateMetaclass(PyTypeObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000482#endif
Christian Heimes26855632008-01-27 23:50:43 +0000483PyAPI_FUNC(unsigned int) PyType_ClearCache(void);
Georg Brandlf08a9dd2008-06-10 16:57:31 +0000484PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyType_Modified(PyTypeObject *);
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000485
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000486/* Generic operations on objects */
Martin v. Löwisafe55bb2011-10-09 10:38:36 +0200487struct _Py_Identifier;
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000488#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000489PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Print(PyObject *, FILE *, int);
Thomas Woutersb2137042007-02-01 18:02:27 +0000490PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_BreakPoint(void);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000491PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyObject_Dump(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000492#endif
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000493PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Repr(PyObject *);
494PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Str(PyObject *);
Georg Brandl559e5d72008-06-11 18:37:52 +0000495PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_ASCII(PyObject *);
Benjamin Petersonc15a0732008-08-26 16:46:47 +0000496PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Bytes(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000497PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_RichCompare(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
498PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_RichCompareBool(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000499PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
500PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *, PyObject *);
501PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000502PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
503PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
504PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
Benjamin Petersonbfebb7b2011-12-15 15:34:02 -0500505PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyObject_IsAbstract(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwisafe55bb2011-10-09 10:38:36 +0200506PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_GetAttrId(PyObject *, struct _Py_Identifier *);
507PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyObject_SetAttrId(PyObject *, struct _Py_Identifier *, PyObject *);
508PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyObject_HasAttrId(PyObject *, struct _Py_Identifier *);
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000509#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000510PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject **) _PyObject_GetDictPtr(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000511#endif
Raymond Hettinger1da1dbf2003-03-17 19:46:11 +0000512PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_SelfIter(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000513#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
Amaury Forgeot d'Arcf343e012009-01-12 23:58:21 +0000514PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_NextNotImplemented(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000515#endif
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000516PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GenericGetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
517PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_GenericSetAttr(PyObject *,
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000518 PyObject *, PyObject *);
Benjamin Peterson8eb12692012-02-19 19:59:10 -0500519PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GenericGetDict(PyObject *, void *);
520PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_GenericSetDict(PyObject *, PyObject *, void *);
Benjamin Peterson8f67d082010-10-17 20:54:53 +0000521PyAPI_FUNC(Py_hash_t) PyObject_Hash(PyObject *);
522PyAPI_FUNC(Py_hash_t) PyObject_HashNotImplemented(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000523PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_IsTrue(PyObject *);
524PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Not(PyObject *);
525PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyCallable_Check(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000526
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000527PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyObject_ClearWeakRefs(PyObject *);
Fred Drake41deb1e2001-02-01 05:27:45 +0000528
Antoine Pitrou1a9a9d52010-08-28 18:17:03 +0000529/* Same as PyObject_Generic{Get,Set}Attr, but passing the attributes
530 dict as the last parameter. */
531PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *)
532_PyObject_GenericGetAttrWithDict(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
533PyAPI_FUNC(int)
534_PyObject_GenericSetAttrWithDict(PyObject *, PyObject *,
535 PyObject *, PyObject *);
536
Guido van Rossumab3b0342001-09-18 20:38:53 +0000537
Georg Brandl1a3284e2007-12-02 09:40:06 +0000538/* PyObject_Dir(obj) acts like Python builtins.dir(obj), returning a
539 list of strings. PyObject_Dir(NULL) is like builtins.dir(),
Tim Peters7eea37e2001-09-04 22:08:56 +0000540 returning the names of the current locals. In this case, if there are
541 no current locals, NULL is returned, and PyErr_Occurred() is false.
