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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. */
Martin v. Löwis9f2e3462007-07-21 17:22:18 +000078#define PyObject_HEAD PyObject ob_base;
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000079
80#define PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) \
Martin v. Löwis9f2e3462007-07-21 17:22:18 +000081 { _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT \
82 1, type },
83
84#define PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(type, size) \
85 { PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) size },
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000086
87/* PyObject_VAR_HEAD defines the initial segment of all variable-size
88 * container objects. These end with a declaration of an array with 1
89 * element, but enough space is malloc'ed so that the array actually
90 * has room for ob_size elements. Note that ob_size is an element count,
91 * not necessarily a byte count.
92 */
Martin v. Löwis9f2e3462007-07-21 17:22:18 +000093#define PyObject_VAR_HEAD PyVarObject ob_base;
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +000094#define Py_INVALID_SIZE (Py_ssize_t)-1
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +000095
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000096/* Nothing is actually declared to be a PyObject, but every pointer to
97 * a Python object can be cast to a PyObject*. This is inheritance built
98 * by hand. Similarly every pointer to a variable-size Python object can,
99 * in addition, be cast to PyVarObject*.
100 */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000101typedef struct _object {
Martin v. Löwis9f2e3462007-07-21 17:22:18 +0000102 _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA
103 Py_ssize_t ob_refcnt;
104 struct _typeobject *ob_type;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000105} PyObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000106
107typedef struct {
Martin v. Löwis9f2e3462007-07-21 17:22:18 +0000108 PyObject ob_base;
109 Py_ssize_t ob_size; /* Number of items in variable part */
Guido van Rossumd0c87ee1997-05-15 21:31:03 +0000110} PyVarObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000111
Christian Heimes90aa7642007-12-19 02:45:37 +0000112#define Py_REFCNT(ob) (((PyObject*)(ob))->ob_refcnt)
113#define Py_TYPE(ob) (((PyObject*)(ob))->ob_type)
114#define Py_SIZE(ob) (((PyVarObject*)(ob))->ob_size)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000115
116/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000117Type objects contain a string containing the type name (to help somewhat
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000118in debugging), the allocation parameters (see PyObject_New() and
119PyObject_NewVar()),
120and methods for accessing objects of the type. Methods are optional, a
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000121nil pointer meaning that particular kind of access is not available for
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000122this type. The Py_DECREF() macro uses the tp_dealloc method without
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000123checking for a nil pointer; it should always be implemented except if
124the implementation can guarantee that the reference count will never
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000125reach zero (e.g., for statically allocated type objects).
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000126
127NB: the methods for certain type groups are now contained in separate
128method blocks.
129*/
130
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000131typedef PyObject * (*unaryfunc)(PyObject *);
132typedef PyObject * (*binaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
133typedef PyObject * (*ternaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
134typedef int (*inquiry)(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000135typedef Py_ssize_t (*lenfunc)(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000136typedef PyObject *(*ssizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t);
137typedef PyObject *(*ssizessizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000138typedef int(*ssizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *);
139typedef int(*ssizessizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000140typedef int(*objobjargproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000141
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000142
143/* buffer interface */
144typedef struct bufferinfo {
Martin v. Löwis423be952008-08-13 15:53:07 +0000145 void *buf;
Benjamin Peterson9edd2bd2008-08-27 00:31:37 +0000146 PyObject *obj; /* owned reference */
Antoine Pitrouc3b39242009-01-03 16:59:18 +0000147 Py_ssize_t len;
148 Py_ssize_t itemsize; /* This is Py_ssize_t so it can be
149 pointed to by strides in simple case.*/
150 int readonly;
151 int ndim;
152 char *format;
153 Py_ssize_t *shape;
154 Py_ssize_t *strides;
155 Py_ssize_t *suboffsets;
156 Py_ssize_t smalltable[2]; /* static store for shape and strides of
157 mono-dimensional buffers. */
158 void *internal;
Travis E. Oliphant8ae62b62007-09-23 02:00:13 +0000159} Py_buffer;
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000160
Travis E. Oliphant8ae62b62007-09-23 02:00:13 +0000161typedef int (*getbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *, int);
162typedef void (*releasebufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *);
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000163
164 /* Flags for getting buffers */
165#define PyBUF_SIMPLE 0
Travis E. Oliphantddacf962007-10-13 21:03:27 +0000166#define PyBUF_WRITABLE 0x0001
Sean Reifscheider54cf12b2007-09-17 17:55:36 +0000167/* we used to include an E, backwards compatible alias */
168#define PyBUF_WRITEABLE PyBUF_WRITABLE
Travis E. Oliphantddacf962007-10-13 21:03:27 +0000169#define PyBUF_FORMAT 0x0004
170#define PyBUF_ND 0x0008
171#define PyBUF_STRIDES (0x0010 | PyBUF_ND)
172#define PyBUF_C_CONTIGUOUS (0x0020 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
173#define PyBUF_F_CONTIGUOUS (0x0040 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
174#define PyBUF_ANY_CONTIGUOUS (0x0080 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
175#define PyBUF_INDIRECT (0x0100 | PyBUF_STRIDES)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000176
Sean Reifscheider54cf12b2007-09-17 17:55:36 +0000177#define PyBUF_CONTIG (PyBUF_ND | PyBUF_WRITABLE)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000178#define PyBUF_CONTIG_RO (PyBUF_ND)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000179
