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Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +00001#ifndef Py_OBJECT_H
2#define Py_OBJECT_H
Victor Stinner6279c1c2018-10-25 15:54:13 +02003
Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +00004#ifdef __cplusplus
5extern "C" {
6#endif
7
Guido van Rossumf70e43a1991-02-19 12:39:46 +00008
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +00009/* Object and type object interface */
10
11/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000012Objects are structures allocated on the heap. Special rules apply to
13the use of objects to ensure they are properly garbage-collected.
14Objects are never allocated statically or on the stack; they must be
15accessed through special macros and functions only. (Type objects are
16exceptions to the first rule; the standard types are represented by
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000017statically initialized type objects, although work on type/class unification
18for Python 2.2 made it possible to have heap-allocated type objects too).
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000019
20An object has a 'reference count' that is increased or decreased when a
21pointer to the object is copied or deleted; when the reference count
22reaches zero there are no references to the object left and it can be
23removed from the heap.
24
25An object has a 'type' that determines what it represents and what kind
26of data it contains. An object's type is fixed when it is created.
27Types themselves are represented as objects; an object contains a
28pointer to the corresponding type object. The type itself has a type
29pointer pointing to the object representing the type 'type', which
Jimmy Yangac2cfe62020-04-08 02:28:59 -070030contains a pointer to itself!.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000031
32Objects do not float around in memory; once allocated an object keeps
33the same size and address. Objects that must hold variable-size data
34can contain pointers to variable-size parts of the object. Not all
35objects of the same type have the same size; but the size cannot change
36after allocation. (These restrictions are made so a reference to an
37object can be simply a pointer -- moving an object would require
38updating all the pointers, and changing an object's size would require
39moving it if there was another object right next to it.)
40
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +000041Objects are always accessed through pointers of the type 'PyObject *'.
42The type 'PyObject' is a structure that only contains the reference count
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000043and the type pointer. The actual memory allocated for an object
44contains other data that can only be accessed after casting the pointer
45to a pointer to a longer structure type. This longer type must start
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +000046with the reference count and type fields; the macro PyObject_HEAD should be
Thomas Wouters7e474022000-07-16 12:04:32 +000047used for this (to accommodate for future changes). The implementation
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000048of a particular object type can cast the object pointer to the proper
49type and back.
50
51A standard interface exists for objects that contain an array of items
52whose size is determined when the object is allocated.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000053*/
54
Victor Stinnerf4e47032019-04-25 00:56:28 +020055/* Py_DEBUG implies Py_REF_DEBUG. */
56#if defined(Py_DEBUG) && !defined(Py_REF_DEBUG)
Victor Stinner3359cab2021-04-02 15:45:37 +020057# define Py_REF_DEBUG
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000058#endif
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +000059
Victor Stinner3359cab2021-04-02 15:45:37 +020060#if defined(Py_LIMITED_API) && defined(Py_TRACE_REFS)
61# error Py_LIMITED_API is incompatible with Py_TRACE_REFS
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +000062#endif
63
Victor Stinner0e4e7352020-02-05 15:10:39 +010064/* PyTypeObject structure is defined in cpython/object.h.
65 In Py_LIMITED_API, PyTypeObject is an opaque structure. */
66typedef struct _typeobject PyTypeObject;
Nick Coghland6009512014-11-20 21:39:37 +100067
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
Victor Stinner3359cab2021-04-02 15:45:37 +020077# define _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA
78# define _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000079#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;
Victor Stinner0e4e7352020-02-05 15:10:39 +0100108 PyTypeObject *ob_type;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000109} PyObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000110
Victor Stinner2ff8fb72018-11-22 02:57:29 +0100111/* Cast argument to PyObject* type. */
112#define _PyObject_CAST(op) ((PyObject*)(op))
Andy Lester8767ce92020-03-06 02:03:58 -0600113#define _PyObject_CAST_CONST(op) ((const PyObject*)(op))
Victor Stinner2ff8fb72018-11-22 02:57:29 +0100114
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000115typedef struct {
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000116 PyObject ob_base;
117 Py_ssize_t ob_size; /* Number of items in variable part */
Guido van Rossumd0c87ee1997-05-15 21:31:03 +0000118} PyVarObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000119
Victor Stinner2ff8fb72018-11-22 02:57:29 +0100120/* Cast argument to PyVarObject* type. */
121#define _PyVarObject_CAST(op) ((PyVarObject*)(op))
Victor Stinnerfe2978b2020-05-27 14:55:10 +0200122#define _PyVarObject_CAST_CONST(op) ((const PyVarObject*)(op))
Victor Stinner2ff8fb72018-11-22 02:57:29 +0100123
Victor Stinnerfe2978b2020-05-27 14:55:10 +0200124
125static inline Py_ssize_t _Py_REFCNT(const PyObject *ob) {
126 return ob->ob_refcnt;
127}
128#define Py_REFCNT(ob) _Py_REFCNT(_PyObject_CAST_CONST(ob))
129
130
Victor Stinner0e2ac212020-11-18 18:48:06 +0100131// bpo-39573: The Py_SET_TYPE() function must be used to set an object type.