542*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000543PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Dir(PyObject *);
Tim Peters7eea37e2001-09-04 22:08:56 +0000544
545
Guido van Rossum26d4ac31998-04-10 22:32:24 +0000546/* Helpers for printing recursive container types */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000547PyAPI_FUNC(int) Py_ReprEnter(PyObject *);
548PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_ReprLeave(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum26d4ac31998-04-10 22:32:24 +0000549
Fred Drake13634cf2000-06-29 19:17:04 +0000550/* Helpers for hash functions */
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000551#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
Benjamin Peterson8f67d082010-10-17 20:54:53 +0000552PyAPI_FUNC(Py_hash_t) _Py_HashDouble(double);
553PyAPI_FUNC(Py_hash_t) _Py_HashPointer(void*);
Antoine Pitrouce4a9da2011-11-21 20:46:33 +0100554PyAPI_FUNC(Py_hash_t) _Py_HashBytes(unsigned char*, Py_ssize_t);
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000555#endif
Fred Drake13634cf2000-06-29 19:17:04 +0000556
Georg Brandl2daf6ae2012-02-20 19:54:16 +0100557typedef struct {
Georg Brandl09a7c722012-02-20 21:31:46 +0100558 Py_hash_t prefix;
559 Py_hash_t suffix;
Georg Brandl2daf6ae2012-02-20 19:54:16 +0100560} _Py_HashSecret_t;
561PyAPI_DATA(_Py_HashSecret_t) _Py_HashSecret;
562
Benjamin Peterson69e97272012-02-21 11:08:50 -0500563#ifdef Py_DEBUG
564PyAPI_DATA(int) _Py_HashSecret_Initialized;
565#endif
566
Jeremy Hylton483638c2001-02-01 20:20:45 +0000567/* Helper for passing objects to printf and the like */
Marc-André Lemburg4cc0f242008-08-07 18:54:33 +0000568#define PyObject_REPR(obj) _PyUnicode_AsString(PyObject_Repr(obj))
Jeremy Hylton483638c2001-02-01 20:20:45 +0000569
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000570/* Flag bits for printing: */
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000571#define Py_PRINT_RAW 1 /* No string quotes etc. */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000572
573/*
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000574`Type flags (tp_flags)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000575
576These flags are used to extend the type structure in a backwards-compatible
577fashion. Extensions can use the flags to indicate (and test) when a given
578type structure contains a new feature. The Python core will use these when
579introducing new functionality between major revisions (to avoid mid-version
580changes in the PYTHON_API_VERSION).
581
582Arbitration of the flag bit positions will need to be coordinated among
583all extension writers who publically release their extensions (this will
584be fewer than you might expect!)..
585
Guido van Rossum3cf5b1e2006-07-27 21:53:35 +0000586Most flags were removed as of Python 3.0 to make room for new flags. (Some
587flags are not for backwards compatibility but to indicate the presence of an
588optional feature; these flags remain of course.)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000589
590Type definitions should use Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT for their tp_flags value.
591
592Code can use PyType_HasFeature(type_ob, flag_value) to test whether the
593given type object has a specified feature.
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000594*/
595
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000596/* Set if the type object is dynamically allocated */
597#define Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE (1L<<9)
598
599/* Set if the type allows subclassing */
600#define Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE (1L<<10)
601
Guido van Rossum9b9c9722001-08-10 17:37:02 +0000602/* Set if the type is 'ready' -- fully initialized */
603#define Py_TPFLAGS_READY (1L<<12)
604
605/* Set while the type is being 'readied', to prevent recursive ready calls */
606#define Py_TPFLAGS_READYING (1L<<13)
607
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000608/* Objects support garbage collection (see objimp.h) */
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000609#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC (1L<<14)
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000610
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000611/* These two bits are preserved for Stackless Python, next after this is 17 */
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000612#ifdef STACKLESS
Christian Tismer661a9e32003-05-23 12:47:36 +0000613#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION (3L<<15)
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000614#else
Christian Tismerc26ff412003-05-23 03:33:35 +0000615#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION 0
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000616#endif
617
Christian Heimesa62da1d2008-01-12 19:39:10 +0000618/* Objects support type attribute cache */
619#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG (1L<<18)
