|  | #ifndef Py_OBJECT_H | 
|  | #define Py_OBJECT_H | 
|  | #ifdef __cplusplus | 
|  | extern "C" { | 
|  | #endif | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Object and type object interface */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* | 
|  | Objects are structures allocated on the heap.  Special rules apply to | 
|  | the use of objects to ensure they are properly garbage-collected. | 
|  | Objects are never allocated statically or on the stack; they must be | 
|  | accessed through special macros and functions only.  (Type objects are | 
|  | exceptions to the first rule; the standard types are represented by | 
|  | statically initialized type objects, although work on type/class unification | 
|  | for Python 2.2 made it possible to have heap-allocated type objects too). | 
|  |  | 
|  | An object has a 'reference count' that is increased or decreased when a | 
|  | pointer to the object is copied or deleted; when the reference count | 
|  | reaches zero there are no references to the object left and it can be | 
|  | removed from the heap. | 
|  |  | 
|  | An object has a 'type' that determines what it represents and what kind | 
|  | of data it contains.  An object's type is fixed when it is created. | 
|  | Types themselves are represented as objects; an object contains a | 
|  | pointer to the corresponding type object.  The type itself has a type | 
|  | pointer pointing to the object representing the type 'type', which | 
|  | contains a pointer to itself!). | 
|  |  | 
|  | Objects do not float around in memory; once allocated an object keeps | 
|  | the same size and address.  Objects that must hold variable-size data | 
|  | can contain pointers to variable-size parts of the object.  Not all | 
|  | objects of the same type have the same size; but the size cannot change | 
|  | after allocation.  (These restrictions are made so a reference to an | 
|  | object can be simply a pointer -- moving an object would require | 
|  | updating all the pointers, and changing an object's size would require | 
|  | moving it if there was another object right next to it.) | 
|  |  | 
|  | Objects are always accessed through pointers of the type 'PyObject *'. | 
|  | The type 'PyObject' is a structure that only contains the reference count | 
|  | and the type pointer.  The actual memory allocated for an object | 
|  | contains other data that can only be accessed after casting the pointer | 
|  | to a pointer to a longer structure type.  This longer type must start | 
|  | with the reference count and type fields; the macro PyObject_HEAD should be | 
|  | used for this (to accommodate for future changes).  The implementation | 
|  | of a particular object type can cast the object pointer to the proper | 
|  | type and back. | 
|  |  | 
|  | A standard interface exists for objects that contain an array of items | 
|  | whose size is determined when the object is allocated. | 
|  | */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Py_DEBUG implies Py_TRACE_REFS. */ | 
|  | #if defined(Py_DEBUG) && !defined(Py_TRACE_REFS) | 
|  | #define Py_TRACE_REFS | 
|  | #endif | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Py_TRACE_REFS implies Py_REF_DEBUG. */ | 
|  | #if defined(Py_TRACE_REFS) && !defined(Py_REF_DEBUG) | 
|  | #define Py_REF_DEBUG | 
|  | #endif | 
|  |  | 
|  | #ifdef Py_TRACE_REFS | 
|  | /* Define pointers to support a doubly-linked list of all live heap objects. */ | 
|  | #define _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA            \ | 
|  | struct _object *_ob_next;           \ | 
|  | struct _object *_ob_prev; | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT 0, 0, | 
|  |  | 
|  | #else | 
|  | #define _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA | 
|  | #define _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT | 
|  | #endif | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* PyObject_HEAD defines the initial segment of every PyObject. */ | 
|  | #define PyObject_HEAD                   \ | 
|  | _PyObject_HEAD_EXTRA                \ | 
|  | Py_ssize_t ob_refcnt;               \ | 
|  | struct _typeobject *ob_type; | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type)        \ | 
|  | _PyObject_EXTRA_INIT                \ | 
|  | 1, type, | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(type, size)       \ | 
|  | PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) size, | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* PyObject_VAR_HEAD defines the initial segment of all variable-size | 
|  | * container objects.  These end with a declaration of an array with 1 | 
|  | * element, but enough space is malloc'ed so that the array actually | 
|  | * has room for ob_size elements.  Note that ob_size is an element count, | 
|  | * not necessarily a byte count. | 
|  | */ | 
|  | #define PyObject_VAR_HEAD               \ | 
|  | PyObject_HEAD                       \ | 
|  | Py_ssize_t ob_size; /* Number of items in variable part */ | 
|  | #define Py_INVALID_SIZE (Py_ssize_t)-1 | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Nothing is actually declared to be a PyObject, but every pointer to | 
|  | * a Python object can be cast to a PyObject*.  This is inheritance built | 
|  | * by hand.  Similarly every pointer to a variable-size Python object can, | 
|  | * in addition, be cast to PyVarObject*. | 
|  | */ | 
|  | typedef struct _object { | 
|  | PyObject_HEAD | 
|  | } PyObject; | 
|  |  | 
|  | typedef struct { | 
|  | PyObject_VAR_HEAD | 
|  | } PyVarObject; | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define Py_REFCNT(ob)           (((PyObject*)(ob))->ob_refcnt) | 
|  | #define Py_TYPE(ob)             (((PyObject*)(ob))->ob_type) | 
|  | #define Py_SIZE(ob)             (((PyVarObject*)(ob))->ob_size) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* | 
|  | Type objects contain a string containing the type name (to help somewhat | 