132#define Py_TYPE(ob) (_PyObject_CAST(ob)->ob_type)
Victor Stinnerfe2978b2020-05-27 14:55:10 +0200133
Victor Stinner0e2ac212020-11-18 18:48:06 +0100134// bpo-39573: The Py_SET_SIZE() function must be used to set an object size.
135#define Py_SIZE(ob) (_PyVarObject_CAST(ob)->ob_size)
Dong-hee Naad3252b2020-05-26 01:52:54 +0900136
Victor Stinnerfe2978b2020-05-27 14:55:10 +0200137
Andy Lester8767ce92020-03-06 02:03:58 -0600138static inline int _Py_IS_TYPE(const PyObject *ob, const PyTypeObject *type) {
Victor Stinnerc5cb0772020-09-22 12:42:28 +0200139 return Py_TYPE(ob) == type;
Dong-hee Nad905df72020-02-14 02:37:17 +0900140}
Andy Lester8767ce92020-03-06 02:03:58 -0600141#define Py_IS_TYPE(ob, type) _Py_IS_TYPE(_PyObject_CAST_CONST(ob), type)
Dong-hee Nad905df72020-02-14 02:37:17 +0900142
Victor Stinnerfe2978b2020-05-27 14:55:10 +0200143
Victor Stinnerc86a1122020-02-07 01:24:29 +0100144static inline void _Py_SET_REFCNT(PyObject *ob, Py_ssize_t refcnt) {
145 ob->ob_refcnt = refcnt;
146}
147#define Py_SET_REFCNT(ob, refcnt) _Py_SET_REFCNT(_PyObject_CAST(ob), refcnt)
148
Victor Stinnerfe2978b2020-05-27 14:55:10 +0200149
Victor Stinnerd2ec81a2020-02-07 09:17:07 +0100150static inline void _Py_SET_TYPE(PyObject *ob, PyTypeObject *type) {
151 ob->ob_type = type;
152}
153#define Py_SET_TYPE(ob, type) _Py_SET_TYPE(_PyObject_CAST(ob), type)
154
Victor Stinnerfe2978b2020-05-27 14:55:10 +0200155
Brandt Bucher968dcd92020-02-13 09:34:45 -0800156static inline void _Py_SET_SIZE(PyVarObject *ob, Py_ssize_t size) {
157 ob->ob_size = size;
Victor Stinnerb10dc3e2020-02-07 12:05:12 +0100158}
Brandt Bucher968dcd92020-02-13 09:34:45 -0800159#define Py_SET_SIZE(ob, size) _Py_SET_SIZE(_PyVarObject_CAST(ob), size)
Victor Stinnerb10dc3e2020-02-07 12:05:12 +0100160
Victor Stinnerd2ec81a2020-02-07 09:17:07 +0100161
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000162/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000163Type objects contain a string containing the type name (to help somewhat
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000164in debugging), the allocation parameters (see PyObject_New() and
165PyObject_NewVar()),
166and methods for accessing objects of the type. Methods are optional, a
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000167nil pointer meaning that particular kind of access is not available for
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000168this type. The Py_DECREF() macro uses the tp_dealloc method without
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000169checking for a nil pointer; it should always be implemented except if
170the implementation can guarantee that the reference count will never
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000171reach zero (e.g., for statically allocated type objects).
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000172
173NB: the methods for certain type groups are now contained in separate
174method blocks.
