blob: cdbddfed85f9a47c18470910284229bdeea68daf [file] [log] [blame]
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. */
78#define PyObject_HEAD \
79 _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA \
Martin v. Löwise36dce62006-03-01 04:02:43 +000080 Py_ssize_t ob_refcnt; \
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000081 struct _typeobject *ob_type;
82
83#define PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) \
84 _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT \
85 1, type,
86
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 */
93#define PyObject_VAR_HEAD \
94 PyObject_HEAD \
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +000095 Py_ssize_t ob_size; /* Number of items in variable part */
96#define Py_INVALID_SIZE (Py_ssize_t)-1
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +000097
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +000098/* Nothing is actually declared to be a PyObject, but every pointer to
99 * a Python object can be cast to a PyObject*. This is inheritance built
100 * by hand. Similarly every pointer to a variable-size Python object can,
101 * in addition, be cast to PyVarObject*.
102 */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000103typedef struct _object {
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000104 PyObject_HEAD
105} PyObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000106
107typedef struct {
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000108 PyObject_VAR_HEAD
Guido van Rossumd0c87ee1997-05-15 21:31:03 +0000109} PyVarObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000110
111
112/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000113Type objects contain a string containing the type name (to help somewhat
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000114in debugging), the allocation parameters (see PyObject_New() and
115PyObject_NewVar()),
116and methods for accessing objects of the type. Methods are optional, a
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000117nil pointer meaning that particular kind of access is not available for
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000118this type. The Py_DECREF() macro uses the tp_dealloc method without
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000119checking for a nil pointer; it should always be implemented except if
120the implementation can guarantee that the reference count will never
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000121reach zero (e.g., for statically allocated type objects).
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000122
123NB: the methods for certain type groups are now contained in separate
124method blocks.
125*/
126
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000127typedef PyObject * (*unaryfunc)(PyObject *);
128typedef PyObject * (*binaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
129typedef PyObject * (*ternaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
130typedef int (*inquiry)(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000131typedef Py_ssize_t (*lenfunc)(PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000132typedef int (*coercion)(PyObject **, PyObject **);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000133typedef PyObject *(*ssizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t);
134typedef PyObject *(*ssizessizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000135typedef int(*ssizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *);
136typedef int(*ssizessizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000137typedef int(*objobjargproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000138
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000139/* ssize_t-based buffer interface */
140typedef Py_ssize_t (*readbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, void **);
141typedef Py_ssize_t (*writebufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, void **);
142typedef Py_ssize_t (*segcountproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t *);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000143typedef Py_ssize_t (*charbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, char **);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000144
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000145typedef int (*objobjproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
146typedef int (*visitproc)(PyObject *, void *);
147typedef int (*traverseproc)(PyObject *, visitproc, void *);
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000148
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000149typedef struct {
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000150 /* For numbers without flag bit Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES set, all
151 arguments are guaranteed to be of the object's type (modulo
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000152 coercion hacks -- i.e. if the type's coercion function
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000153 returns other types, then these are allowed as well). Numbers that
154 have the Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES flag bit set should check *both*
155 arguments for proper type and implement the necessary conversions
156 in the slot functions themselves. */
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000157
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000158 binaryfunc nb_add;
159 binaryfunc nb_subtract;
160 binaryfunc nb_multiply;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000161 binaryfunc nb_remainder;