|  | in debugging), the allocation parameters (see PyObject_New() and | 
|  | PyObject_NewVar()), | 
|  | and methods for accessing objects of the type.  Methods are optional, a | 
|  | nil pointer meaning that particular kind of access is not available for | 
|  | this type.  The Py_DECREF() macro uses the tp_dealloc method without | 
|  | checking for a nil pointer; it should always be implemented except if | 
|  | the implementation can guarantee that the reference count will never | 
|  | reach zero (e.g., for statically allocated type objects). | 
|  |  | 
|  | NB: the methods for certain type groups are now contained in separate | 
|  | method blocks. | 
|  | */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | typedef PyObject * (*unaryfunc)(PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef PyObject * (*binaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef PyObject * (*ternaryfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef int (*inquiry)(PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef Py_ssize_t (*lenfunc)(PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef int (*coercion)(PyObject **, PyObject **); | 
|  | typedef PyObject *(*intargfunc)(PyObject *, int) Py_DEPRECATED(2.5); | 
|  | typedef PyObject *(*intintargfunc)(PyObject *, int, int) Py_DEPRECATED(2.5); | 
|  | typedef PyObject *(*ssizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t); | 
|  | typedef PyObject *(*ssizessizeargfunc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t); | 
|  | typedef int(*intobjargproc)(PyObject *, int, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef int(*intintobjargproc)(PyObject *, int, int, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef int(*ssizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef int(*ssizessizeobjargproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, Py_ssize_t, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef int(*objobjargproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* int-based buffer interface */ | 
|  | typedef int (*getreadbufferproc)(PyObject *, int, void **); | 
|  | typedef int (*getwritebufferproc)(PyObject *, int, void **); | 
|  | typedef int (*getsegcountproc)(PyObject *, int *); | 
|  | typedef int (*getcharbufferproc)(PyObject *, int, char **); | 
|  | /* ssize_t-based buffer interface */ | 
|  | typedef Py_ssize_t (*readbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, void **); | 
|  | typedef Py_ssize_t (*writebufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, void **); | 
|  | typedef Py_ssize_t (*segcountproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t *); | 
|  | typedef Py_ssize_t (*charbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t, char **); | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Py3k buffer interface */ | 
|  | typedef struct bufferinfo { | 
|  | void *buf; | 
|  | PyObject *obj;        /* owned reference */ | 
|  | Py_ssize_t len; | 
|  | Py_ssize_t itemsize;  /* This is Py_ssize_t so it can be | 
|  | pointed to by strides in simple case.*/ | 
|  | int readonly; | 
|  | int ndim; | 
|  | char *format; | 
|  | Py_ssize_t *shape; | 
|  | Py_ssize_t *strides; | 
|  | Py_ssize_t *suboffsets; | 
|  | Py_ssize_t smalltable[2];  /* static store for shape and strides of | 
|  | mono-dimensional buffers. */ | 
|  | void *internal; | 
|  | } Py_buffer; | 
|  |  | 
|  | typedef int (*getbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *, int); | 
|  | typedef void (*releasebufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *); | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Flags for getting buffers */ | 
|  | #define PyBUF_SIMPLE 0 | 
|  | #define PyBUF_WRITABLE 0x0001 | 
|  | /*  we used to include an E, backwards compatible alias  */ | 
|  | #define PyBUF_WRITEABLE PyBUF_WRITABLE | 
|  | #define PyBUF_FORMAT 0x0004 | 
|  | #define PyBUF_ND 0x0008 | 
|  | #define PyBUF_STRIDES (0x0010 | PyBUF_ND) | 
|  | #define PyBUF_C_CONTIGUOUS (0x0020 | PyBUF_STRIDES) | 
|  | #define PyBUF_F_CONTIGUOUS (0x0040 | PyBUF_STRIDES) | 
|  | #define PyBUF_ANY_CONTIGUOUS (0x0080 | PyBUF_STRIDES) | 
|  | #define PyBUF_INDIRECT (0x0100 | PyBUF_STRIDES) | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define PyBUF_CONTIG (PyBUF_ND | PyBUF_WRITABLE) | 
|  | #define PyBUF_CONTIG_RO (PyBUF_ND) | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define PyBUF_STRIDED (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_WRITABLE) | 
|  | #define PyBUF_STRIDED_RO (PyBUF_STRIDES) | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define PyBUF_RECORDS (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_WRITABLE | PyBUF_FORMAT) | 
|  | #define PyBUF_RECORDS_RO (PyBUF_STRIDES | PyBUF_FORMAT) | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define PyBUF_FULL (PyBUF_INDIRECT | PyBUF_WRITABLE | PyBUF_FORMAT) | 
|  | #define PyBUF_FULL_RO (PyBUF_INDIRECT | PyBUF_FORMAT) | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define PyBUF_READ  0x100 | 
|  | #define PyBUF_WRITE 0x200 | 
|  | #define PyBUF_SHADOW 0x400 | 
|  | /* end Py3k buffer interface */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | typedef int (*objobjproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef int (*visitproc)(PyObject *, void *); | 
|  | typedef int (*traverseproc)(PyObject *, visitproc, void *); | 
|  |  | 
|  | typedef struct { | 
|  | /* For numbers without flag bit Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES set, all | 
|  | arguments are guaranteed to be of the object's type (modulo | 
|  | coercion hacks -- i.e. if the type's coercion function | 
|  | returns other types, then these are allowed as well).  Numbers that | 
|  | have the Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES flag bit set should check *both* | 
|  | arguments for proper type and implement the necessary conversions | 