175*/
176
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000177typedef PyObject * (*unaryfunc)(PyObject *);
178typedef PyObject * (*binaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
179typedef PyObject * (*ternaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
180typedef int (*inquiry)(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000181typedef Py_ssize_t (*lenfunc)(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000182typedef PyObject *(*ssizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t);
183typedef PyObject *(*ssizessizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000184typedef int(*ssizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *);
185typedef int(*ssizessizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000186typedef int(*objobjargproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000187
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000188typedef int (*objobjproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
189typedef int (*visitproc)(PyObject *, void *);
190typedef int (*traverseproc)(PyObject *, visitproc, void *);
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000191
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000192
Neil Schemenauerf6d1ea12002-04-12 01:57:06 +0000193typedef void (*freefunc)(void *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000194typedef void (*destructor)(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000195typedef PyObject *(*getattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000196typedef PyObject *(*getattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000197typedef int (*setattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000198typedef int (*setattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000199typedef PyObject *(*reprfunc)(PyObject *);
Benjamin Peterson8f67d082010-10-17 20:54:53 +0000200typedef Py_hash_t (*hashfunc)(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000201typedef PyObject *(*richcmpfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000202typedef PyObject *(*getiterfunc) (PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum213c7a62001-04-23 14:08:49 +0000203typedef PyObject *(*iternextfunc) (PyObject *);
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000204typedef PyObject *(*descrgetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
205typedef int (*descrsetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
206typedef int (*initproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Victor Stinner0e4e7352020-02-05 15:10:39 +0100207typedef PyObject *(*newfunc)(PyTypeObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
208typedef PyObject *(*allocfunc)(PyTypeObject *, Py_ssize_t);
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000209
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000210typedef struct{
211 int slot; /* slot id, see below */
212 void *pfunc; /* function pointer */
213} PyType_Slot;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000214
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000215typedef struct{
216 const char* name;
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000217 int basicsize;
218 int itemsize;
Victor Stinner4ca1cf32012-10-30 23:40:45 +0100219 unsigned int flags;
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000220 PyType_Slot *slots; /* terminated by slot==0. */
221} PyType_Spec;
222
223PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyType_FromSpec(PyType_Spec*);
Martin v. Löwis9c564092012-06-23 23:20:45 +0200224#if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x03030000
225PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyType_FromSpecWithBases(PyType_Spec*, PyObject*);
226#endif
Martin v. Löwisca7b0462014-02-04 09:33:05 +0100227#if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x03040000
Victor Stinner0e4e7352020-02-05 15:10:39 +0100228PyAPI_FUNC(void*) PyType_GetSlot(PyTypeObject*, int);
Martin v. Löwisca7b0462014-02-04 09:33:05 +0100229#endif
Petr Viktorine1becf42020-05-07 15:39:59 +0200230#if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x03090000
231PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyType_FromModuleAndSpec(PyObject *, PyType_Spec *, PyObject *);
232PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GetModule(struct _typeobject *);
233PyAPI_FUNC(void *) PyType_GetModuleState(struct _typeobject *);
234#endif
Martin v. Löwis4d0d4712010-12-03 20:14:31 +0000235
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000236/* Generic type check */
Victor Stinner0e4e7352020-02-05 15:10:39 +0100237PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_IsSubtype(PyTypeObject *, PyTypeObject *);
Erlend Egeberg Aasland4bb2a1e2021-02-15 17:19:24 +0100238
239static inline int _PyObject_TypeCheck(PyObject *ob, PyTypeObject *type) {
240 return Py_IS_TYPE(ob, type) || PyType_IsSubtype(Py_TYPE(ob), type);
241}
242#define PyObject_TypeCheck(ob, type) _PyObject_TypeCheck(_PyObject_CAST(ob), type)
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000243
Victor Stinner0e4e7352020-02-05 15:10:39 +0100244PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyType_Type; /* built-in 'type' */
245PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyBaseObject_Type; /* built-in 'object' */
246PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PySuper_Type; /* built-in 'super' */
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000247
Victor Stinner0e4e7352020-02-05 15:10:39 +0100248PyAPI_FUNC(unsigned long) PyType_GetFlags(PyTypeObject*);
Martin v. Löwis738236d2011-02-05 20:35:29 +0000249
Victor Stinner0e4e7352020-02-05 15:10:39 +0100250PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *);
251PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericAlloc(PyTypeObject *, Py_ssize_t);
252PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericNew(PyTypeObject *,
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000253 PyObject *, PyObject *);
Christian Heimes26855632008-01-27 23:50:43 +0000254PyAPI_FUNC(unsigned int) PyType_ClearCache(void);
Victor Stinner0e4e7352020-02-05 15:10:39 +0100255PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyType_Modified(PyTypeObject *);
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000256
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000257/* Generic operations on objects */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000258PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Repr(PyObject *);
259PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Str(PyObject *);
Georg Brandl559e5d72008-06-11 18:37:52 +0000260PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_ASCII(PyObject *);
Benjamin Petersonc15a0732008-08-26 16:46:47 +0000261PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Bytes(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000262PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_RichCompare(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
263PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_RichCompareBool(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000264PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
265PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *, PyObject *);
266PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000267PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
268PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
269PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
Raymond Hettinger1da1dbf2003-03-17 19:46:11 +0000270PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_SelfIter(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000271PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GenericGetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
Victor Stinnerf58bd7c2020-02-05 13:12:19 +0100272PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_GenericSetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Serhiy Storchaka34d0ac82016-12-27 14:57:39 +0200273#if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x03030000
Benjamin Peterson8eb12692012-02-19 19:59:10 -0500274PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_GenericSetDict(PyObject *, PyObject *, void *);
Serhiy Storchaka34d0ac82016-12-27 14:57:39 +0200275#endif
Benjamin Peterson8f67d082010-10-17 20:54:53 +0000276PyAPI_FUNC(Py_hash_t) PyObject_Hash(PyObject *);
277PyAPI_FUNC(Py_hash_t) PyObject_HashNotImplemented(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000278PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_IsTrue(PyObject *);
279PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Not(PyObject *);
280PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyCallable_Check(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000281PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyObject_ClearWeakRefs(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossumab3b0342001-09-18 20:38:53 +0000282
Georg Brandl1a3284e2007-12-02 09:40:06 +0000283/* PyObject_Dir(obj) acts like Python builtins.dir(obj), returning a
284 list of strings. PyObject_Dir(NULL) is like builtins.dir(),
Tim Peters7eea37e2001-09-04 22:08:56 +0000285 returning the names of the current locals. In this case, if there are
286 no current locals, NULL is returned, and PyErr_Occurred() is false.