Sean Reifscheider54cf12b2007-09-17 17:55:36 +0000180#define PyBUF_STRIDED (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_WRITABLE)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000181#define PyBUF_STRIDED_RO (PyBUF_STRIDES)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000182
Sean Reifscheider54cf12b2007-09-17 17:55:36 +0000183#define PyBUF_RECORDS (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_WRITABLE | PyBUF_FORMAT)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000184#define PyBUF_RECORDS_RO (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_FORMAT)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000185
Sean Reifscheider54cf12b2007-09-17 17:55:36 +0000186#define PyBUF_FULL (PyBUF_INDIRECT | PyBUF_WRITABLE | PyBUF_FORMAT)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000187#define PyBUF_FULL_RO (PyBUF_INDIRECT | PyBUF_FORMAT)
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000188
189
190#define PyBUF_READ 0x100
191#define PyBUF_WRITE 0x200
192#define PyBUF_SHADOW 0x400
193
194/* End buffer interface */
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000195
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000196typedef int (*objobjproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
197typedef int (*visitproc)(PyObject *, void *);
198typedef int (*traverseproc)(PyObject *, visitproc, void *);
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000199
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000200typedef struct {
Guido van Rossum50e9fb92006-08-17 05:42:55 +0000201 /* Number implementations must check *both*
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000202 arguments for proper type and implement the necessary conversions
203 in the slot functions themselves. */
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000204
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000205 binaryfunc nb_add;
206 binaryfunc nb_subtract;
207 binaryfunc nb_multiply;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000208 binaryfunc nb_remainder;
209 binaryfunc nb_divmod;
Guido van Rossum75abc631994-08-09 13:21:54 +0000210 ternaryfunc nb_power;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000211 unaryfunc nb_negative;
212 unaryfunc nb_positive;
213 unaryfunc nb_absolute;
Jack Diederich4dafcc42006-11-28 19:15:13 +0000214 inquiry nb_bool;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000215 unaryfunc nb_invert;
216 binaryfunc nb_lshift;
217 binaryfunc nb_rshift;
218 binaryfunc nb_and;
219 binaryfunc nb_xor;
220 binaryfunc nb_or;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000221 unaryfunc nb_int;
Mark Dickinson8055afd2009-01-17 10:04:45 +0000222 void *nb_reserved; /* the slot formerly known as nb_long */
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000223 unaryfunc nb_float;
Guido van Rossum50e9fb92006-08-17 05:42:55 +0000224
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000225 binaryfunc nb_inplace_add;
226 binaryfunc nb_inplace_subtract;
227 binaryfunc nb_inplace_multiply;
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000228 binaryfunc nb_inplace_remainder;
229 ternaryfunc nb_inplace_power;
230 binaryfunc nb_inplace_lshift;
231 binaryfunc nb_inplace_rshift;
232 binaryfunc nb_inplace_and;
233 binaryfunc nb_inplace_xor;
234 binaryfunc nb_inplace_or;
Guido van Rossum4668b002001-08-08 05:00:18 +0000235
Guido van Rossum4668b002001-08-08 05:00:18 +0000236 binaryfunc nb_floor_divide;
237 binaryfunc nb_true_divide;
238 binaryfunc nb_inplace_floor_divide;
239 binaryfunc nb_inplace_true_divide;
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000240
Thomas Wouters00ee7ba2006-08-21 19:07:27 +0000241 unaryfunc nb_index;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000242} PyNumberMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000243
244typedef struct {
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000245 lenfunc sq_length;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000246 binaryfunc sq_concat;
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000247 ssizeargfunc sq_repeat;
248 ssizeargfunc sq_item;
Thomas Woutersd2cf20e2007-08-30 22:57:53 +0000249 void *was_sq_slice;
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000250 ssizeobjargproc sq_ass_item;
Thomas Woutersd2cf20e2007-08-30 22:57:53 +0000251 void *was_sq_ass_slice;
Guido van Rossumcecb27a2000-02-28 15:00:40 +0000252 objobjproc sq_contains;
Guido van Rossum50e9fb92006-08-17 05:42:55 +0000253
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000254 binaryfunc sq_inplace_concat;
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000255 ssizeargfunc sq_inplace_repeat;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000256} PySequenceMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000257
258typedef struct {
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000259 lenfunc mp_length;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000260 binaryfunc mp_subscript;
261 objobjargproc mp_ass_subscript;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000262} PyMappingMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000263
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000264
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000265typedef struct {
266 getbufferproc bf_getbuffer;
267 releasebufferproc bf_releasebuffer;
Travis E. Oliphantb99f7622007-08-18 11:21:56 +0000268} PyBufferProcs;
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000269
Neil Schemenauerf6d1ea12002-04-12 01:57:06 +0000270typedef void (*freefunc)(void *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000271typedef void (*destructor)(PyObject *);
272typedef int (*printfunc)(PyObject *, FILE *, int);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000273typedef PyObject *(*getattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000274typedef PyObject *(*getattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000275typedef int (*setattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000276typedef int (*setattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000277typedef PyObject *(*reprfunc)(PyObject *);
278typedef long (*hashfunc)(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000279typedef PyObject *(*richcmpfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000280typedef PyObject *(*getiterfunc) (PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum213c7a62001-04-23 14:08:49 +0000281typedef PyObject *(*iternextfunc) (PyObject *);
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000282typedef PyObject *(*descrgetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
283typedef int (*descrsetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
