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| .. _typeobjects: |
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| Type Objects |
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| .. index:: object: type |
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| .. c:type:: PyTypeObject |
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| The C structure of the objects used to describe built-in types. |
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| .. c:var:: PyObject* PyType_Type |
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| This is the type object for type objects; it is the same object as |
| :class:`type` in the Python layer. |
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| .. c:function:: int PyType_Check(PyObject *o) |
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| Return true if the object *o* is a type object, including instances of types |
| derived from the standard type object. Return false in all other cases. |
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| .. c:function:: int PyType_CheckExact(PyObject *o) |
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| Return true if the object *o* is a type object, but not a subtype of the |
| standard type object. Return false in all other cases. |
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| .. c:function:: unsigned int PyType_ClearCache() |
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| Clear the internal lookup cache. Return the current version tag. |
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| .. c:function:: long PyType_GetFlags(PyTypeObject* type) |
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| Return the :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_flags` member of *type*. This function is primarily |
| meant for use with `Py_LIMITED_API`; the individual flag bits are |
| guaranteed to be stable across Python releases, but access to |
| :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_flags` itself is not part of the limited API. |
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| .. versionadded:: 3.2 |
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| .. c:function:: void PyType_Modified(PyTypeObject *type) |
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| Invalidate the internal lookup cache for the type and all of its |
| subtypes. This function must be called after any manual |
| modification of the attributes or base classes of the type. |
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| .. c:function:: int PyType_HasFeature(PyTypeObject *o, int feature) |
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| Return true if the type object *o* sets the feature *feature*. Type features |
| are denoted by single bit flags. |
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| .. c:function:: int PyType_IS_GC(PyTypeObject *o) |
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| Return true if the type object includes support for the cycle detector; this |
| tests the type flag :const:`Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC`. |
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| .. c:function:: int PyType_IsSubtype(PyTypeObject *a, PyTypeObject *b) |
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| Return true if *a* is a subtype of *b*. |
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| .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GenericAlloc(PyTypeObject *type, Py_ssize_t nitems) |
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| Generic handler for the :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_alloc` slot of a type object. Use |
| Python's default memory allocation mechanism to allocate a new instance and |
| initialize all its contents to *NULL*. |
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| .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GenericNew(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds) |
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| Generic handler for the :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_new` slot of a type object. Create a |
| new instance using the type's :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_alloc` slot. |
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| .. c:function:: int PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *type) |
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| Finalize a type object. This should be called on all type objects to finish |
| their initialization. This function is responsible for adding inherited slots |
| from a type's base class. Return ``0`` on success, or return ``-1`` and sets an |
| exception on error. |
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| .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_FromSpec(PyType_Spec *spec) |
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| Creates and returns a heap type object from the *spec* passed to the function. |
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| .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_FromSpecWithBases(PyType_Spec *spec, PyObject *bases) |
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| Creates and returns a heap type object from the *spec*. In addition to that, |
| the created heap type contains all types contained by the *bases* tuple as base |
| types. This allows the caller to reference other heap types as base types. |
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| .. versionadded:: 3.3 |
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| .. c:function:: void* PyType_GetSlot(PyTypeObject *type, int slot) |
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| Return the function pointer stored in the given slot. If the |
| result is *NULL*, this indicates that either the slot is *NULL*, |
| or that the function was called with invalid parameters. |
| Callers will typically cast the result pointer into the appropriate |
| function type. |
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| .. versionadded:: 3.4 |