287*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000288PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Dir(PyObject *);
Tim Peters7eea37e2001-09-04 22:08:56 +0000289
290
Guido van Rossum26d4ac31998-04-10 22:32:24 +0000291/* Helpers for printing recursive container types */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000292PyAPI_FUNC(int) Py_ReprEnter(PyObject *);
293PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_ReprLeave(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum26d4ac31998-04-10 22:32:24 +0000294
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000295/* Flag bits for printing: */
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000296#define Py_PRINT_RAW 1 /* No string quotes etc. */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000297
298/*
Antoine Pitrouada319b2019-05-29 22:12:38 +0200299Type flags (tp_flags)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000300
Antoine Pitrouada319b2019-05-29 22:12:38 +0200301These flags are used to change expected features and behavior for a
302particular type.
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000303
304Arbitration of the flag bit positions will need to be coordinated among
luzpaza5293b42017-11-05 07:37:50 -0600305all extension writers who publicly release their extensions (this will
Antoine Pitrouada319b2019-05-29 22:12:38 +0200306be fewer than you might expect!).
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000307
Guido van Rossum3cf5b1e2006-07-27 21:53:35 +0000308Most flags were removed as of Python 3.0 to make room for new flags. (Some
309flags are not for backwards compatibility but to indicate the presence of an
310optional feature; these flags remain of course.)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000311
312Type definitions should use Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT for their tp_flags value.
313
314Code can use PyType_HasFeature(type_ob, flag_value) to test whether the
315given type object has a specified feature.
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000316*/
317
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000318/* Set if the type object is dynamically allocated */
Victor Stinner4ca1cf32012-10-30 23:40:45 +0100319#define Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE (1UL << 9)
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000320
321/* Set if the type allows subclassing */
Victor Stinner4ca1cf32012-10-30 23:40:45 +0100322#define Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE (1UL << 10)
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000323
Jeroen Demeyeraacc77f2019-05-29 20:31:52 +0200324/* Set if the type implements the vectorcall protocol (PEP 590) */
325#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
Petr Viktorin3f563ce2020-02-06 15:48:27 +0100326#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL (1UL << 11)
327// Backwards compatibility alias for API that was provisional in Python 3.8
328#define _Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL
Jeroen Demeyeraacc77f2019-05-29 20:31:52 +0200329#endif
330
Guido van Rossum9b9c9722001-08-10 17:37:02 +0000331/* Set if the type is 'ready' -- fully initialized */
Victor Stinner4ca1cf32012-10-30 23:40:45 +0100332#define Py_TPFLAGS_READY (1UL << 12)
Guido van Rossum9b9c9722001-08-10 17:37:02 +0000333
334/* Set while the type is being 'readied', to prevent recursive ready calls */
Victor Stinner4ca1cf32012-10-30 23:40:45 +0100335#define Py_TPFLAGS_READYING (1UL << 13)
Guido van Rossum9b9c9722001-08-10 17:37:02 +0000336
Antoine Pitrouada319b2019-05-29 22:12:38 +0200337/* Objects support garbage collection (see objimpl.h) */
Victor Stinner4ca1cf32012-10-30 23:40:45 +0100338#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC (1UL << 14)
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000339
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000340/* These two bits are preserved for Stackless Python, next after this is 17 */
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000341#ifdef STACKLESS
Victor Stinner4ca1cf32012-10-30 23:40:45 +0100342#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION (3UL << 15)
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000343#else
Christian Tismerc26ff412003-05-23 03:33:35 +0000344#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION 0
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000345#endif
346
Jeroen Demeyereb65e242019-05-28 14:42:53 +0200347/* Objects behave like an unbound method */
348#define Py_TPFLAGS_METHOD_DESCRIPTOR (1UL << 17)
349
Christian Heimesa62da1d2008-01-12 19:39:10 +0000350/* Objects support type attribute cache */
Victor Stinner4ca1cf32012-10-30 23:40:45 +0100351#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG (1UL << 18)
352#define Py_TPFLAGS_VALID_VERSION_TAG (1UL << 19)
Christian Heimesa62da1d2008-01-12 19:39:10 +0000353
Christian Heimes9e7f1d22008-02-28 12:27:11 +0000354/* Type is abstract and cannot be instantiated */
Victor Stinner4ca1cf32012-10-30 23:40:45 +0100355#define Py_TPFLAGS_IS_ABSTRACT (1UL << 20)
Christian Heimes9e7f1d22008-02-28 12:27:11 +0000356
Vladimir Matveev1e996c32020-11-10 12:09:55 -0800357#if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x030A0000
358/* Type has am_send entry in tp_as_async slot */
359#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_AM_SEND (1UL << 21)
360#endif