284typedef int (*initproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
285typedef PyObject *(*newfunc)(struct _typeobject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000286typedef PyObject *(*allocfunc)(struct _typeobject *, Py_ssize_t);
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000287
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000288typedef struct _typeobject {
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000289 PyObject_VAR_HEAD
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000290 const char *tp_name; /* For printing, in format "<module>.<name>" */
Martin v. Löwis97c65a82006-02-16 14:24:38 +0000291 Py_ssize_t tp_basicsize, tp_itemsize; /* For allocation */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000292
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000293 /* Methods to implement standard operations */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000294
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000295 destructor tp_dealloc;
296 printfunc tp_print;
297 getattrfunc tp_getattr;
298 setattrfunc tp_setattr;
Mark Dickinson3c161652009-02-02 21:11:16 +0000299 void *tp_reserved; /* formerly known as tp_compare */
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000300 reprfunc tp_repr;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000301
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000302 /* Method suites for standard classes */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000303
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000304 PyNumberMethods *tp_as_number;
305 PySequenceMethods *tp_as_sequence;
306 PyMappingMethods *tp_as_mapping;
Guido van Rossum9bfef441993-03-29 10:43:31 +0000307
Fred Drake0e12bcd2000-03-21 16:14:47 +0000308 /* More standard operations (here for binary compatibility) */
Guido van Rossum9bfef441993-03-29 10:43:31 +0000309
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000310 hashfunc tp_hash;
Guido van Rossum884afd61995-07-18 14:21:06 +0000311 ternaryfunc tp_call;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000312 reprfunc tp_str;
Guido van Rossum0693dd21996-08-09 20:48:52 +0000313 getattrofunc tp_getattro;
314 setattrofunc tp_setattro;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000315
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000316 /* Functions to access object as input/output buffer */
317 PyBufferProcs *tp_as_buffer;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000318
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000319 /* Flags to define presence of optional/expanded features */
320 long tp_flags;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000321
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000322 const char *tp_doc; /* Documentation string */
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000323
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000324 /* Assigned meaning in release 2.0 */
Jeremy Hylton8caad492000-06-23 14:18:11 +0000325 /* call function for all accessible objects */
326 traverseproc tp_traverse;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000327
Jeremy Hylton8caad492000-06-23 14:18:11 +0000328 /* delete references to contained objects */
329 inquiry tp_clear;
330
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000331 /* Assigned meaning in release 2.1 */
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000332 /* rich comparisons */
333 richcmpfunc tp_richcompare;
334
Fred Drake41deb1e2001-02-01 05:27:45 +0000335 /* weak reference enabler */
Martin v. Löwis97c65a82006-02-16 14:24:38 +0000336 Py_ssize_t tp_weaklistoffset;
Guido van Rossuma9c2d7a1998-04-23 19:16:44 +0000337
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000338 /* Iterators */
339 getiterfunc tp_iter;
Guido van Rossum213c7a62001-04-23 14:08:49 +0000340 iternextfunc tp_iternext;
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000341
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000342 /* Attribute descriptor and subclassing stuff */
343 struct PyMethodDef *tp_methods;
Guido van Rossum6f799372001-09-20 20:46:19 +0000344 struct PyMemberDef *tp_members;
Guido van Rossum32d34c82001-09-20 21:45:26 +0000345 struct PyGetSetDef *tp_getset;
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000346 struct _typeobject *tp_base;
347 PyObject *tp_dict;
348 descrgetfunc tp_descr_get;
349 descrsetfunc tp_descr_set;
Martin v. Löwis97c65a82006-02-16 14:24:38 +0000350 Py_ssize_t tp_dictoffset;
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000351 initproc tp_init;
352 allocfunc tp_alloc;
353 newfunc tp_new;
Neil Schemenauerf6d1ea12002-04-12 01:57:06 +0000354 freefunc tp_free; /* Low-level free-memory routine */
Guido van Rossum048eb752001-10-02 21:24:57 +0000355 inquiry tp_is_gc; /* For PyObject_IS_GC */
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000356 PyObject *tp_bases;
357 PyObject *tp_mro; /* method resolution order */
Guido van Rossum687ae002001-10-15 22:03:32 +0000358 PyObject *tp_cache;
Guido van Rossum1c450732001-10-08 15:18:27 +0000359 PyObject *tp_subclasses;
360 PyObject *tp_weaklist;
Guido van Rossumfebd61d2002-08-08 20:55:20 +0000361 destructor tp_del;
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000362
Christian Heimesa62da1d2008-01-12 19:39:10 +0000363 /* Type attribute cache version tag. Added in version 2.6 */
364 unsigned int tp_version_tag;
365
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000366#ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000367 /* these must be last and never explicitly initialized */
Martin v. Löwise36dce62006-03-01 04:02:43 +0000368 Py_ssize_t tp_allocs;
369 Py_ssize_t tp_frees;
370 Py_ssize_t tp_maxalloc;
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000371 struct _typeobject *tp_prev;
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000372 struct _typeobject *tp_next;
373#endif
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000374} PyTypeObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000375
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000376
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000377/* The *real* layout of a type object when allocated on the heap */
378typedef struct _heaptypeobject {
379 /* Note: there's a dependency on the order of these members
380 in slotptr() in typeobject.c . */
Georg Brandlc255c7b2006-02-20 22:27:28 +0000381 PyTypeObject ht_type;
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000382 PyNumberMethods as_number;
383 PyMappingMethods as_mapping;
384 PySequenceMethods as_sequence; /* as_sequence comes after as_mapping,
385 so that the mapping wins when both
386 the mapping and the sequence define
387 a given operator (e.g. __getitem__).