620#define Py_TPFLAGS_VALID_VERSION_TAG (1L<<19)
621
Christian Heimes9e7f1d22008-02-28 12:27:11 +0000622/* Type is abstract and cannot be instantiated */
623#define Py_TPFLAGS_IS_ABSTRACT (1L<<20)
624
Thomas Wouters27d517b2007-02-25 20:39:11 +0000625/* These flags are used to determine if a type is a subclass. */
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000626#define Py_TPFLAGS_INT_SUBCLASS (1L<<23)
627#define Py_TPFLAGS_LONG_SUBCLASS (1L<<24)
628#define Py_TPFLAGS_LIST_SUBCLASS (1L<<25)
629#define Py_TPFLAGS_TUPLE_SUBCLASS (1L<<26)
630#define Py_TPFLAGS_BYTES_SUBCLASS (1L<<27)
631#define Py_TPFLAGS_UNICODE_SUBCLASS (1L<<28)
632#define Py_TPFLAGS_DICT_SUBCLASS (1L<<29)
633#define Py_TPFLAGS_BASE_EXC_SUBCLASS (1L<<30)
634#define Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS (1L<<31)
Thomas Wouters27d517b2007-02-25 20:39:11 +0000635
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000636#define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT ( \
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000637 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION | \
638 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG | \
639 0)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000640
Martin v. Löwis738236d2011-02-05 20:35:29 +0000641#ifdef Py_LIMITED_API
642#define PyType_HasFeature(t,f) ((PyType_GetFlags(t) & (f)) != 0)
643#else
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000644#define PyType_HasFeature(t,f) (((t)->tp_flags & (f)) != 0)
Martin v. Löwis738236d2011-02-05 20:35:29 +0000645#endif
Thomas Wouters27d517b2007-02-25 20:39:11 +0000646#define PyType_FastSubclass(t,f) PyType_HasFeature(t,f)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000647
648
649/*
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000650The macros Py_INCREF(op) and Py_DECREF(op) are used to increment or decrement
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000651reference counts. Py_DECREF calls the object's deallocator function when
652the refcount falls to 0; for
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000653objects that don't contain references to other objects or heap memory
654this can be the standard function free(). Both macros can be used
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000655wherever a void expression is allowed. The argument must not be a
Benjamin Peterson2a691a82008-03-31 01:51:45 +0000656NULL pointer. If it may be NULL, use Py_XINCREF/Py_XDECREF instead.
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000657The macro _Py_NewReference(op) initialize reference counts to 1, and
658in special builds (Py_REF_DEBUG, Py_TRACE_REFS) performs additional
659bookkeeping appropriate to the special build.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000660
661We assume that the reference count field can never overflow; this can
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000662be proven when the size of the field is the same as the pointer size, so
663we ignore the possibility. Provided a C int is at least 32 bits (which
664is implicitly assumed in many parts of this code), that's enough for
665about 2**31 references to an object.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000666
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000667XXX The following became out of date in Python 2.2, but I'm not sure
668XXX what the full truth is now. Certainly, heap-allocated type objects
669XXX can and should be deallocated.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000670Type objects should never be deallocated; the type pointer in an object
671is not considered to be a reference to the type object, to save
672complications in the deallocation function. (This is actually a
673decision that's up to the implementer of each new type so if you want,
674you can count such references to the type object.)
675
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000676*** WARNING*** The Py_DECREF macro must have a side-effect-free argument
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000677since it may evaluate its argument multiple times. (The alternative
678would be to mace it a proper function or assign it to a global temporary
679variable first, both of which are slower; and in a multi-threaded
680environment the global variable trick is not safe.)
681*/
682
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000683/* First define a pile of simple helper macros, one set per special
684 * build symbol. These either expand to the obvious things, or to
685 * nothing at all when the special mode isn't in effect. The main
686 * macros can later be defined just once then, yet expand to different
687 * things depending on which special build options are and aren't in effect.
688 * Trust me <wink>: while painful, this is 20x easier to understand than,
689 * e.g, defining _Py_NewReference five different times in a maze of nested
690 * #ifdefs (we used to do that -- it was impenetrable).