361
Brandt Bucher145bf262021-02-26 14:51:55 -0800362// This undocumented flag gives certain built-ins their unique pattern-matching
363// behavior, which allows a single positional subpattern to match against the
364// subject itself (rather than a mapped attribute on it):
365#define _Py_TPFLAGS_MATCH_SELF (1UL << 22)
366
Thomas Wouters27d517b2007-02-25 20:39:11 +0000367/* These flags are used to determine if a type is a subclass. */
Victor Stinner4ca1cf32012-10-30 23:40:45 +0100368#define Py_TPFLAGS_LONG_SUBCLASS (1UL << 24)
369#define Py_TPFLAGS_LIST_SUBCLASS (1UL << 25)
370#define Py_TPFLAGS_TUPLE_SUBCLASS (1UL << 26)
371#define Py_TPFLAGS_BYTES_SUBCLASS (1UL << 27)
372#define Py_TPFLAGS_UNICODE_SUBCLASS (1UL << 28)
373#define Py_TPFLAGS_DICT_SUBCLASS (1UL << 29)
374#define Py_TPFLAGS_BASE_EXC_SUBCLASS (1UL << 30)
375#define Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS (1UL << 31)
Thomas Wouters27d517b2007-02-25 20:39:11 +0000376
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000377#define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT ( \
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000378 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION | \
379 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG | \
380 0)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000381
Antoine Pitrou796564c2013-07-30 19:59:21 +0200382/* NOTE: The following flags reuse lower bits (removed as part of the
383 * Python 3.0 transition). */
384
Hansraj Das10e5c662019-07-06 03:07:15 +0530385/* The following flag is kept for compatibility. Starting with 3.8,
386 * binary compatibility of C extensions across feature releases of
Antoine Pitrouada319b2019-05-29 22:12:38 +0200387 * Python is not supported anymore, except when using the stable ABI.
388 */
389
Antoine Pitrou796564c2013-07-30 19:59:21 +0200390/* Type structure has tp_finalize member (3.4) */
391#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE (1UL << 0)
392
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000393
394/*
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000395The macros Py_INCREF(op) and Py_DECREF(op) are used to increment or decrement
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000396reference counts. Py_DECREF calls the object's deallocator function when
397the refcount falls to 0; for
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000398objects that don't contain references to other objects or heap memory
399this can be the standard function free(). Both macros can be used
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000400wherever a void expression is allowed. The argument must not be a
Benjamin Peterson2a691a82008-03-31 01:51:45 +0000401NULL pointer. If it may be NULL, use Py_XINCREF/Py_XDECREF instead.
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000402The macro _Py_NewReference(op) initialize reference counts to 1, and
403in special builds (Py_REF_DEBUG, Py_TRACE_REFS) performs additional
404bookkeeping appropriate to the special build.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000405
406We assume that the reference count field can never overflow; this can
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000407be proven when the size of the field is the same as the pointer size, so
408we ignore the possibility. Provided a C int is at least 32 bits (which
409is implicitly assumed in many parts of this code), that's enough for
410about 2**31 references to an object.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000411
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000412XXX The following became out of date in Python 2.2, but I'm not sure
413XXX what the full truth is now. Certainly, heap-allocated type objects
414XXX can and should be deallocated.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000415Type objects should never be deallocated; the type pointer in an object
416is not considered to be a reference to the type object, to save
417complications in the deallocation function. (This is actually a
418decision that's up to the implementer of each new type so if you want,
419you can count such references to the type object.)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000420*/
421
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000422#ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG
Neal Norwitz4281cef2006-03-04 19:58:13 +0000423PyAPI_DATA(Py_ssize_t) _Py_RefTotal;
Victor Stinner18618e652018-10-25 17:28:11 +0200424PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_NegativeRefcount(const char *filename, int lineno,
425 PyObject *op);
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000426#endif /* Py_REF_DEBUG */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000427
Victor Stinner3c09dca2018-10-30 14:48:26 +0100428PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_Dealloc(PyObject *);
429
Victor Stinner3359cab2021-04-02 15:45:37 +0200430/*
431These are provided as conveniences to Python runtime embedders, so that
432they can have object code that is not dependent on Python compilation flags.
433*/
434PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_IncRef(PyObject *);
435PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_DecRef(PyObject *);
436
437// Similar to Py_IncRef() and Py_DecRef() but the argument must be non-NULL.
438// Private functions used by Py_INCREF() and Py_DECREF().
439PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_IncRef(PyObject *);
440PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_DecRef(PyObject *);
441
Victor Stinner2aaf0c12018-10-29 13:43:07 +0100442static inline void _Py_INCREF(PyObject *op)
443{
Victor Stinner3359cab2021-04-02 15:45:37 +0200444#if defined(Py_REF_DEBUG) && defined(Py_LIMITED_API) && Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x030A0000
445 // Stable ABI for Python 3.10 built in debug mode.
446 _Py_IncRef(op);
447#else
448 // Non-limited C API and limited C API for Python 3.9 and older access
449 // directly PyObject.ob_refcnt.
Victor Stinner49932fe2020-02-03 17:55:05 +0100450#ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG
451 _Py_RefTotal++;
452#endif
Victor Stinner2aaf0c12018-10-29 13:43:07 +0100453 op->ob_refcnt++;
Victor Stinner3359cab2021-04-02 15:45:37 +0200454#endif
Victor Stinner2aaf0c12018-10-29 13:43:07 +0100455}
Victor Stinner2ff8fb72018-11-22 02:57:29 +0100456#define Py_INCREF(op) _Py_INCREF(_PyObject_CAST(op))
Victor Stinner2aaf0c12018-10-29 13:43:07 +0100457
Victor Stinnerf3a0a6b2020-01-08 21:03:45 +0100458static inline void _Py_DECREF(
Victor Stinner3359cab2021-04-02 15:45:37 +0200459#if defined(Py_REF_DEBUG) && !(defined(Py_LIMITED_API) && Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x030A0000)
Victor Stinnerf3a0a6b2020-01-08 21:03:45 +0100460 const char *filename, int lineno,
461#endif
462 PyObject *op)
Victor Stinner2aaf0c12018-10-29 13:43:07 +0100463{
Victor Stinner3359cab2021-04-02 15:45:37 +0200464#if defined(Py_REF_DEBUG) && defined(Py_LIMITED_API) && Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x030A0000
465 // Stable ABI for Python 3.10 built in debug mode.
466 _Py_DecRef(op);
467#else
468 // Non-limited C API and limited C API for Python 3.9 and older access
469 // directly PyObject.ob_refcnt.
Victor Stinner49932fe2020-02-03 17:55:05 +0100470#ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG
471 _Py_RefTotal--;
472#endif
Victor Stinner2aaf0c12018-10-29 13:43:07 +0100473 if (--op->ob_refcnt != 0) {
474#ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG
475 if (op->ob_refcnt < 0) {
476 _Py_NegativeRefcount(filename, lineno, op);
477 }
478#endif
479 }
480 else {
481 _Py_Dealloc(op);
482 }
Victor Stinner3359cab2021-04-02 15:45:37 +0200483#endif
Victor Stinner2aaf0c12018-10-29 13:43:07 +0100484}
Victor Stinner3359cab2021-04-02 15:45:37 +0200485#if defined(Py_REF_DEBUG) && !(defined(Py_LIMITED_API) && Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x030A0000)
Victor Stinnerf3a0a6b2020-01-08 21:03:45 +0100486# define Py_DECREF(op) _Py_DECREF(__FILE__, __LINE__, _PyObject_CAST(op))
487#else
488# define Py_DECREF(op) _Py_DECREF(_PyObject_CAST(op))
489#endif
Victor Stinner2aaf0c12018-10-29 13:43:07 +0100490
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000491
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000492/* Safely decref `op` and set `op` to NULL, especially useful in tp_clear
Berker Peksag4882cac2015-04-14 09:30:01 +0300493 * and tp_dealloc implementations.
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000494 *
495 * Note that "the obvious" code can be deadly:
496 *
497 * Py_XDECREF(op);
498 * op = NULL;
499 *
500 * Typically, `op` is something like self->containee, and `self` is done
501 * using its `containee` member. In the code sequence above, suppose
502 * `containee` is non-NULL with a refcount of 1. Its refcount falls to
503 * 0 on the first line, which can trigger an arbitrary amount of code,
504 * possibly including finalizers (like __del__ methods or weakref callbacks)
505 * coded in Python, which in turn can release the GIL and allow other threads
506 * to run, etc. Such code may even invoke methods of `self` again, or cause
507 * cyclic gc to trigger, but-- oops! --self->containee still points to the
508 * object being torn down, and it may be in an insane state while being torn
509 * down. This has in fact been a rich historic source of miserable (rare &
510 * hard-to-diagnose) segfaulting (and other) bugs.
511 *
512 * The safe way is:
513 *
514 * Py_CLEAR(op);
515 *
516 * That arranges to set `op` to NULL _before_ decref'ing, so that any code
517 * triggered as a side-effect of `op` getting torn down no longer believes
518 * `op` points to a valid object.
519 *
520 * There are cases where it's safe to use the naive code, but they're brittle.