162 binaryfunc nb_divmod;
Guido van Rossum75abc631994-08-09 13:21:54 +0000163 ternaryfunc nb_power;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000164 unaryfunc nb_negative;
165 unaryfunc nb_positive;
166 unaryfunc nb_absolute;
167 inquiry nb_nonzero;
168 unaryfunc nb_invert;
169 binaryfunc nb_lshift;
170 binaryfunc nb_rshift;
171 binaryfunc nb_and;
172 binaryfunc nb_xor;
173 binaryfunc nb_or;
174 coercion nb_coerce;
175 unaryfunc nb_int;
176 unaryfunc nb_long;
177 unaryfunc nb_float;
178 unaryfunc nb_oct;
179 unaryfunc nb_hex;
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000180 /* Added in release 2.0 */
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000181 binaryfunc nb_inplace_add;
182 binaryfunc nb_inplace_subtract;
183 binaryfunc nb_inplace_multiply;
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000184 binaryfunc nb_inplace_remainder;
185 ternaryfunc nb_inplace_power;
186 binaryfunc nb_inplace_lshift;
187 binaryfunc nb_inplace_rshift;
188 binaryfunc nb_inplace_and;
189 binaryfunc nb_inplace_xor;
190 binaryfunc nb_inplace_or;
Guido van Rossum4668b002001-08-08 05:00:18 +0000191
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000192 /* Added in release 2.2 */
Guido van Rossum4668b002001-08-08 05:00:18 +0000193 binaryfunc nb_floor_divide;
194 binaryfunc nb_true_divide;
195 binaryfunc nb_inplace_floor_divide;
196 binaryfunc nb_inplace_true_divide;
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000197
198 /* Added in release 2.5 */
199 lenfunc nb_index;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000200} PyNumberMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000201
202typedef struct {
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000203 lenfunc sq_length;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000204 binaryfunc sq_concat;
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000205 ssizeargfunc sq_repeat;
206 ssizeargfunc sq_item;
207 ssizessizeargfunc sq_slice;
208 ssizeobjargproc sq_ass_item;
209 ssizessizeobjargproc sq_ass_slice;
Guido van Rossumcecb27a2000-02-28 15:00:40 +0000210 objobjproc sq_contains;
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000211 /* Added in release 2.0 */
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000212 binaryfunc sq_inplace_concat;
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000213 ssizeargfunc sq_inplace_repeat;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000214} PySequenceMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000215
216typedef struct {
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000217 lenfunc mp_length;
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000218 binaryfunc mp_subscript;
219 objobjargproc mp_ass_subscript;
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000220} PyMappingMethods;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000221
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000222typedef struct {
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000223 readbufferproc bf_getreadbuffer;
224 writebufferproc bf_getwritebuffer;
225 segcountproc bf_getsegcount;
226 charbufferproc bf_getcharbuffer;
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000227} PyBufferProcs;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000228
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000229
Neil Schemenauerf6d1ea12002-04-12 01:57:06 +0000230typedef void (*freefunc)(void *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000231typedef void (*destructor)(PyObject *);
232typedef int (*printfunc)(PyObject *, FILE *, int);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000233typedef PyObject *(*getattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000234typedef PyObject *(*getattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis15e62742006-02-27 16:46:16 +0000235typedef int (*setattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *, PyObject *);
Tim Peters9ace6bc2000-07-08 00:32:04 +0000236typedef int (*setattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
237typedef int (*cmpfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
238typedef PyObject *(*reprfunc)(PyObject *);
239typedef long (*hashfunc)(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000240typedef PyObject *(*richcmpfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000241typedef PyObject *(*getiterfunc) (PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum213c7a62001-04-23 14:08:49 +0000242typedef PyObject *(*iternextfunc) (PyObject *);
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000243typedef PyObject *(*descrgetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
244typedef int (*descrsetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
245typedef int (*initproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
246typedef PyObject *(*newfunc)(struct _typeobject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000247typedef PyObject *(*allocfunc)(struct _typeobject *, Py_ssize_t);
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000248
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000249typedef struct _typeobject {
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000250 PyObject_VAR_HEAD
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000251 const char *tp_name; /* For printing, in format "<module>.<name>" */
Martin v. Löwis97c65a82006-02-16 14:24:38 +0000252 Py_ssize_t tp_basicsize, tp_itemsize; /* For allocation */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000253
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000254 /* Methods to implement standard operations */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000255