388 see add_operators() in typeobject.c . */
389 PyBufferProcs as_buffer;
Georg Brandlc255c7b2006-02-20 22:27:28 +0000390 PyObject *ht_name, *ht_slots;
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000391 /* here are optional user slots, followed by the members. */
392} PyHeapTypeObject;
393
394/* access macro to the members which are floating "behind" the object */
395#define PyHeapType_GET_MEMBERS(etype) \
Christian Heimes90aa7642007-12-19 02:45:37 +0000396 ((PyMemberDef *)(((char *)etype) + Py_TYPE(etype)->tp_basicsize))
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000397
398
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000399/* Generic type check */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000400PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_IsSubtype(PyTypeObject *, PyTypeObject *);
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000401#define PyObject_TypeCheck(ob, tp) \
Christian Heimes90aa7642007-12-19 02:45:37 +0000402 (Py_TYPE(ob) == (tp) || PyType_IsSubtype(Py_TYPE(ob), (tp)))
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000403
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000404PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyType_Type; /* built-in 'type' */
405PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyBaseObject_Type; /* built-in 'object' */
406PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PySuper_Type; /* built-in 'super' */
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000407
Thomas Wouters27d517b2007-02-25 20:39:11 +0000408#define PyType_Check(op) \
Christian Heimes90aa7642007-12-19 02:45:37 +0000409 PyType_FastSubclass(Py_TYPE(op), Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS)
410#define PyType_CheckExact(op) (Py_TYPE(op) == &PyType_Type)
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000411
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000412PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000413PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericAlloc(PyTypeObject *, Py_ssize_t);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000414PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericNew(PyTypeObject *,
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000415 PyObject *, PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000416PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyType_Lookup(PyTypeObject *, PyObject *);
Christian Heimes26855632008-01-27 23:50:43 +0000417PyAPI_FUNC(unsigned int) PyType_ClearCache(void);
Georg Brandlf08a9dd2008-06-10 16:57:31 +0000418PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyType_Modified(PyTypeObject *);
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000419
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000420/* Generic operations on objects */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000421PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Print(PyObject *, FILE *, int);
Thomas Woutersb2137042007-02-01 18:02:27 +0000422PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_BreakPoint(void);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000423PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyObject_Dump(PyObject *);
424PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Repr(PyObject *);
425PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Str(PyObject *);
Georg Brandl559e5d72008-06-11 18:37:52 +0000426PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_ASCII(PyObject *);
Benjamin Petersonc15a0732008-08-26 16:46:47 +0000427PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Bytes(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000428PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_RichCompare(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
429PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_RichCompareBool(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000430PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
431PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *, PyObject *);
432PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000433PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
434PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
435PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
436PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject **) _PyObject_GetDictPtr(PyObject *);
Raymond Hettinger1da1dbf2003-03-17 19:46:11 +0000437PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_SelfIter(PyObject *);
Amaury Forgeot d'Arcf343e012009-01-12 23:58:21 +0000438PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_NextNotImplemented(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000439PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GenericGetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
440PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_GenericSetAttr(PyObject *,
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000441 PyObject *, PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000442PyAPI_FUNC(long) PyObject_Hash(PyObject *);
Nick Coghland1abd252008-07-15 15:46:38 +0000443PyAPI_FUNC(long) PyObject_HashNotImplemented(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000444PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_IsTrue(PyObject *);
445PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Not(PyObject *);
446PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyCallable_Check(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000447
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000448PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyObject_ClearWeakRefs(PyObject *);
Fred Drake41deb1e2001-02-01 05:27:45 +0000449
Guido van Rossumab3b0342001-09-18 20:38:53 +0000450
Georg Brandl1a3284e2007-12-02 09:40:06 +0000451/* PyObject_Dir(obj) acts like Python builtins.dir(obj), returning a
452 list of strings. PyObject_Dir(NULL) is like builtins.dir(),
Tim Peters7eea37e2001-09-04 22:08:56 +0000453 returning the names of the current locals. In this case, if there are
454 no current locals, NULL is returned, and PyErr_Occurred() is false.