691 */
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000692#ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG
Neal Norwitz4281cef2006-03-04 19:58:13 +0000693PyAPI_DATA(Py_ssize_t) _Py_RefTotal;
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000694PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_NegativeRefcount(const char *fname,
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000695 int lineno, PyObject *op);
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000696PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyDict_Dummy(void);
697PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PySet_Dummy(void);
698PyAPI_FUNC(Py_ssize_t) _Py_GetRefTotal(void);
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000699#define _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_RefTotal++
700#define _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL _Py_RefTotal--
701#define _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA ,
702#define _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(OP) \
703{ if (((PyObject*)OP)->ob_refcnt < 0) \
704 _Py_NegativeRefcount(__FILE__, __LINE__, \
705 (PyObject *)(OP)); \
Tim Peters7c321a82002-07-09 02:57:01 +0000706}
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000707#else
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000708#define _Py_INC_REFTOTAL
709#define _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL
710#define _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000711#define _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(OP) /* a semicolon */;
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000712#endif /* Py_REF_DEBUG */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000713
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000714#ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000715PyAPI_FUNC(void) inc_count(PyTypeObject *);
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000716PyAPI_FUNC(void) dec_count(PyTypeObject *);
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000717#define _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(OP) inc_count(Py_TYPE(OP))
718#define _Py_INC_TPFREES(OP) dec_count(Py_TYPE(OP))
719#define _Py_DEC_TPFREES(OP) Py_TYPE(OP)->tp_frees--
720#define _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA ,
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000721#else
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000722#define _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(OP)
723#define _Py_INC_TPFREES(OP)
724#define _Py_DEC_TPFREES(OP)
725#define _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000726#endif /* COUNT_ALLOCS */
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000727
728#ifdef Py_TRACE_REFS
729/* Py_TRACE_REFS is such major surgery that we call external routines. */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000730PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_NewReference(PyObject *);
731PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_ForgetReference(PyObject *);
732PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_Dealloc(PyObject *);
733PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferences(FILE *);
Tim Peters269b2a62003-04-17 19:52:29 +0000734PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferenceAddresses(FILE *);
Tim Peters7571a0f2003-03-23 17:52:28 +0000735PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_AddToAllObjects(PyObject *, int force);
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000736
737#else
738/* Without Py_TRACE_REFS, there's little enough to do that we expand code
739 * inline.
740 */
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000741#define _Py_NewReference(op) ( \
742 _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(op) _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA \
743 _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
744 Py_REFCNT(op) = 1)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000745
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000746#define _Py_ForgetReference(op) _Py_INC_TPFREES(op)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000747
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000748#ifdef Py_LIMITED_API
749PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_Dealloc(PyObject *);
750#else
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000751#define _Py_Dealloc(op) ( \
752 _Py_INC_TPFREES(op) _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA \
753 (*Py_TYPE(op)->tp_dealloc)((PyObject *)(op)))
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000754#endif
Guido van Rossum60be1db1996-05-22 16:33:22 +0000755#endif /* !Py_TRACE_REFS */
756
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000757#define Py_INCREF(op) ( \
758 _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
759 ((PyObject*)(op))->ob_refcnt++)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000760
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000761#define Py_DECREF(op) \
762 do { \
763 if (_Py_DEC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
764 --((PyObject*)(op))->ob_refcnt != 0) \
765 _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(op) \
766 else \
767 _Py_Dealloc((PyObject *)(op)); \
768 } while (0)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000769
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000770/* Safely decref `op` and set `op` to NULL, especially useful in tp_clear
771 * and tp_dealloc implementatons.
772 *
773 * Note that "the obvious" code can be deadly:
774 *
775 * Py_XDECREF(op);
776 * op = NULL;
777 *
778 * Typically, `op` is something like self->containee, and `self` is done
779 * using its `containee` member. In the code sequence above, suppose
780 * `containee` is non-NULL with a refcount of 1. Its refcount falls to
781 * 0 on the first line, which can trigger an arbitrary amount of code,
782 * possibly including finalizers (like __del__ methods or weakref callbacks)
783 * coded in Python, which in turn can release the GIL and allow other threads
784 * to run, etc. Such code may even invoke methods of `self` again, or cause
785 * cyclic gc to trigger, but-- oops! --self->containee still points to the
786 * object being torn down, and it may be in an insane state while being torn
787 * down. This has in fact been a rich historic source of miserable (rare &
788 * hard-to-diagnose) segfaulting (and other) bugs.