|  | in the slot functions themselves. */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_add; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_subtract; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_multiply; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_divide; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_remainder; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_divmod; | 
|  | ternaryfunc nb_power; | 
|  | unaryfunc nb_negative; | 
|  | unaryfunc nb_positive; | 
|  | unaryfunc nb_absolute; | 
|  | inquiry nb_nonzero; | 
|  | unaryfunc nb_invert; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_lshift; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_rshift; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_and; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_xor; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_or; | 
|  | coercion nb_coerce; | 
|  | unaryfunc nb_int; | 
|  | unaryfunc nb_long; | 
|  | unaryfunc nb_float; | 
|  | unaryfunc nb_oct; | 
|  | unaryfunc nb_hex; | 
|  | /* Added in release 2.0 */ | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_inplace_add; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_inplace_subtract; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_inplace_multiply; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_inplace_divide; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_inplace_remainder; | 
|  | ternaryfunc nb_inplace_power; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_inplace_lshift; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_inplace_rshift; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_inplace_and; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_inplace_xor; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_inplace_or; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Added in release 2.2 */ | 
|  | /* The following require the Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_CLASS flag */ | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_floor_divide; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_true_divide; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_inplace_floor_divide; | 
|  | binaryfunc nb_inplace_true_divide; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Added in release 2.5 */ | 
|  | unaryfunc nb_index; | 
|  | } PyNumberMethods; | 
|  |  | 
|  | typedef struct { | 
|  | lenfunc sq_length; | 
|  | binaryfunc sq_concat; | 
|  | ssizeargfunc sq_repeat; | 
|  | ssizeargfunc sq_item; | 
|  | ssizessizeargfunc sq_slice; | 
|  | ssizeobjargproc sq_ass_item; | 
|  | ssizessizeobjargproc sq_ass_slice; | 
|  | objobjproc sq_contains; | 
|  | /* Added in release 2.0 */ | 
|  | binaryfunc sq_inplace_concat; | 
|  | ssizeargfunc sq_inplace_repeat; | 
|  | } PySequenceMethods; | 
|  |  | 
|  | typedef struct { | 
|  | lenfunc mp_length; | 
|  | binaryfunc mp_subscript; | 
|  | objobjargproc mp_ass_subscript; | 
|  | } PyMappingMethods; | 
|  |  | 
|  | typedef struct { | 
|  | readbufferproc bf_getreadbuffer; | 
|  | writebufferproc bf_getwritebuffer; | 
|  | segcountproc bf_getsegcount; | 
|  | charbufferproc bf_getcharbuffer; | 
|  | getbufferproc bf_getbuffer; | 
|  | releasebufferproc bf_releasebuffer; | 
|  | } PyBufferProcs; | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | typedef void (*freefunc)(void *); | 
|  | typedef void (*destructor)(PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef int (*printfunc)(PyObject *, FILE *, int); | 
|  | typedef PyObject *(*getattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *); | 
|  | typedef PyObject *(*getattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef int (*setattrfunc)(PyObject *, char *, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef int (*setattrofunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef int (*cmpfunc)(PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef PyObject *(*reprfunc)(PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef long (*hashfunc)(PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef PyObject *(*richcmpfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, int); | 
|  | typedef PyObject *(*getiterfunc) (PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef PyObject *(*iternextfunc) (PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef PyObject *(*descrgetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef int (*descrsetfunc) (PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef int (*initproc)(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef PyObject *(*newfunc)(struct _typeobject *, PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | typedef PyObject *(*allocfunc)(struct _typeobject *, Py_ssize_t); | 
|  |  | 
|  | typedef struct _typeobject { | 
|  | PyObject_VAR_HEAD | 
|  | const char *tp_name; /* For printing, in format "<module>.<name>" */ | 
|  | Py_ssize_t tp_basicsize, tp_itemsize; /* For allocation */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Methods to implement standard operations */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | destructor tp_dealloc; | 
|  | printfunc tp_print; | 
|  | getattrfunc tp_getattr; | 
|  | setattrfunc tp_setattr; | 
|  | cmpfunc tp_compare; | 
|  | reprfunc tp_repr; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Method suites for standard classes */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | PyNumberMethods *tp_as_number; | 
|  | PySequenceMethods *tp_as_sequence; | 
|  | PyMappingMethods *tp_as_mapping; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* More standard operations (here for binary compatibility) */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | hashfunc tp_hash; | 
|  | ternaryfunc tp_call; | 
|  | reprfunc tp_str; | 
|  | getattrofunc tp_getattro; | 
|  | setattrofunc tp_setattro; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Functions to access object as input/output buffer */ | 