521 * For example, if `op` points to a Python integer, you know that destroying
522 * one of those can't cause problems -- but in part that relies on that
523 * Python integers aren't currently weakly referencable. Best practice is
524 * to use Py_CLEAR() even if you can't think of a reason for why you need to.
525 */
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000526#define Py_CLEAR(op) \
527 do { \
Victor Stinner2ff8fb72018-11-22 02:57:29 +0100528 PyObject *_py_tmp = _PyObject_CAST(op); \
Benjamin Petersonda5eb5a2013-05-27 14:46:14 -0700529 if (_py_tmp != NULL) { \
Antoine Pitrouf95a1b32010-05-09 15:52:27 +0000530 (op) = NULL; \
531 Py_DECREF(_py_tmp); \
532 } \
533 } while (0)
Jim Fulton8c5aeaa2004-07-14 19:07:35 +0000534
Victor Stinner541497e2018-10-29 20:52:41 +0100535/* Function to use in case the object pointer can be NULL: */
536static inline void _Py_XINCREF(PyObject *op)
537{
538 if (op != NULL) {
539 Py_INCREF(op);
540 }
541}
Benjamin Petersonda5eb5a2013-05-27 14:46:14 -0700542
Victor Stinner2ff8fb72018-11-22 02:57:29 +0100543#define Py_XINCREF(op) _Py_XINCREF(_PyObject_CAST(op))
Victor Stinner541497e2018-10-29 20:52:41 +0100544
545static inline void _Py_XDECREF(PyObject *op)
546{
547 if (op != NULL) {
548 Py_DECREF(op);
549 }
550}
551
Victor Stinner2ff8fb72018-11-22 02:57:29 +0100552#define Py_XDECREF(op) _Py_XDECREF(_PyObject_CAST(op))
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000553
Victor Stinner23c5f932020-11-09 13:40:47 +0100554// Create a new strong reference to an object:
555// increment the reference count of the object and return the object.
Victor Stinner53a03aa2020-11-05 15:02:12 +0100556PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) Py_NewRef(PyObject *obj);
557
Victor Stinner23c5f932020-11-09 13:40:47 +0100558// Similar to Py_NewRef(), but the object can be NULL.
Victor Stinner53a03aa2020-11-05 15:02:12 +0100559PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) Py_XNewRef(PyObject *obj);
560
561static inline PyObject* _Py_NewRef(PyObject *obj)
562{
563 Py_INCREF(obj);
564 return obj;
565}
566
567static inline PyObject* _Py_XNewRef(PyObject *obj)
568{
569 Py_XINCREF(obj);
570 return obj;
571}
572
573// Py_NewRef() and Py_XNewRef() are exported as functions for the stable ABI.
574// Names overriden with macros by static inline functions for best
575// performances.
Victor Stinner8b6c4a92020-12-03 14:01:10 +0100576#define Py_NewRef(obj) _Py_NewRef(_PyObject_CAST(obj))
577#define Py_XNewRef(obj) _Py_XNewRef(_PyObject_CAST(obj))
Victor Stinner53a03aa2020-11-05 15:02:12 +0100578
579
Thomas Heller1328b522004-04-22 17:23:49 +0000580/*
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000581_Py_NoneStruct is an object of undefined type which can be used in contexts
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000582where NULL (nil) is not suitable (since NULL often means 'error').
583
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000584Don't forget to apply Py_INCREF() when returning this value!!!
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000585*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000586PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NoneStruct; /* Don't use this directly */
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000587#define Py_None (&_Py_NoneStruct)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000588
Brett Cannond05235e2003-10-19 21:19:40 +0000589/* Macro for returning Py_None from a function */
Victor Stinner53a03aa2020-11-05 15:02:12 +0100590#define Py_RETURN_NONE return Py_NewRef(Py_None)
Brett Cannond05235e2003-10-19 21:19:40 +0000591
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000592/*
593Py_NotImplemented is a singleton used to signal that an operation is
594not implemented for a given type combination.
595*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000596PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NotImplementedStruct; /* Don't use this directly */
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000597#define Py_NotImplemented (&_Py_NotImplementedStruct)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000598
Brian Curtin7d2f9e12011-08-10 20:05:21 -0500599/* Macro for returning Py_NotImplemented from a function */
Victor Stinner53a03aa2020-11-05 15:02:12 +0100600#define Py_RETURN_NOTIMPLEMENTED return Py_NewRef(Py_NotImplemented)
Brian Curtin7d2f9e12011-08-10 20:05:21 -0500601
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000602/* Rich comparison opcodes */
603#define Py_LT 0
604#define Py_LE 1
605#define Py_EQ 2
606#define Py_NE 3
607#define Py_GT 4
608#define Py_GE 5
609
Vladimir Matveev1e996c32020-11-10 12:09:55 -0800610#if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x030A0000
611/* Result of calling PyIter_Send */
612typedef enum {
613 PYGEN_RETURN = 0,
614 PYGEN_ERROR = -1,
615 PYGEN_NEXT = 1,
616} PySendResult;
617#endif
618
stratakise8b19652017-11-02 11:32:54 +0100619/*
620 * Macro for implementing rich comparisons
621 *
622 * Needs to be a macro because any C-comparable type can be used.
