| Georg Brandl | 54a3faa | 2008-01-20 09:30:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .. highlightlang:: c |
| 2 | |
| 3 | .. _descriptor-objects: |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Descriptor Objects |
| 6 | ------------------ |
| 7 | |
| 8 | "Descriptors" are objects that describe some attribute of an object. They are |
| 9 | found in the dictionary of type objects. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | .. XXX document these! |
| 12 | |
| 13 | .. cvar:: PyTypeObject PyProperty_Type |
| 14 | |
| 15 | The type object for the built-in descriptor types. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 | .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewGetSet(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyGetSetDef *getset) |
| 19 | |
| 20 | |
| 21 | .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewMember(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMemberDef *meth) |
| 22 | |
| 23 | |
| 24 | .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewMethod(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMethodDef *meth) |
| 25 | |
| 26 | |
| 27 | .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewWrapper(PyTypeObject *type, struct wrapperbase *wrapper, void *wrapped) |
| 28 | |
| 29 | |
| 30 | .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewClassMethod(PyTypeObject *type, PyMethodDef *method) |
| 31 | |
| 32 | |
| 33 | .. cfunction:: int PyDescr_IsData(PyObject *descr) |
| 34 | |
| 35 | Return true if the descriptor objects *descr* describes a data attribute, or |
| 36 | false if it describes a method. *descr* must be a descriptor object; there is |
| 37 | no error checking. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | |
| 40 | .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyWrapper_New(PyObject *, PyObject *) |