455*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000456PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Dir(PyObject *);
Tim Peters7eea37e2001-09-04 22:08:56 +0000457
458
Guido van Rossum26d4ac31998-04-10 22:32:24 +0000459/* Helpers for printing recursive container types */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000460PyAPI_FUNC(int) Py_ReprEnter(PyObject *);
461PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_ReprLeave(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum26d4ac31998-04-10 22:32:24 +0000462
Fred Drake13634cf2000-06-29 19:17:04 +0000463/* Helpers for hash functions */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000464PyAPI_FUNC(long) _Py_HashDouble(double);
465PyAPI_FUNC(long) _Py_HashPointer(void*);
Fred Drake13634cf2000-06-29 19:17:04 +0000466
Jeremy Hylton483638c2001-02-01 20:20:45 +0000467/* Helper for passing objects to printf and the like */
Marc-André Lemburg4cc0f242008-08-07 18:54:33 +0000468#define PyObject_REPR(obj) _PyUnicode_AsString(PyObject_Repr(obj))
Jeremy Hylton483638c2001-02-01 20:20:45 +0000469
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000470/* Flag bits for printing: */
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000471#define Py_PRINT_RAW 1 /* No string quotes etc. */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000472
473/*
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000474`Type flags (tp_flags)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000475
476These flags are used to extend the type structure in a backwards-compatible
477fashion. Extensions can use the flags to indicate (and test) when a given
478type structure contains a new feature. The Python core will use these when
479introducing new functionality between major revisions (to avoid mid-version
480changes in the PYTHON_API_VERSION).
481
482Arbitration of the flag bit positions will need to be coordinated among
483all extension writers who publically release their extensions (this will
484be fewer than you might expect!)..
485
Guido van Rossum3cf5b1e2006-07-27 21:53:35 +0000486Most flags were removed as of Python 3.0 to make room for new flags. (Some
487flags are not for backwards compatibility but to indicate the presence of an
488optional feature; these flags remain of course.)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000489
490Type definitions should use Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT for their tp_flags value.
491
492Code can use PyType_HasFeature(type_ob, flag_value) to test whether the
493given type object has a specified feature.
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000494*/
495
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000496/* Set if the type object is dynamically allocated */
497#define Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE (1L<<9)
498
499/* Set if the type allows subclassing */
500#define Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE (1L<<10)
501
Guido van Rossum9b9c9722001-08-10 17:37:02 +0000502/* Set if the type is 'ready' -- fully initialized */
503#define Py_TPFLAGS_READY (1L<<12)
504
505/* Set while the type is being 'readied', to prevent recursive ready calls */
506#define Py_TPFLAGS_READYING (1L<<13)
507
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000508/* Objects support garbage collection (see objimp.h) */
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000509#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC (1L<<14)
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000510
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000511/* These two bits are preserved for Stackless Python, next after this is 17 */
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000512#ifdef STACKLESS
Christian Tismer661a9e32003-05-23 12:47:36 +0000513#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION (3L<<15)
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000514#else
Christian Tismerc26ff412003-05-23 03:33:35 +0000515#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION 0
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000516#endif
517
Christian Heimesa62da1d2008-01-12 19:39:10 +0000518/* Objects support type attribute cache */
519#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG (1L<<18)
520#define Py_TPFLAGS_VALID_VERSION_TAG (1L<<19)
521
Christian Heimes9e7f1d22008-02-28 12:27:11 +0000522/* Type is abstract and cannot be instantiated */
523#define Py_TPFLAGS_IS_ABSTRACT (1L<<20)
524
Thomas Wouters27d517b2007-02-25 20:39:11 +0000525/* These flags are used to determine if a type is a subclass. */
526#define Py_TPFLAGS_INT_SUBCLASS (1L<<23)
527#define Py_TPFLAGS_LONG_SUBCLASS (1L<<24)
528#define Py_TPFLAGS_LIST_SUBCLASS (1L<<25)
529#define Py_TPFLAGS_TUPLE_SUBCLASS (1L<<26)
Christian Heimes72b710a2008-05-26 13:28:38 +0000530#define Py_TPFLAGS_BYTES_SUBCLASS (1L<<27)
Thomas Wouters27d517b2007-02-25 20:39:11 +0000531#define Py_TPFLAGS_UNICODE_SUBCLASS (1L<<28)
532#define Py_TPFLAGS_DICT_SUBCLASS (1L<<29)
533#define Py_TPFLAGS_BASE_EXC_SUBCLASS (1L<<30)
534#define Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS (1L<<31)
535
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000536#define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT ( \
Christian Tismerc26ff412003-05-23 03:33:35 +0000537 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION | \
Christian Heimesa62da1d2008-01-12 19:39:10 +0000538 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG | \
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000539 0)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000540
541#define PyType_HasFeature(t,f) (((t)->tp_flags & (f)) != 0)
Thomas Wouters27d517b2007-02-25 20:39:11 +0000542#define PyType_FastSubclass(t,f) PyType_HasFeature(t,f)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000543
544
545/*
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000546The macros Py_INCREF(op) and Py_DECREF(op) are used to increment or decrement
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000547reference counts. Py_DECREF calls the object's deallocator function when
548the refcount falls to 0; for
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000549objects that don't contain references to other objects or heap memory
550this can be the standard function free(). Both macros can be used
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000551wherever a void expression is allowed. The argument must not be a
Benjamin Peterson2a691a82008-03-31 01:51:45 +0000552NULL pointer. If it may be NULL, use Py_XINCREF/Py_XDECREF instead.