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000256 destructor tp_dealloc;
257 printfunc tp_print;
258 getattrfunc tp_getattr;
259 setattrfunc tp_setattr;
260 cmpfunc tp_compare;
261 reprfunc tp_repr;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000262
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000263 /* Method suites for standard classes */
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000264
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000265 PyNumberMethods *tp_as_number;
266 PySequenceMethods *tp_as_sequence;
267 PyMappingMethods *tp_as_mapping;
Guido van Rossum9bfef441993-03-29 10:43:31 +0000268
Fred Drake0e12bcd2000-03-21 16:14:47 +0000269 /* More standard operations (here for binary compatibility) */
Guido van Rossum9bfef441993-03-29 10:43:31 +0000270
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000271 hashfunc tp_hash;
Guido van Rossum884afd61995-07-18 14:21:06 +0000272 ternaryfunc tp_call;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000273 reprfunc tp_str;
Guido van Rossum0693dd21996-08-09 20:48:52 +0000274 getattrofunc tp_getattro;
275 setattrofunc tp_setattro;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000276
Guido van Rossumfdf95dd1997-05-05 22:15:02 +0000277 /* Functions to access object as input/output buffer */
278 PyBufferProcs *tp_as_buffer;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000279
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000280 /* Flags to define presence of optional/expanded features */
281 long tp_flags;
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000282
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000283 const char *tp_doc; /* Documentation string */
Guido van Rossum6fde3901995-01-07 10:32:04 +0000284
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000285 /* Assigned meaning in release 2.0 */
Jeremy Hylton8caad492000-06-23 14:18:11 +0000286 /* call function for all accessible objects */
287 traverseproc tp_traverse;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000288
Jeremy Hylton8caad492000-06-23 14:18:11 +0000289 /* delete references to contained objects */
290 inquiry tp_clear;
291
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000292 /* Assigned meaning in release 2.1 */
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000293 /* rich comparisons */
294 richcmpfunc tp_richcompare;
295
Fred Drake41deb1e2001-02-01 05:27:45 +0000296 /* weak reference enabler */
Martin v. Löwis97c65a82006-02-16 14:24:38 +0000297 Py_ssize_t tp_weaklistoffset;
Guido van Rossuma9c2d7a1998-04-23 19:16:44 +0000298
Fred Draked55657b2001-08-15 18:32:33 +0000299 /* Added in release 2.2 */
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000300 /* Iterators */
301 getiterfunc tp_iter;
Guido van Rossum213c7a62001-04-23 14:08:49 +0000302 iternextfunc tp_iternext;
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000303
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000304 /* Attribute descriptor and subclassing stuff */
305 struct PyMethodDef *tp_methods;
Guido van Rossum6f799372001-09-20 20:46:19 +0000306 struct PyMemberDef *tp_members;
Guido van Rossum32d34c82001-09-20 21:45:26 +0000307 struct PyGetSetDef *tp_getset;
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000308 struct _typeobject *tp_base;
309 PyObject *tp_dict;
310 descrgetfunc tp_descr_get;
311 descrsetfunc tp_descr_set;
Martin v. Löwis97c65a82006-02-16 14:24:38 +0000312 Py_ssize_t tp_dictoffset;
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000313 initproc tp_init;
314 allocfunc tp_alloc;
315 newfunc tp_new;
Neil Schemenauerf6d1ea12002-04-12 01:57:06 +0000316 freefunc tp_free; /* Low-level free-memory routine */
Guido van Rossum048eb752001-10-02 21:24:57 +0000317 inquiry tp_is_gc; /* For PyObject_IS_GC */
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000318 PyObject *tp_bases;
319 PyObject *tp_mro; /* method resolution order */
Guido van Rossum687ae002001-10-15 22:03:32 +0000320 PyObject *tp_cache;
Guido van Rossum1c450732001-10-08 15:18:27 +0000321 PyObject *tp_subclasses;
322 PyObject *tp_weaklist;
Guido van Rossumfebd61d2002-08-08 20:55:20 +0000323 destructor tp_del;
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000324
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000325#ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000326 /* these must be last and never explicitly initialized */
Martin v. Löwise36dce62006-03-01 04:02:43 +0000327 Py_ssize_t tp_allocs;
328 Py_ssize_t tp_frees;
329 Py_ssize_t tp_maxalloc;
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000330 struct _typeobject *tp_prev;
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000331 struct _typeobject *tp_next;
332#endif
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000333} PyTypeObject;
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000334
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000335
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000336/* The *real* layout of a type object when allocated on the heap */
337typedef struct _heaptypeobject {
338 /* Note: there's a dependency on the order of these members
339 in slotptr() in typeobject.c . */
Georg Brandlc255c7b2006-02-20 22:27:28 +0000340 PyTypeObject ht_type;
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000341 PyNumberMethods as_number;
342 PyMappingMethods as_mapping;
343 PySequenceMethods as_sequence; /* as_sequence comes after as_mapping,
344 so that the mapping wins when both
345 the mapping and the sequence define
346 a given operator (e.g. __getitem__).