623 */
624#define Py_RETURN_RICHCOMPARE(val1, val2, op) \
625 do { \
626 switch (op) { \
627 case Py_EQ: if ((val1) == (val2)) Py_RETURN_TRUE; Py_RETURN_FALSE; \
628 case Py_NE: if ((val1) != (val2)) Py_RETURN_TRUE; Py_RETURN_FALSE; \
629 case Py_LT: if ((val1) < (val2)) Py_RETURN_TRUE; Py_RETURN_FALSE; \
630 case Py_GT: if ((val1) > (val2)) Py_RETURN_TRUE; Py_RETURN_FALSE; \
631 case Py_LE: if ((val1) <= (val2)) Py_RETURN_TRUE; Py_RETURN_FALSE; \
632 case Py_GE: if ((val1) >= (val2)) Py_RETURN_TRUE; Py_RETURN_FALSE; \
633 default: \
634 Py_UNREACHABLE(); \
635 } \
636 } while (0)
637
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000638
639/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000640More conventions
641================
642
643Argument Checking
644-----------------
645
646Functions that take objects as arguments normally don't check for nil
647arguments, but they do check the type of the argument, and return an
648error if the function doesn't apply to the type.
649
650Failure Modes
651-------------
652
653Functions may fail for a variety of reasons, including running out of
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000654memory. This is communicated to the caller in two ways: an error string
655is set (see errors.h), and the function result differs: functions that
656normally return a pointer return NULL for failure, functions returning
657an integer return -1 (which could be a legal return value too!), and
658other functions return 0 for success and -1 for failure.
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000659Callers should always check for errors before using the result. If
660an error was set, the caller must either explicitly clear it, or pass
661the error on to its caller.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000662
663Reference Counts
664----------------
665
666It takes a while to get used to the proper usage of reference counts.
667
668Functions that create an object set the reference count to 1; such new
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000669objects must be stored somewhere or destroyed again with Py_DECREF().
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000670Some functions that 'store' objects, such as PyTuple_SetItem() and
671PyList_SetItem(),
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000672don't increment the reference count of the object, since the most
673frequent use is to store a fresh object. Functions that 'retrieve'
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000674objects, such as PyTuple_GetItem() and PyDict_GetItemString(), also
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000675don't increment
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000676the reference count, since most frequently the object is only looked at
677quickly. Thus, to retrieve an object and store it again, the caller
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000678must call Py_INCREF() explicitly.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000679
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000680NOTE: functions that 'consume' a reference count, like
681PyList_SetItem(), consume the reference even if the object wasn't
682successfully stored, to simplify error handling.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000683
684It seems attractive to make other functions that take an object as
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000685argument consume a reference count; however, this may quickly get
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000686confusing (even the current practice is already confusing). Consider
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000687it carefully, it may save lots of calls to Py_INCREF() and Py_DECREF() at
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000688times.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000689*/
Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +0000690
Victor Stinner626bff82018-10-25 17:31:10 +0200691#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
Victor Stinner6eb99662018-11-26 17:09:16 +0100692# define Py_CPYTHON_OBJECT_H
693# include "cpython/object.h"
694# undef Py_CPYTHON_OBJECT_H
Victor Stinner626bff82018-10-25 17:31:10 +0200695#endif
696
Victor Stinner509dd902020-02-05 14:24:17 +0100697
698static inline int
Victor Stinnerb26a0db2020-07-08 11:02:23 +0200699PyType_HasFeature(PyTypeObject *type, unsigned long feature)
700{
701 unsigned long flags;
702#ifdef Py_LIMITED_API
703 // PyTypeObject is opaque in the limited C API
704 flags = PyType_GetFlags(type);
705#else
706 flags = type->tp_flags;
707#endif
708 return ((flags & feature) != 0);
Victor Stinner509dd902020-02-05 14:24:17 +0100709}
710
711#define PyType_FastSubclass(type, flag) PyType_HasFeature(type, flag)
712
713static inline int _PyType_Check(PyObject *op) {
714 return PyType_FastSubclass(Py_TYPE(op), Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS);
715}
716#define PyType_Check(op) _PyType_Check(_PyObject_CAST(op))
717
718static inline int _PyType_CheckExact(PyObject *op) {
Dong-hee Nad905df72020-02-14 02:37:17 +0900719 return Py_IS_TYPE(op, &PyType_Type);
Victor Stinner509dd902020-02-05 14:24:17 +0100720}
721#define PyType_CheckExact(op) _PyType_CheckExact(_PyObject_CAST(op))
722
Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +0000723#ifdef __cplusplus
724}
725#endif
726#endif /* !Py_OBJECT_H */