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000553The macro _Py_NewReference(op) initialize reference counts to 1, and
554in special builds (Py_REF_DEBUG, Py_TRACE_REFS) performs additional
555bookkeeping appropriate to the special build.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000556
557We assume that the reference count field can never overflow; this can
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000558be proven when the size of the field is the same as the pointer size, so
559we ignore the possibility. Provided a C int is at least 32 bits (which
560is implicitly assumed in many parts of this code), that's enough for
561about 2**31 references to an object.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000562
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000563XXX The following became out of date in Python 2.2, but I'm not sure
564XXX what the full truth is now. Certainly, heap-allocated type objects
565XXX can and should be deallocated.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000566Type objects should never be deallocated; the type pointer in an object
567is not considered to be a reference to the type object, to save
568complications in the deallocation function. (This is actually a
569decision that's up to the implementer of each new type so if you want,
570you can count such references to the type object.)
571
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000572*** WARNING*** The Py_DECREF macro must have a side-effect-free argument
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000573since it may evaluate its argument multiple times. (The alternative
574would be to mace it a proper function or assign it to a global temporary
575variable first, both of which are slower; and in a multi-threaded
576environment the global variable trick is not safe.)
577*/
578
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000579/* First define a pile of simple helper macros, one set per special
580 * build symbol. These either expand to the obvious things, or to
581 * nothing at all when the special mode isn't in effect. The main
582 * macros can later be defined just once then, yet expand to different
583 * things depending on which special build options are and aren't in effect.
584 * Trust me <wink>: while painful, this is 20x easier to understand than,
585 * e.g, defining _Py_NewReference five different times in a maze of nested
586 * #ifdefs (we used to do that -- it was impenetrable).
587 */
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000588#ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG
Neal Norwitz4281cef2006-03-04 19:58:13 +0000589PyAPI_DATA(Py_ssize_t) _Py_RefTotal;
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000590PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_NegativeRefcount(const char *fname,
Tim Peters7c321a82002-07-09 02:57:01 +0000591 int lineno, PyObject *op);
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000592PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyDict_Dummy(void);
593PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PySet_Dummy(void);
594PyAPI_FUNC(Py_ssize_t) _Py_GetRefTotal(void);
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000595#define _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_RefTotal++
596#define _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL _Py_RefTotal--
597#define _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA ,
598#define _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(OP) \
Martin v. Löwis9f2e3462007-07-21 17:22:18 +0000599{ if (((PyObject*)OP)->ob_refcnt < 0) \
Tim Peters7c321a82002-07-09 02:57:01 +0000600 _Py_NegativeRefcount(__FILE__, __LINE__, \
601 (PyObject *)(OP)); \
602}
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000603#else
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000604#define _Py_INC_REFTOTAL
605#define _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL
606#define _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA
607#define _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(OP) /* a semicolon */;
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000608#endif /* Py_REF_DEBUG */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000609
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000610#ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000611PyAPI_FUNC(void) inc_count(PyTypeObject *);
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000612PyAPI_FUNC(void) dec_count(PyTypeObject *);
Christian Heimes90aa7642007-12-19 02:45:37 +0000613#define _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(OP) inc_count(Py_TYPE(OP))
614#define _Py_INC_TPFREES(OP) dec_count(Py_TYPE(OP))
615#define _Py_DEC_TPFREES(OP) Py_TYPE(OP)->tp_frees--
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000616#define _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA ,
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000617#else
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000618#define _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(OP)
619#define _Py_INC_TPFREES(OP)
620#define _Py_DEC_TPFREES(OP)
621#define _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000622#endif /* COUNT_ALLOCS */
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000623
624#ifdef Py_TRACE_REFS
625/* Py_TRACE_REFS is such major surgery that we call external routines. */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000626PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_NewReference(PyObject *);
627PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_ForgetReference(PyObject *);
628PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_Dealloc(PyObject *);
629PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferences(FILE *);
Tim Peters269b2a62003-04-17 19:52:29 +0000630PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferenceAddresses(FILE *);
Tim Peters7571a0f2003-03-23 17:52:28 +0000631PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_AddToAllObjects(PyObject *, int force);
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000632
633#else
634/* Without Py_TRACE_REFS, there's little enough to do that we expand code
635 * inline.