347 see add_operators() in typeobject.c . */
348 PyBufferProcs as_buffer;
Georg Brandlc255c7b2006-02-20 22:27:28 +0000349 PyObject *ht_name, *ht_slots;
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000350 /* here are optional user slots, followed by the members. */
351} PyHeapTypeObject;
352
353/* access macro to the members which are floating "behind" the object */
354#define PyHeapType_GET_MEMBERS(etype) \
Georg Brandlc255c7b2006-02-20 22:27:28 +0000355 ((PyMemberDef *)(((char *)etype) + (etype)->ht_type.ob_type->tp_basicsize))
Guido van Rossume5c691a2003-03-07 15:13:17 +0000356
357
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000358/* Generic type check */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000359PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_IsSubtype(PyTypeObject *, PyTypeObject *);
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000360#define PyObject_TypeCheck(ob, tp) \
361 ((ob)->ob_type == (tp) || PyType_IsSubtype((ob)->ob_type, (tp)))
362
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000363PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyType_Type; /* built-in 'type' */
364PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyBaseObject_Type; /* built-in 'object' */
365PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PySuper_Type; /* built-in 'super' */
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000366
367#define PyType_Check(op) PyObject_TypeCheck(op, &PyType_Type)
Tim Peters3abca122001-10-27 19:37:48 +0000368#define PyType_CheckExact(op) ((op)->ob_type == &PyType_Type)
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000369
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000370PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *);
Martin v. Löwis18e16552006-02-15 17:27:45 +0000371PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericAlloc(PyTypeObject *, Py_ssize_t);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000372PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericNew(PyTypeObject *,
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000373 PyObject *, PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000374PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyType_Lookup(PyTypeObject *, PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000375
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000376/* Generic operations on objects */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000377PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Print(PyObject *, FILE *, int);
378PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyObject_Dump(PyObject *);
379PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Repr(PyObject *);
Neil Schemenauercf52c072005-08-12 17:34:58 +0000380PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_Str(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000381PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Str(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis339d0f72001-08-17 18:39:25 +0000382#ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000383PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Unicode(PyObject *);
Martin v. Löwis339d0f72001-08-17 18:39:25 +0000384#endif
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000385PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Compare(PyObject *, PyObject *);
386PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_RichCompare(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
387PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_RichCompareBool(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
Jeremy Hyltonaf68c872005-12-10 18:50:16 +0000388PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
389PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *, PyObject *);
390PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000391PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
392PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
393PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
394PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject **) _PyObject_GetDictPtr(PyObject *);
Raymond Hettinger1da1dbf2003-03-17 19:46:11 +0000395PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_SelfIter(PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000396PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GenericGetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *);
397PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_GenericSetAttr(PyObject *,
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000398 PyObject *, PyObject *);
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000399PyAPI_FUNC(long) PyObject_Hash(PyObject *);
400PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_IsTrue(PyObject *);
401PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Not(PyObject *);
402PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyCallable_Check(PyObject *);
403PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyNumber_Coerce(PyObject **, PyObject **);
404PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyNumber_CoerceEx(PyObject **, PyObject **);
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000405
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000406PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyObject_ClearWeakRefs(PyObject *);
Fred Drake41deb1e2001-02-01 05:27:45 +0000407
Guido van Rossumab3b0342001-09-18 20:38:53 +0000408/* A slot function whose address we need to compare */
409extern int _PyObject_SlotCompare(PyObject *, PyObject *);
410
411
Tim Peters7eea37e2001-09-04 22:08:56 +0000412/* PyObject_Dir(obj) acts like Python __builtin__.dir(obj), returning a
413 list of strings. PyObject_Dir(NULL) is like __builtin__.dir(),
414 returning the names of the current locals. In this case, if there are
415 no current locals, NULL is returned, and PyErr_Occurred() is false.
416*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000417PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Dir(PyObject *);
Tim Peters7eea37e2001-09-04 22:08:56 +0000418
419
Guido van Rossum26d4ac31998-04-10 22:32:24 +0000420/* Helpers for printing recursive container types */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000421PyAPI_FUNC(int) Py_ReprEnter(PyObject *);
422PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_ReprLeave(PyObject *);
Guido van Rossum26d4ac31998-04-10 22:32:24 +0000423
Fred Drake13634cf2000-06-29 19:17:04 +0000424/* Helpers for hash functions */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000425PyAPI_FUNC(long) _Py_HashDouble(double);
426PyAPI_FUNC(long) _Py_HashPointer(void*);
Fred Drake13634cf2000-06-29 19:17:04 +0000427
Jeremy Hylton483638c2001-02-01 20:20:45 +0000428/* Helper for passing objects to printf and the like */
429#define PyObject_REPR(obj) PyString_AS_STRING(PyObject_Repr(obj))
430
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000431/* Flag bits for printing: */
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000432#define Py_PRINT_RAW 1 /* No string quotes etc. */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000433
434/*
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000435`Type flags (tp_flags)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000436
437These flags are used to extend the type structure in a backwards-compatible
438fashion. Extensions can use the flags to indicate (and test) when a given
439type structure contains a new feature. The Python core will use these when
440introducing new functionality between major revisions (to avoid mid-version
441changes in the PYTHON_API_VERSION).
442
443Arbitration of the flag bit positions will need to be coordinated among
444all extension writers who publically release their extensions (this will
445be fewer than you might expect!)..
446
447Python 1.5.2 introduced the bf_getcharbuffer slot into PyBufferProcs.
448
449Type definitions should use Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT for their tp_flags value.
450
451Code can use PyType_HasFeature(type_ob, flag_value) to test whether the
452given type object has a specified feature.