|  | PyBufferProcs *tp_as_buffer; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Flags to define presence of optional/expanded features */ | 
|  | long tp_flags; | 
|  |  | 
|  | const char *tp_doc; /* Documentation string */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Assigned meaning in release 2.0 */ | 
|  | /* call function for all accessible objects */ | 
|  | traverseproc tp_traverse; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* delete references to contained objects */ | 
|  | inquiry tp_clear; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Assigned meaning in release 2.1 */ | 
|  | /* rich comparisons */ | 
|  | richcmpfunc tp_richcompare; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* weak reference enabler */ | 
|  | Py_ssize_t tp_weaklistoffset; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Added in release 2.2 */ | 
|  | /* Iterators */ | 
|  | getiterfunc tp_iter; | 
|  | iternextfunc tp_iternext; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Attribute descriptor and subclassing stuff */ | 
|  | struct PyMethodDef *tp_methods; | 
|  | struct PyMemberDef *tp_members; | 
|  | struct PyGetSetDef *tp_getset; | 
|  | struct _typeobject *tp_base; | 
|  | PyObject *tp_dict; | 
|  | descrgetfunc tp_descr_get; | 
|  | descrsetfunc tp_descr_set; | 
|  | Py_ssize_t tp_dictoffset; | 
|  | initproc tp_init; | 
|  | allocfunc tp_alloc; | 
|  | newfunc tp_new; | 
|  | freefunc tp_free; /* Low-level free-memory routine */ | 
|  | inquiry tp_is_gc; /* For PyObject_IS_GC */ | 
|  | PyObject *tp_bases; | 
|  | PyObject *tp_mro; /* method resolution order */ | 
|  | PyObject *tp_cache; | 
|  | PyObject *tp_subclasses; | 
|  | PyObject *tp_weaklist; | 
|  | destructor tp_del; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Type attribute cache version tag. Added in version 2.6 */ | 
|  | unsigned int tp_version_tag; | 
|  |  | 
|  | #ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS | 
|  | /* these must be last and never explicitly initialized */ | 
|  | Py_ssize_t tp_allocs; | 
|  | Py_ssize_t tp_frees; | 
|  | Py_ssize_t tp_maxalloc; | 
|  | struct _typeobject *tp_prev; | 
|  | struct _typeobject *tp_next; | 
|  | #endif | 
|  | } PyTypeObject; | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* The *real* layout of a type object when allocated on the heap */ | 
|  | typedef struct _heaptypeobject { | 
|  | /* Note: there's a dependency on the order of these members | 
|  | in slotptr() in typeobject.c . */ | 
|  | PyTypeObject ht_type; | 
|  | PyNumberMethods as_number; | 
|  | PyMappingMethods as_mapping; | 
|  | PySequenceMethods as_sequence; /* as_sequence comes after as_mapping, | 
|  | so that the mapping wins when both | 
|  | the mapping and the sequence define | 
|  | a given operator (e.g. __getitem__). | 
|  | see add_operators() in typeobject.c . */ | 
|  | PyBufferProcs as_buffer; | 
|  | PyObject *ht_name, *ht_slots; | 
|  | /* here are optional user slots, followed by the members. */ | 
|  | } PyHeapTypeObject; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* access macro to the members which are floating "behind" the object */ | 
|  | #define PyHeapType_GET_MEMBERS(etype) \ | 
|  | ((PyMemberDef *)(((char *)etype) + Py_TYPE(etype)->tp_basicsize)) | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Generic type check */ | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_IsSubtype(PyTypeObject *, PyTypeObject *); | 
|  | #define PyObject_TypeCheck(ob, tp) \ | 
|  | (Py_TYPE(ob) == (tp) || PyType_IsSubtype(Py_TYPE(ob), (tp))) | 
|  |  | 
|  | PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyType_Type; /* built-in 'type' */ | 
|  | PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyBaseObject_Type; /* built-in 'object' */ | 
|  | PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PySuper_Type; /* built-in 'super' */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define PyType_Check(op) \ | 
|  | PyType_FastSubclass(Py_TYPE(op), Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS) | 
|  | #define PyType_CheckExact(op) (Py_TYPE(op) == &PyType_Type) | 
|  |  | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericAlloc(PyTypeObject *, Py_ssize_t); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyType_GenericNew(PyTypeObject *, | 
|  | PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyType_Lookup(PyTypeObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_LookupSpecial(PyObject *, char *, PyObject **); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(unsigned int) PyType_ClearCache(void); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyType_Modified(PyTypeObject *); | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Generic operations on objects */ | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Print(PyObject *, FILE *, int); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyObject_Dump(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Repr(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_Str(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Str(PyObject *); | 
|  | #define PyObject_Bytes PyObject_Str | 
|  | #ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Unicode(PyObject *); | 
|  | #endif | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Compare(PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_RichCompare(PyObject *, PyObject *, int); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_RichCompareBool(PyObject *, PyObject *, int); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *, PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttrString(PyObject *, const char *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject **) _PyObject_GetDictPtr(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_SelfIter(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_NextNotImplemented(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GenericGetAttr(PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_GenericSetAttr(PyObject *, | 