636 */
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000637#define _Py_NewReference(op) ( \
638 _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(op) _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA \
639 _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
Christian Heimes90aa7642007-12-19 02:45:37 +0000640 Py_REFCNT(op) = 1)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000641
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000642#define _Py_ForgetReference(op) _Py_INC_TPFREES(op)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000643
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000644#define _Py_Dealloc(op) ( \
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000645 _Py_INC_TPFREES(op) _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA \
Christian Heimes90aa7642007-12-19 02:45:37 +0000646 (*Py_TYPE(op)->tp_dealloc)((PyObject *)(op)))
Guido van Rossum60be1db1996-05-22 16:33:22 +0000647#endif /* !Py_TRACE_REFS */
648
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000649#define Py_INCREF(op) ( \
650 _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
Martin v. Löwis9f2e3462007-07-21 17:22:18 +0000651 ((PyObject*)(op))->ob_refcnt++)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000652
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000653#define Py_DECREF(op) \
Matthias Klose091c7b12009-04-07 13:24:27 +0000654 do { \
655 if (_Py_DEC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
656 --((PyObject*)(op))->ob_refcnt != 0) \
657 _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(op) \
658 else \
659 _Py_Dealloc((PyObject *)(op)); \
660 } while (0)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000661
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000662/* Safely decref `op` and set `op` to NULL, especially useful in tp_clear
663 * and tp_dealloc implementatons.
664 *
665 * Note that "the obvious" code can be deadly:
666 *
667 * Py_XDECREF(op);
668 * op = NULL;
669 *
670 * Typically, `op` is something like self->containee, and `self` is done
671 * using its `containee` member. In the code sequence above, suppose
672 * `containee` is non-NULL with a refcount of 1. Its refcount falls to
673 * 0 on the first line, which can trigger an arbitrary amount of code,
674 * possibly including finalizers (like __del__ methods or weakref callbacks)
675 * coded in Python, which in turn can release the GIL and allow other threads
676 * to run, etc. Such code may even invoke methods of `self` again, or cause
677 * cyclic gc to trigger, but-- oops! --self->containee still points to the
678 * object being torn down, and it may be in an insane state while being torn
679 * down. This has in fact been a rich historic source of miserable (rare &
680 * hard-to-diagnose) segfaulting (and other) bugs.
681 *
682 * The safe way is:
683 *
684 * Py_CLEAR(op);
685 *
686 * That arranges to set `op` to NULL _before_ decref'ing, so that any code
687 * triggered as a side-effect of `op` getting torn down no longer believes
688 * `op` points to a valid object.
689 *
690 * There are cases where it's safe to use the naive code, but they're brittle.
691 * For example, if `op` points to a Python integer, you know that destroying
692 * one of those can't cause problems -- but in part that relies on that
693 * Python integers aren't currently weakly referencable. Best practice is
694 * to use Py_CLEAR() even if you can't think of a reason for why you need to.
695 */
Jim Fulton8c5aeaa2004-07-14 19:07:35 +0000696#define Py_CLEAR(op) \
697 do { \
698 if (op) { \
Georg Brandl2ee470f2008-07-16 12:55:28 +0000699 PyObject *_py_tmp = (PyObject *)(op); \
Jim Fulton8c5aeaa2004-07-14 19:07:35 +0000700 (op) = NULL; \
Georg Brandl2ee470f2008-07-16 12:55:28 +0000701 Py_DECREF(_py_tmp); \
Jim Fulton8c5aeaa2004-07-14 19:07:35 +0000702 } \
703 } while (0)
704
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000705/* Macros to use in case the object pointer may be NULL: */
Matthias Klose091c7b12009-04-07 13:24:27 +0000706#define Py_XINCREF(op) do { if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_INCREF(op); } while (0)
707#define Py_XDECREF(op) do { if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_DECREF(op); } while (0)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000708
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000709/*
Thomas Heller1328b522004-04-22 17:23:49 +0000710These are provided as conveniences to Python runtime embedders, so that
711they can have object code that is not dependent on Python compilation flags.
712*/
713PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_IncRef(PyObject *);
714PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_DecRef(PyObject *);
715
716/*
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000717_Py_NoneStruct is an object of undefined type which can be used in contexts
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000718where NULL (nil) is not suitable (since NULL often means 'error').
719
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000720Don't forget to apply Py_INCREF() when returning this value!!!
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000721*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000722PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NoneStruct; /* Don't use this directly */
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000723#define Py_None (&_Py_NoneStruct)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000724
Brett Cannond05235e2003-10-19 21:19:40 +0000725/* Macro for returning Py_None from a function */
Tim Peters5980ff22004-07-22 01:46:43 +0000726#define Py_RETURN_NONE return Py_INCREF(Py_None), Py_None
Brett Cannond05235e2003-10-19 21:19:40 +0000727
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000728/*
729Py_NotImplemented is a singleton used to signal that an operation is
730not implemented for a given type combination.