789 *
790 * The safe way is:
791 *
792 * Py_CLEAR(op);
793 *
794 * That arranges to set `op` to NULL _before_ decref'ing, so that any code
795 * triggered as a side-effect of `op` getting torn down no longer believes
796 * `op` points to a valid object.
797 *
798 * There are cases where it's safe to use the naive code, but they're brittle.
799 * For example, if `op` points to a Python integer, you know that destroying
800 * one of those can't cause problems -- but in part that relies on that
801 * Python integers aren't currently weakly referencable. Best practice is
802 * to use Py_CLEAR() even if you can't think of a reason for why you need to.
803 */
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000804#define Py_CLEAR(op) \
805 do { \
806 if (op) { \
807 PyObject *_py_tmp = (PyObject *)(op); \
808 (op) = NULL; \
809 Py_DECREF(_py_tmp); \
810 } \
811 } while (0)
Jim Fulton8c5aeaa2004-07-14 19:07:35 +0000812
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000813/* Macros to use in case the object pointer may be NULL: */
Matthias Klose091c7b12009-04-07 13:24:27 +0000814#define Py_XINCREF(op) do { if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_INCREF(op); } while (0)
815#define Py_XDECREF(op) do { if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_DECREF(op); } while (0)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000816
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000817/*
Thomas Heller1328b522004-04-22 17:23:49 +0000818These are provided as conveniences to Python runtime embedders, so that
819they can have object code that is not dependent on Python compilation flags.
820*/
821PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_IncRef(PyObject *);
822PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_DecRef(PyObject *);
823
824/*
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000825_Py_NoneStruct is an object of undefined type which can be used in contexts
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000826where NULL (nil) is not suitable (since NULL often means 'error').
827
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000828Don't forget to apply Py_INCREF() when returning this value!!!
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000829*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000830PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NoneStruct; /* Don't use this directly */
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000831#define Py_None (&_Py_NoneStruct)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000832
Brett Cannond05235e2003-10-19 21:19:40 +0000833/* Macro for returning Py_None from a function */
Tim Peters5980ff22004-07-22 01:46:43 +0000834#define Py_RETURN_NONE return Py_INCREF(Py_None), Py_None
Brett Cannond05235e2003-10-19 21:19:40 +0000835
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000836/*
837Py_NotImplemented is a singleton used to signal that an operation is
838not implemented for a given type combination.
839*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000840PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NotImplementedStruct; /* Don't use this directly */
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000841#define Py_NotImplemented (&_Py_NotImplementedStruct)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000842
Brian Curtin7d2f9e12011-08-10 20:05:21 -0500843/* Macro for returning Py_NotImplemented from a function */
844#define Py_RETURN_NOTIMPLEMENTED \
845 return Py_INCREF(Py_NotImplemented), Py_NotImplemented
846
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000847/* Rich comparison opcodes */
848#define Py_LT 0
849#define Py_LE 1
850#define Py_EQ 2
851#define Py_NE 3
852#define Py_GT 4
853#define Py_GE 5
854
Tim Petersf4aca752004-09-23 02:39:37 +0000855/* Maps Py_LT to Py_GT, ..., Py_GE to Py_LE.
856 * Defined in object.c.
857 */
858PyAPI_DATA(int) _Py_SwappedOp[];
859
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000860
861/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000862More conventions
863================
864
865Argument Checking
866-----------------
867
868Functions that take objects as arguments normally don't check for nil
869arguments, but they do check the type of the argument, and return an
870error if the function doesn't apply to the type.
871
872Failure Modes
873-------------
874
875Functions may fail for a variety of reasons, including running out of
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000876memory. This is communicated to the caller in two ways: an error string
877is set (see errors.h), and the function result differs: functions that
878normally return a pointer return NULL for failure, functions returning
879an integer return -1 (which could be a legal return value too!), and
880other functions return 0 for success and -1 for failure.