|  | PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(long) PyObject_Hash(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(long) PyObject_HashNotImplemented(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_IsTrue(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Not(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyCallable_Check(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyNumber_Coerce(PyObject **, PyObject **); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyNumber_CoerceEx(PyObject **, PyObject **); | 
|  |  | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyObject_ClearWeakRefs(PyObject *); | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* A slot function whose address we need to compare */ | 
|  | extern int _PyObject_SlotCompare(PyObject *, PyObject *); | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* PyObject_Dir(obj) acts like Python __builtin__.dir(obj), returning a | 
|  | list of strings.  PyObject_Dir(NULL) is like __builtin__.dir(), | 
|  | returning the names of the current locals.  In this case, if there are | 
|  | no current locals, NULL is returned, and PyErr_Occurred() is false. | 
|  | */ | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Dir(PyObject *); | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Helpers for printing recursive container types */ | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(int) Py_ReprEnter(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_ReprLeave(PyObject *); | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Helpers for hash functions */ | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(long) _Py_HashDouble(double); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(long) _Py_HashPointer(void*); | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Helper for passing objects to printf and the like */ | 
|  | #define PyObject_REPR(obj) PyString_AS_STRING(PyObject_Repr(obj)) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Flag bits for printing: */ | 
|  | #define Py_PRINT_RAW    1       /* No string quotes etc. */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* | 
|  | `Type flags (tp_flags) | 
|  |  | 
|  | These flags are used to extend the type structure in a backwards-compatible | 
|  | fashion. Extensions can use the flags to indicate (and test) when a given | 
|  | type structure contains a new feature. The Python core will use these when | 
|  | introducing new functionality between major revisions (to avoid mid-version | 
|  | changes in the PYTHON_API_VERSION). | 
|  |  | 
|  | Arbitration of the flag bit positions will need to be coordinated among | 
|  | all extension writers who publically release their extensions (this will | 
|  | be fewer than you might expect!).. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Python 1.5.2 introduced the bf_getcharbuffer slot into PyBufferProcs. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Type definitions should use Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT for their tp_flags value. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Code can use PyType_HasFeature(type_ob, flag_value) to test whether the | 
|  | given type object has a specified feature. | 
|  |  | 
|  | NOTE: when building the core, Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT includes | 
|  | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG; outside the core, it doesn't.  This is so | 
|  | that extensions that modify tp_dict of their own types directly don't | 
|  | break, since this was allowed in 2.5.  In 3.0 they will have to | 
|  | manually remove this flag though! | 
|  | */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* PyBufferProcs contains bf_getcharbuffer */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER  (1L<<0) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* PySequenceMethods contains sq_contains */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_SEQUENCE_IN (1L<<1) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* This is here for backwards compatibility.  Extensions that use the old GC | 
|  | * API will still compile but the objects will not be tracked by the GC. */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_GC 0 /* used to be (1L<<2) */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* PySequenceMethods and PyNumberMethods contain in-place operators */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INPLACEOPS (1L<<3) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* PyNumberMethods do their own coercion */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES (1L<<4) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* tp_richcompare is defined */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_RICHCOMPARE (1L<<5) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Objects which are weakly referencable if their tp_weaklistoffset is >0 */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_WEAKREFS (1L<<6) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* tp_iter is defined */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_ITER (1L<<7) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* New members introduced by Python 2.2 exist */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_CLASS (1L<<8) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Set if the type object is dynamically allocated */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE (1L<<9) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Set if the type allows subclassing */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE (1L<<10) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Set if the type is 'ready' -- fully initialized */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_READY (1L<<12) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Set while the type is being 'readied', to prevent recursive ready calls */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_READYING (1L<<13) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Objects support garbage collection (see objimp.h) */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC (1L<<14) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* These two bits are preserved for Stackless Python, next after this is 17 */ | 