731*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000732PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NotImplementedStruct; /* Don't use this directly */
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000733#define Py_NotImplemented (&_Py_NotImplementedStruct)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000734
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000735/* Rich comparison opcodes */
736#define Py_LT 0
737#define Py_LE 1
738#define Py_EQ 2
739#define Py_NE 3
740#define Py_GT 4
741#define Py_GE 5
742
Tim Petersf4aca752004-09-23 02:39:37 +0000743/* Maps Py_LT to Py_GT, ..., Py_GE to Py_LE.
744 * Defined in object.c.
745 */
746PyAPI_DATA(int) _Py_SwappedOp[];
747
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000748
749/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000750More conventions
751================
752
753Argument Checking
754-----------------
755
756Functions that take objects as arguments normally don't check for nil
757arguments, but they do check the type of the argument, and return an
758error if the function doesn't apply to the type.
759
760Failure Modes
761-------------
762
763Functions may fail for a variety of reasons, including running out of
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000764memory. This is communicated to the caller in two ways: an error string
765is set (see errors.h), and the function result differs: functions that
766normally return a pointer return NULL for failure, functions returning
767an integer return -1 (which could be a legal return value too!), and
768other functions return 0 for success and -1 for failure.
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000769Callers should always check for errors before using the result. If
770an error was set, the caller must either explicitly clear it, or pass
771the error on to its caller.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000772
773Reference Counts
774----------------
775
776It takes a while to get used to the proper usage of reference counts.
777
778Functions that create an object set the reference count to 1; such new
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000779objects must be stored somewhere or destroyed again with Py_DECREF().
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000780Some functions that 'store' objects, such as PyTuple_SetItem() and
781PyList_SetItem(),
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000782don't increment the reference count of the object, since the most
783frequent use is to store a fresh object. Functions that 'retrieve'
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000784objects, such as PyTuple_GetItem() and PyDict_GetItemString(), also
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000785don't increment
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000786the reference count, since most frequently the object is only looked at
787quickly. Thus, to retrieve an object and store it again, the caller
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000788must call Py_INCREF() explicitly.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000789
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000790NOTE: functions that 'consume' a reference count, like
791PyList_SetItem(), consume the reference even if the object wasn't
792successfully stored, to simplify error handling.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000793
794It seems attractive to make other functions that take an object as
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000795argument consume a reference count; however, this may quickly get
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000796confusing (even the current practice is already confusing). Consider
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000797it carefully, it may save lots of calls to Py_INCREF() and Py_DECREF() at
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000798times.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000799*/
Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +0000800
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000801
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000802/* Trashcan mechanism, thanks to Christian Tismer.
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000803
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000804When deallocating a container object, it's possible to trigger an unbounded
805chain of deallocations, as each Py_DECREF in turn drops the refcount on "the
806next" object in the chain to 0. This can easily lead to stack faults, and
807especially in threads (which typically have less stack space to work with).
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000808
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000809A container object that participates in cyclic gc can avoid this by
810bracketing the body of its tp_dealloc function with a pair of macros:
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000811
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000812static void
813mytype_dealloc(mytype *p)
814{
815 ... declarations go here ...
816
817 PyObject_GC_UnTrack(p); // must untrack first
818 Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_BEGIN(p)
819 ... The body of the deallocator goes here, including all calls ...
820 ... to Py_DECREF on contained objects. ...
821 Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END(p)
822}
823
Tim Peters808eb592002-08-07 20:53:05 +0000824CAUTION: Never return from the middle of the body! If the body needs to
825"get out early", put a label immediately before the Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END
826call, and goto it. Else the call-depth counter (see below) will stay
827above 0 forever, and the trashcan will never get emptied.
828
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000829How it works: The BEGIN macro increments a call-depth counter. So long
830as this counter is small, the body of the deallocator is run directly without
831further ado. But if the counter gets large, it instead adds p to a list of
832objects to be deallocated later, skips the body of the deallocator, and
833resumes execution after the END macro. The tp_dealloc routine then returns
834without deallocating anything (and so unbounded call-stack depth is avoided).
835
836When the call stack finishes unwinding again, code generated by the END macro
837notices this, and calls another routine to deallocate all the objects that
838may have been added to the list of deferred deallocations. In effect, a
839chain of N deallocations is broken into N / PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL pieces,
840with the call stack never exceeding a depth of PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL.
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000841*/
842
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000843PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTrash_deposit_object(PyObject*);
844PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTrash_destroy_chain(void);
845PyAPI_DATA(int) _PyTrash_delete_nesting;
846PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) _PyTrash_delete_later;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000847
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000848#define PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL 50
849
850#define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_BEGIN(op) \
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000851 if (_PyTrash_delete_nesting < PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL) { \
852 ++_PyTrash_delete_nesting;
853 /* The body of the deallocator is here. */
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000854#define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END(op) \
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000855 --_PyTrash_delete_nesting; \
856 if (_PyTrash_delete_later && _PyTrash_delete_nesting <= 0) \
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000857 _PyTrash_destroy_chain(); \
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000858 } \
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000859 else \
860 _PyTrash_deposit_object((PyObject*)op);
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000861
Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +0000862#ifdef __cplusplus
863}
864#endif
865#endif /* !Py_OBJECT_H */