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000453*/
454
455/* PyBufferProcs contains bf_getcharbuffer */
456#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER (1L<<0)
457
Guido van Rossumcecb27a2000-02-28 15:00:40 +0000458/* PySequenceMethods contains sq_contains */
459#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_SEQUENCE_IN (1L<<1)
460
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000461/* This is here for backwards compatibility. Extensions that use the old GC
462 * API will still compile but the objects will not be tracked by the GC. */
463#define Py_TPFLAGS_GC 0 /* used to be (1L<<2) */
Jeremy Hyltond08b4c42000-06-23 19:37:02 +0000464
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000465/* PySequenceMethods and PyNumberMethods contain in-place operators */
466#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INPLACEOPS (1L<<3)
467
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000468/* PyNumberMethods do their own coercion */
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000469#define Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES (1L<<4)
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000470
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000471/* tp_richcompare is defined */
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000472#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_RICHCOMPARE (1L<<5)
473
Fred Drake033f3122001-02-02 18:17:30 +0000474/* Objects which are weakly referencable if their tp_weaklistoffset is >0 */
Fred Drake033f3122001-02-02 18:17:30 +0000475#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_WEAKREFS (1L<<6)
476
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000477/* tp_iter is defined */
478#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_ITER (1L<<7)
479
Guido van Rossum4668b002001-08-08 05:00:18 +0000480/* New members introduced by Python 2.2 exist */
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000481#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_CLASS (1L<<8)
482
483/* Set if the type object is dynamically allocated */
484#define Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE (1L<<9)
485
486/* Set if the type allows subclassing */
487#define Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE (1L<<10)
488
Guido van Rossum9b9c9722001-08-10 17:37:02 +0000489/* Set if the type is 'ready' -- fully initialized */
490#define Py_TPFLAGS_READY (1L<<12)
491
492/* Set while the type is being 'readied', to prevent recursive ready calls */
493#define Py_TPFLAGS_READYING (1L<<13)
494
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000495/* Objects support garbage collection (see objimp.h) */
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000496#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC (1L<<14)
Neil Schemenauer31ec1422001-08-29 23:46:35 +0000497
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000498/* These two bits are preserved for Stackless Python, next after this is 17 */
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000499#ifdef STACKLESS
Christian Tismer661a9e32003-05-23 12:47:36 +0000500#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION (3L<<15)
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000501#else
Christian Tismerc26ff412003-05-23 03:33:35 +0000502#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION 0
Christian Tismer6695ba82003-05-20 15:14:31 +0000503#endif
504
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000505/* Objects support nb_index in PyNumberMethods */
506#define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INDEX (1L<<17)
507
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000508#define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT ( \
509 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER | \
Thomas Woutersdd8dbdb2000-08-24 20:09:45 +0000510 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_SEQUENCE_IN | \
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000511 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INPLACEOPS | \
512 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_RICHCOMPARE | \
Fred Drake033f3122001-02-02 18:17:30 +0000513 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_WEAKREFS | \
Guido van Rossum59d1d2b2001-04-20 19:13:02 +0000514 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_ITER | \
Tim Peters6d6c1a32001-08-02 04:15:00 +0000515 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_CLASS | \
Christian Tismerc26ff412003-05-23 03:33:35 +0000516 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION | \
Guido van Rossum38fff8c2006-03-07 18:50:55 +0000517 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INDEX | \
Guido van Rossumbacca542001-01-24 22:13:48 +0000518 0)
Guido van Rossum36eef3c1998-10-08 02:10:56 +0000519
520#define PyType_HasFeature(t,f) (((t)->tp_flags & (f)) != 0)
521
522
523/*
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000524The macros Py_INCREF(op) and Py_DECREF(op) are used to increment or decrement
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000525reference counts. Py_DECREF calls the object's deallocator function when
526the refcount falls to 0; for
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000527objects that don't contain references to other objects or heap memory
528this can be the standard function free(). Both macros can be used
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000529wherever a void expression is allowed. The argument must not be a
530NIL pointer. If it may be NIL, use Py_XINCREF/Py_XDECREF instead.
531The macro _Py_NewReference(op) initialize reference counts to 1, and
532in special builds (Py_REF_DEBUG, Py_TRACE_REFS) performs additional
533bookkeeping appropriate to the special build.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000534
535We assume that the reference count field can never overflow; this can
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000536be proven when the size of the field is the same as the pointer size, so
537we ignore the possibility. Provided a C int is at least 32 bits (which
538is implicitly assumed in many parts of this code), that's enough for
539about 2**31 references to an object.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000540
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000541XXX The following became out of date in Python 2.2, but I'm not sure
542XXX what the full truth is now. Certainly, heap-allocated type objects
543XXX can and should be deallocated.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000544Type objects should never be deallocated; the type pointer in an object
545is not considered to be a reference to the type object, to save
546complications in the deallocation function. (This is actually a
547decision that's up to the implementer of each new type so if you want,
548you can count such references to the type object.)