|  | #ifdef STACKLESS | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION (3L<<15) | 
|  | #else | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION 0 | 
|  | #endif | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Objects support nb_index in PyNumberMethods */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INDEX (1L<<17) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Objects support type attribute cache */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG   (1L<<18) | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_VALID_VERSION_TAG  (1L<<19) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Type is abstract and cannot be instantiated */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_IS_ABSTRACT (1L<<20) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Has the new buffer protocol */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_NEWBUFFER (1L<<21) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* These flags are used to determine if a type is a subclass. */ | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_INT_SUBCLASS         (1L<<23) | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_LONG_SUBCLASS        (1L<<24) | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_LIST_SUBCLASS        (1L<<25) | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_TUPLE_SUBCLASS       (1L<<26) | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_STRING_SUBCLASS      (1L<<27) | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_UNICODE_SUBCLASS     (1L<<28) | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_DICT_SUBCLASS        (1L<<29) | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_BASE_EXC_SUBCLASS    (1L<<30) | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS        (1L<<31) | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT_EXTERNAL ( \ | 
|  | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GETCHARBUFFER | \ | 
|  | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_SEQUENCE_IN | \ | 
|  | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INPLACEOPS | \ | 
|  | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_RICHCOMPARE | \ | 
|  | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_WEAKREFS | \ | 
|  | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_ITER | \ | 
|  | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_CLASS | \ | 
|  | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION | \ | 
|  | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_INDEX | \ | 
|  | 0) | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT_CORE (Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT_EXTERNAL | \ | 
|  | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VERSION_TAG) | 
|  |  | 
|  | #ifdef Py_BUILD_CORE | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT_CORE | 
|  | #else | 
|  | #define Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT_EXTERNAL | 
|  | #endif | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define PyType_HasFeature(t,f)  (((t)->tp_flags & (f)) != 0) | 
|  | #define PyType_FastSubclass(t,f)  PyType_HasFeature(t,f) | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* | 
|  | The macros Py_INCREF(op) and Py_DECREF(op) are used to increment or decrement | 
|  | reference counts.  Py_DECREF calls the object's deallocator function when | 
|  | the refcount falls to 0; for | 
|  | objects that don't contain references to other objects or heap memory | 
|  | this can be the standard function free().  Both macros can be used | 
|  | wherever a void expression is allowed.  The argument must not be a | 
|  | NULL pointer.  If it may be NULL, use Py_XINCREF/Py_XDECREF instead. | 
|  | The macro _Py_NewReference(op) initialize reference counts to 1, and | 
|  | in special builds (Py_REF_DEBUG, Py_TRACE_REFS) performs additional | 
|  | bookkeeping appropriate to the special build. | 
|  |  | 
|  | We assume that the reference count field can never overflow; this can | 
|  | be proven when the size of the field is the same as the pointer size, so | 
|  | we ignore the possibility.  Provided a C int is at least 32 bits (which | 
|  | is implicitly assumed in many parts of this code), that's enough for | 
|  | about 2**31 references to an object. | 
|  |  | 
|  | XXX The following became out of date in Python 2.2, but I'm not sure | 
|  | XXX what the full truth is now.  Certainly, heap-allocated type objects | 
|  | XXX can and should be deallocated. | 
|  | Type objects should never be deallocated; the type pointer in an object | 
|  | is not considered to be a reference to the type object, to save | 
|  | complications in the deallocation function.  (This is actually a | 
|  | decision that's up to the implementer of each new type so if you want, | 
|  | you can count such references to the type object.) | 
|  |  | 
|  | *** WARNING*** The Py_DECREF macro must have a side-effect-free argument | 
|  | since it may evaluate its argument multiple times.  (The alternative | 
|  | would be to mace it a proper function or assign it to a global temporary | 
|  | variable first, both of which are slower; and in a multi-threaded | 
|  | environment the global variable trick is not safe.) | 
|  | */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* First define a pile of simple helper macros, one set per special | 
|  | * build symbol.  These either expand to the obvious things, or to | 
|  | * nothing at all when the special mode isn't in effect.  The main | 
|  | * macros can later be defined just once then, yet expand to different | 