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000881Callers should always check for errors before using the result. If
882an error was set, the caller must either explicitly clear it, or pass
883the error on to its caller.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000884
885Reference Counts
886----------------
887
888It takes a while to get used to the proper usage of reference counts.
889
890Functions that create an object set the reference count to 1; such new
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000891objects must be stored somewhere or destroyed again with Py_DECREF().
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000892Some functions that 'store' objects, such as PyTuple_SetItem() and
893PyList_SetItem(),
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000894don't increment the reference count of the object, since the most
895frequent use is to store a fresh object. Functions that 'retrieve'
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000896objects, such as PyTuple_GetItem() and PyDict_GetItemString(), also
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000897don't increment
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000898the reference count, since most frequently the object is only looked at
899quickly. Thus, to retrieve an object and store it again, the caller
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000900must call Py_INCREF() explicitly.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000901
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000902NOTE: functions that 'consume' a reference count, like
903PyList_SetItem(), consume the reference even if the object wasn't
904successfully stored, to simplify error handling.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000905
906It seems attractive to make other functions that take an object as
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000907argument consume a reference count; however, this may quickly get
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000908confusing (even the current practice is already confusing). Consider
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000909it carefully, it may save lots of calls to Py_INCREF() and Py_DECREF() at
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000910times.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000911*/
Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +0000912
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000913
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000914/* Trashcan mechanism, thanks to Christian Tismer.
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000915
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000916When deallocating a container object, it's possible to trigger an unbounded
917chain of deallocations, as each Py_DECREF in turn drops the refcount on "the
918next" object in the chain to 0. This can easily lead to stack faults, and
919especially in threads (which typically have less stack space to work with).
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000920
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000921A container object that participates in cyclic gc can avoid this by
922bracketing the body of its tp_dealloc function with a pair of macros:
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000923
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000924static void
925mytype_dealloc(mytype *p)
926{
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000927 ... declarations go here ...
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000928
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000929 PyObject_GC_UnTrack(p); // must untrack first
930 Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_BEGIN(p)
931 ... The body of the deallocator goes here, including all calls ...
932 ... to Py_DECREF on contained objects. ...
933 Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END(p)
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000934}
935
Tim Peters808eb592002-08-07 20:53:05 +0000936CAUTION: Never return from the middle of the body! If the body needs to
937"get out early", put a label immediately before the Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END
938call, and goto it. Else the call-depth counter (see below) will stay
939above 0 forever, and the trashcan will never get emptied.
940
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000941How it works: The BEGIN macro increments a call-depth counter. So long
942as this counter is small, the body of the deallocator is run directly without
943further ado. But if the counter gets large, it instead adds p to a list of
944objects to be deallocated later, skips the body of the deallocator, and
945resumes execution after the END macro. The tp_dealloc routine then returns
946without deallocating anything (and so unbounded call-stack depth is avoided).
947
948When the call stack finishes unwinding again, code generated by the END macro
949notices this, and calls another routine to deallocate all the objects that
950may have been added to the list of deferred deallocations. In effect, a
951chain of N deallocations is broken into N / PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL pieces,
952with the call stack never exceeding a depth of PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL.
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000953*/
954
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000955PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTrash_deposit_object(PyObject*);
956PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTrash_destroy_chain(void);
957PyAPI_DATA(int) _PyTrash_delete_nesting;
958PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) _PyTrash_delete_later;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000959
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000960#define PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL 50
961
962#define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_BEGIN(op) \
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000963 if (_PyTrash_delete_nesting < PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL) { \
964 ++_PyTrash_delete_nesting;
965 /* The body of the deallocator is here. */
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000966#define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END(op) \
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000967 --_PyTrash_delete_nesting; \
968 if (_PyTrash_delete_later && _PyTrash_delete_nesting <= 0) \
969 _PyTrash_destroy_chain(); \
970 } \
971 else \
972 _PyTrash_deposit_object((PyObject*)op);
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000973
Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +0000974#ifdef __cplusplus
975}
976#endif
977#endif /* !Py_OBJECT_H */