549
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000550*** WARNING*** The Py_DECREF macro must have a side-effect-free argument
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000551since it may evaluate its argument multiple times. (The alternative
552would be to mace it a proper function or assign it to a global temporary
553variable first, both of which are slower; and in a multi-threaded
554environment the global variable trick is not safe.)
555*/
556
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000557/* First define a pile of simple helper macros, one set per special
558 * build symbol. These either expand to the obvious things, or to
559 * nothing at all when the special mode isn't in effect. The main
560 * macros can later be defined just once then, yet expand to different
561 * things depending on which special build options are and aren't in effect.
562 * Trust me <wink>: while painful, this is 20x easier to understand than,
563 * e.g, defining _Py_NewReference five different times in a maze of nested
564 * #ifdefs (we used to do that -- it was impenetrable).
565 */
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000566#ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG
Neal Norwitz4281cef2006-03-04 19:58:13 +0000567PyAPI_DATA(Py_ssize_t) _Py_RefTotal;
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000568PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_NegativeRefcount(const char *fname,
Tim Peters7c321a82002-07-09 02:57:01 +0000569 int lineno, PyObject *op);
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000570PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyDict_Dummy(void);
571PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PySet_Dummy(void);
572PyAPI_FUNC(Py_ssize_t) _Py_GetRefTotal(void);
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000573#define _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_RefTotal++
574#define _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL _Py_RefTotal--
575#define _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA ,
576#define _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(OP) \
Tim Peters7c321a82002-07-09 02:57:01 +0000577{ if ((OP)->ob_refcnt < 0) \
578 _Py_NegativeRefcount(__FILE__, __LINE__, \
579 (PyObject *)(OP)); \
580}
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000581#else
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000582#define _Py_INC_REFTOTAL
583#define _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL
584#define _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA
585#define _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(OP) /* a semicolon */;
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000586#endif /* Py_REF_DEBUG */
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000587
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000588#ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000589PyAPI_FUNC(void) inc_count(PyTypeObject *);
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000590PyAPI_FUNC(void) dec_count(PyTypeObject *);
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000591#define _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(OP) inc_count((OP)->ob_type)
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000592#define _Py_INC_TPFREES(OP) dec_count((OP)->ob_type)
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000593#define _Py_DEC_TPFREES(OP) (OP)->ob_type->tp_frees--
594#define _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA ,
Sjoerd Mullendera9c3c221993-10-11 12:54:31 +0000595#else
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000596#define _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(OP)
597#define _Py_INC_TPFREES(OP)
598#define _Py_DEC_TPFREES(OP)
599#define _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000600#endif /* COUNT_ALLOCS */
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000601
602#ifdef Py_TRACE_REFS
603/* Py_TRACE_REFS is such major surgery that we call external routines. */
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000604PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_NewReference(PyObject *);
605PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_ForgetReference(PyObject *);
606PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_Dealloc(PyObject *);
607PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferences(FILE *);
Tim Peters269b2a62003-04-17 19:52:29 +0000608PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferenceAddresses(FILE *);
Tim Peters7571a0f2003-03-23 17:52:28 +0000609PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_AddToAllObjects(PyObject *, int force);
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000610
611#else
612/* Without Py_TRACE_REFS, there's little enough to do that we expand code
613 * inline.
614 */
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000615#define _Py_NewReference(op) ( \
616 _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(op) _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA \
617 _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000618 (op)->ob_refcnt = 1)
619
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000620#define _Py_ForgetReference(op) _Py_INC_TPFREES(op)
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000621
Tim Peters57f4ddd2002-07-10 06:34:15 +0000622#define _Py_Dealloc(op) ( \
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000623 _Py_INC_TPFREES(op) _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA \
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000624 (*(op)->ob_type->tp_dealloc)((PyObject *)(op)))
Guido van Rossum60be1db1996-05-22 16:33:22 +0000625#endif /* !Py_TRACE_REFS */
626
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000627#define Py_INCREF(op) ( \
628 _Py_INC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000629 (op)->ob_refcnt++)
630
Tim Peters34592512002-07-11 06:23:50 +0000631#define Py_DECREF(op) \
632 if (_Py_DEC_REFTOTAL _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA \
633 --(op)->ob_refcnt != 0) \
634 _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(op) \
635 else \
Guido van Rossum1d529d11997-08-05 02:30:44 +0000636 _Py_Dealloc((PyObject *)(op))
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000637
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +0000638/* Safely decref `op` and set `op` to NULL, especially useful in tp_clear
639 * and tp_dealloc implementatons.