|  | * things depending on which special build options are and aren't in effect. | 
|  | * Trust me <wink>:  while painful, this is 20x easier to understand than, | 
|  | * e.g, defining _Py_NewReference five different times in a maze of nested | 
|  | * #ifdefs (we used to do that -- it was impenetrable). | 
|  | */ | 
|  | #ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG | 
|  | PyAPI_DATA(Py_ssize_t) _Py_RefTotal; | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_NegativeRefcount(const char *fname, | 
|  | int lineno, PyObject *op); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyDict_Dummy(void); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PySet_Dummy(void); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(Py_ssize_t) _Py_GetRefTotal(void); | 
|  | #define _Py_INC_REFTOTAL        _Py_RefTotal++ | 
|  | #define _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL        _Py_RefTotal-- | 
|  | #define _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA     , | 
|  | #define _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(OP)                                    \ | 
|  | {       if (((PyObject*)OP)->ob_refcnt < 0)                             \ | 
|  | _Py_NegativeRefcount(__FILE__, __LINE__,        \ | 
|  | (PyObject *)(OP));         \ | 
|  | } | 
|  | #else | 
|  | #define _Py_INC_REFTOTAL | 
|  | #define _Py_DEC_REFTOTAL | 
|  | #define _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA | 
|  | #define _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(OP)    /* a semicolon */; | 
|  | #endif /* Py_REF_DEBUG */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | #ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) inc_count(PyTypeObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) dec_count(PyTypeObject *); | 
|  | #define _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(OP)    inc_count(Py_TYPE(OP)) | 
|  | #define _Py_INC_TPFREES(OP)     dec_count(Py_TYPE(OP)) | 
|  | #define _Py_DEC_TPFREES(OP)     Py_TYPE(OP)->tp_frees-- | 
|  | #define _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA  , | 
|  | #else | 
|  | #define _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(OP) | 
|  | #define _Py_INC_TPFREES(OP) | 
|  | #define _Py_DEC_TPFREES(OP) | 
|  | #define _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA | 
|  | #endif /* COUNT_ALLOCS */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | #ifdef Py_TRACE_REFS | 
|  | /* Py_TRACE_REFS is such major surgery that we call external routines. */ | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_NewReference(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_ForgetReference(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_Dealloc(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferences(FILE *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_PrintReferenceAddresses(FILE *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_AddToAllObjects(PyObject *, int force); | 
|  |  | 
|  | #else | 
|  | /* Without Py_TRACE_REFS, there's little enough to do that we expand code | 
|  | * inline. | 
|  | */ | 
|  | #define _Py_NewReference(op) (                          \ | 
|  | _Py_INC_TPALLOCS(op) _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA         \ | 
|  | _Py_INC_REFTOTAL  _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA               \ | 
|  | Py_REFCNT(op) = 1) | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define _Py_ForgetReference(op) _Py_INC_TPFREES(op) | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define _Py_Dealloc(op) (                               \ | 
|  | _Py_INC_TPFREES(op) _Py_COUNT_ALLOCS_COMMA          \ | 
|  | (*Py_TYPE(op)->tp_dealloc)((PyObject *)(op))) | 
|  | #endif /* !Py_TRACE_REFS */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define Py_INCREF(op) (                         \ | 
|  | _Py_INC_REFTOTAL  _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA       \ | 
|  | ((PyObject*)(op))->ob_refcnt++) | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define Py_DECREF(op)                                   \ | 
|  | do {                                                \ | 
|  | if (_Py_DEC_REFTOTAL  _Py_REF_DEBUG_COMMA       \ | 
|  | --((PyObject*)(op))->ob_refcnt != 0)            \ | 
|  | _Py_CHECK_REFCNT(op)                        \ | 
|  | else                                            \ | 
|  | _Py_Dealloc((PyObject *)(op));                  \ | 
|  | } while (0) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Safely decref `op` and set `op` to NULL, especially useful in tp_clear | 
|  | * and tp_dealloc implementatons. | 
|  | * | 
|  | * Note that "the obvious" code can be deadly: | 
|  | * | 
|  | *     Py_XDECREF(op); | 
|  | *     op = NULL; | 
|  | * | 
|  | * Typically, `op` is something like self->containee, and `self` is done | 
|  | * using its `containee` member.  In the code sequence above, suppose | 
|  | * `containee` is non-NULL with a refcount of 1.  Its refcount falls to | 
|  | * 0 on the first line, which can trigger an arbitrary amount of code, | 
|  | * possibly including finalizers (like __del__ methods or weakref callbacks) | 
|  | * coded in Python, which in turn can release the GIL and allow other threads | 
|  | * to run, etc.  Such code may even invoke methods of `self` again, or cause | 
|  | * cyclic gc to trigger, but-- oops! --self->containee still points to the | 
|  | * object being torn down, and it may be in an insane state while being torn | 
|  | * down.  This has in fact been a rich historic source of miserable (rare & | 
|  | * hard-to-diagnose) segfaulting (and other) bugs. | 
|  | * | 
|  | * The safe way is: | 
|  | * | 
|  | *      Py_CLEAR(op); | 
|  | * | 
|  | * That arranges to set `op` to NULL _before_ decref'ing, so that any code | 
|  | * triggered as a side-effect of `op` getting torn down no longer believes | 