640 *
641 * Note that "the obvious" code can be deadly:
642 *
643 * Py_XDECREF(op);
644 * op = NULL;
645 *
646 * Typically, `op` is something like self->containee, and `self` is done
647 * using its `containee` member. In the code sequence above, suppose
648 * `containee` is non-NULL with a refcount of 1. Its refcount falls to
649 * 0 on the first line, which can trigger an arbitrary amount of code,
650 * possibly including finalizers (like __del__ methods or weakref callbacks)
651 * coded in Python, which in turn can release the GIL and allow other threads
652 * to run, etc. Such code may even invoke methods of `self` again, or cause
653 * cyclic gc to trigger, but-- oops! --self->containee still points to the
654 * object being torn down, and it may be in an insane state while being torn
655 * down. This has in fact been a rich historic source of miserable (rare &
656 * hard-to-diagnose) segfaulting (and other) bugs.
657 *
658 * The safe way is:
659 *
660 * Py_CLEAR(op);
661 *
662 * That arranges to set `op` to NULL _before_ decref'ing, so that any code
663 * triggered as a side-effect of `op` getting torn down no longer believes
664 * `op` points to a valid object.
665 *
666 * There are cases where it's safe to use the naive code, but they're brittle.
667 * For example, if `op` points to a Python integer, you know that destroying
668 * one of those can't cause problems -- but in part that relies on that
669 * Python integers aren't currently weakly referencable. Best practice is
670 * to use Py_CLEAR() even if you can't think of a reason for why you need to.
671 */
Jim Fulton8c5aeaa2004-07-14 19:07:35 +0000672#define Py_CLEAR(op) \
673 do { \
674 if (op) { \
Raymond Hettinger75ccea32004-09-01 07:02:44 +0000675 PyObject *tmp = (PyObject *)(op); \
Jim Fulton8c5aeaa2004-07-14 19:07:35 +0000676 (op) = NULL; \
677 Py_DECREF(tmp); \
678 } \
679 } while (0)
680
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000681/* Macros to use in case the object pointer may be NULL: */
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000682#define Py_XINCREF(op) if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_INCREF(op)
683#define Py_XDECREF(op) if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_DECREF(op)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000684
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000685/*
Thomas Heller1328b522004-04-22 17:23:49 +0000686These are provided as conveniences to Python runtime embedders, so that
687they can have object code that is not dependent on Python compilation flags.
688*/
689PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_IncRef(PyObject *);
690PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_DecRef(PyObject *);
691
692/*
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000693_Py_NoneStruct is an object of undefined type which can be used in contexts
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000694where NULL (nil) is not suitable (since NULL often means 'error').
695
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000696Don't forget to apply Py_INCREF() when returning this value!!!
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000697*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000698PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NoneStruct; /* Don't use this directly */
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000699#define Py_None (&_Py_NoneStruct)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000700
Brett Cannond05235e2003-10-19 21:19:40 +0000701/* Macro for returning Py_None from a function */
Tim Peters5980ff22004-07-22 01:46:43 +0000702#define Py_RETURN_NONE return Py_INCREF(Py_None), Py_None
Brett Cannond05235e2003-10-19 21:19:40 +0000703
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000704/*
705Py_NotImplemented is a singleton used to signal that an operation is
706not implemented for a given type combination.
707*/
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000708PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NotImplementedStruct; /* Don't use this directly */
Neil Schemenauera7ed6942001-01-04 01:31:50 +0000709#define Py_NotImplemented (&_Py_NotImplementedStruct)
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000710
Guido van Rossum5f284ce2001-01-17 15:20:39 +0000711/* Rich comparison opcodes */
712#define Py_LT 0
713#define Py_LE 1
714#define Py_EQ 2
715#define Py_NE 3
716#define Py_GT 4
717#define Py_GE 5
718
Tim Petersf4aca752004-09-23 02:39:37 +0000719/* Maps Py_LT to Py_GT, ..., Py_GE to Py_LE.
720 * Defined in object.c.
721 */
722PyAPI_DATA(int) _Py_SwappedOp[];
723
Guido van Rossumb6775db1994-08-01 11:34:53 +0000724
725/*
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000726More conventions
727================
728
729Argument Checking
730-----------------
731
732Functions that take objects as arguments normally don't check for nil
733arguments, but they do check the type of the argument, and return an
734error if the function doesn't apply to the type.
735
736Failure Modes
737-------------
738
739Functions may fail for a variety of reasons, including running out of
Guido van Rossum3f5da241990-12-20 15:06:42 +0000740memory. This is communicated to the caller in two ways: an error string
741is set (see errors.h), and the function result differs: functions that
742normally return a pointer return NULL for failure, functions returning
743an integer return -1 (which could be a legal return value too!), and
744other functions return 0 for success and -1 for failure.
Tim Peters4be93d02002-07-07 19:59:50 +0000745Callers should always check for errors before using the result. If
746an error was set, the caller must either explicitly clear it, or pass
747the error on to its caller.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000748
749Reference Counts
750----------------
751
752It takes a while to get used to the proper usage of reference counts.
753
754Functions that create an object set the reference count to 1; such new
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000755objects must be stored somewhere or destroyed again with Py_DECREF().
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000756Some functions that 'store' objects, such as PyTuple_SetItem() and
757PyList_SetItem(),
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000758don't increment the reference count of the object, since the most
759frequent use is to store a fresh object. Functions that 'retrieve'
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000760objects, such as PyTuple_GetItem() and PyDict_GetItemString(), also
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000761don't increment
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000762the reference count, since most frequently the object is only looked at
763quickly. Thus, to retrieve an object and store it again, the caller
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000764must call Py_INCREF() explicitly.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000765
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000766NOTE: functions that 'consume' a reference count, like
767PyList_SetItem(), consume the reference even if the object wasn't
768successfully stored, to simplify error handling.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000769
770It seems attractive to make other functions that take an object as
Alex Martelli721b7762003-11-09 16:38:39 +0000771argument consume a reference count; however, this may quickly get
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000772confusing (even the current practice is already confusing). Consider
Guido van Rossumcaa63801995-01-12 11:45:45 +0000773it carefully, it may save lots of calls to Py_INCREF() and Py_DECREF() at
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000774times.
Guido van Rossum85a5fbb1990-10-14 12:07:46 +0000775*/
Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +0000776
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000777
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000778/* Trashcan mechanism, thanks to Christian Tismer.
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000779
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000780When deallocating a container object, it's possible to trigger an unbounded
781chain of deallocations, as each Py_DECREF in turn drops the refcount on "the
782next" object in the chain to 0. This can easily lead to stack faults, and
783especially in threads (which typically have less stack space to work with).
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000784
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000785A container object that participates in cyclic gc can avoid this by
786bracketing the body of its tp_dealloc function with a pair of macros:
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000787
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000788static void
789mytype_dealloc(mytype *p)
790{
791 ... declarations go here ...
792
793 PyObject_GC_UnTrack(p); // must untrack first
794 Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_BEGIN(p)
795 ... The body of the deallocator goes here, including all calls ...
796 ... to Py_DECREF on contained objects. ...
797 Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END(p)
798}
799
Tim Peters808eb592002-08-07 20:53:05 +0000800CAUTION: Never return from the middle of the body! If the body needs to
801"get out early", put a label immediately before the Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END
802call, and goto it. Else the call-depth counter (see below) will stay
803above 0 forever, and the trashcan will never get emptied.
804
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000805How it works: The BEGIN macro increments a call-depth counter. So long
806as this counter is small, the body of the deallocator is run directly without
807further ado. But if the counter gets large, it instead adds p to a list of
808objects to be deallocated later, skips the body of the deallocator, and
809resumes execution after the END macro. The tp_dealloc routine then returns
810without deallocating anything (and so unbounded call-stack depth is avoided).
811
812When the call stack finishes unwinding again, code generated by the END macro
813notices this, and calls another routine to deallocate all the objects that
814may have been added to the list of deferred deallocations. In effect, a
815chain of N deallocations is broken into N / PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL pieces,
816with the call stack never exceeding a depth of PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL.
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000817*/
818
Mark Hammonda2905272002-07-29 13:42:14 +0000819PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTrash_deposit_object(PyObject*);
820PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTrash_destroy_chain(void);
821PyAPI_DATA(int) _PyTrash_delete_nesting;
822PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) _PyTrash_delete_later;
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000823
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000824#define PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL 50
825
826#define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_BEGIN(op) \
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000827 if (_PyTrash_delete_nesting < PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL) { \
828 ++_PyTrash_delete_nesting;
829 /* The body of the deallocator is here. */
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000830#define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END(op) \
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000831 --_PyTrash_delete_nesting; \
832 if (_PyTrash_delete_later && _PyTrash_delete_nesting <= 0) \
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000833 _PyTrash_destroy_chain(); \
Guido van Rossumd724b232000-03-13 16:01:29 +0000834 } \
Tim Peters803526b2002-07-07 05:13:56 +0000835 else \
836 _PyTrash_deposit_object((PyObject*)op);
Guido van Rossume92e6102000-04-24 15:40:53 +0000837
Guido van Rossuma3309961993-07-28 09:05:47 +0000838#ifdef __cplusplus
839}
840#endif
841#endif /* !Py_OBJECT_H */