|  | * `op` points to a valid object. | 
|  | * | 
|  | * There are cases where it's safe to use the naive code, but they're brittle. | 
|  | * For example, if `op` points to a Python integer, you know that destroying | 
|  | * one of those can't cause problems -- but in part that relies on that | 
|  | * Python integers aren't currently weakly referencable.  Best practice is | 
|  | * to use Py_CLEAR() even if you can't think of a reason for why you need to. | 
|  | */ | 
|  | #define Py_CLEAR(op)                            \ | 
|  | do {                                        \ | 
|  | if (op) {                               \ | 
|  | PyObject *_py_tmp = (PyObject *)(op);               \ | 
|  | (op) = NULL;                        \ | 
|  | Py_DECREF(_py_tmp);                 \ | 
|  | }                                       \ | 
|  | } while (0) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Macros to use in case the object pointer may be NULL: */ | 
|  | #define Py_XINCREF(op) do { if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_INCREF(op); } while (0) | 
|  | #define Py_XDECREF(op) do { if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_DECREF(op); } while (0) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* | 
|  | These are provided as conveniences to Python runtime embedders, so that | 
|  | they can have object code that is not dependent on Python compilation flags. | 
|  | */ | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_IncRef(PyObject *); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) Py_DecRef(PyObject *); | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* | 
|  | _Py_NoneStruct is an object of undefined type which can be used in contexts | 
|  | where NULL (nil) is not suitable (since NULL often means 'error'). | 
|  |  | 
|  | Don't forget to apply Py_INCREF() when returning this value!!! | 
|  | */ | 
|  | PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NoneStruct; /* Don't use this directly */ | 
|  | #define Py_None (&_Py_NoneStruct) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Macro for returning Py_None from a function */ | 
|  | #define Py_RETURN_NONE return Py_INCREF(Py_None), Py_None | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* | 
|  | Py_NotImplemented is a singleton used to signal that an operation is | 
|  | not implemented for a given type combination. | 
|  | */ | 
|  | PyAPI_DATA(PyObject) _Py_NotImplementedStruct; /* Don't use this directly */ | 
|  | #define Py_NotImplemented (&_Py_NotImplementedStruct) | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Rich comparison opcodes */ | 
|  | #define Py_LT 0 | 
|  | #define Py_LE 1 | 
|  | #define Py_EQ 2 | 
|  | #define Py_NE 3 | 
|  | #define Py_GT 4 | 
|  | #define Py_GE 5 | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Maps Py_LT to Py_GT, ..., Py_GE to Py_LE. | 
|  | * Defined in object.c. | 
|  | */ | 
|  | PyAPI_DATA(int) _Py_SwappedOp[]; | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* | 
|  | Define staticforward and statichere for source compatibility with old | 
|  | C extensions. | 
|  |  | 
|  | The staticforward define was needed to support certain broken C | 
|  | compilers (notably SCO ODT 3.0, perhaps early AIX as well) botched the | 
|  | static keyword when it was used with a forward declaration of a static | 
|  | initialized structure.  Standard C allows the forward declaration with | 
|  | static, and we've decided to stop catering to broken C compilers. | 
|  | (In fact, we expect that the compilers are all fixed eight years later.) | 
|  | */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define staticforward static | 
|  | #define statichere static | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* | 
|  | More conventions | 
|  | ================ | 
|  |  | 
|  | Argument Checking | 
|  | ----------------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | Functions that take objects as arguments normally don't check for nil | 
|  | arguments, but they do check the type of the argument, and return an | 
|  | error if the function doesn't apply to the type. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Failure Modes | 
|  | ------------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | Functions may fail for a variety of reasons, including running out of | 
|  | memory.  This is communicated to the caller in two ways: an error string | 
|  | is set (see errors.h), and the function result differs: functions that | 
|  | normally return a pointer return NULL for failure, functions returning | 
|  | an integer return -1 (which could be a legal return value too!), and | 
|  | other functions return 0 for success and -1 for failure. | 
|  | Callers should always check for errors before using the result.  If | 
|  | an error was set, the caller must either explicitly clear it, or pass | 
|  | the error on to its caller. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Reference Counts | 
|  | ---------------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | It takes a while to get used to the proper usage of reference counts. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Functions that create an object set the reference count to 1; such new | 
|  | objects must be stored somewhere or destroyed again with Py_DECREF(). | 
|  | Some functions that 'store' objects, such as PyTuple_SetItem() and | 
|  | PyList_SetItem(), | 
|  | don't increment the reference count of the object, since the most | 
|  | frequent use is to store a fresh object.  Functions that 'retrieve' | 
|  | objects, such as PyTuple_GetItem() and PyDict_GetItemString(), also | 
|  | don't increment | 
|  | the reference count, since most frequently the object is only looked at | 
|  | quickly.  Thus, to retrieve an object and store it again, the caller | 
|  | must call Py_INCREF() explicitly. | 
|  |  | 
|  | NOTE: functions that 'consume' a reference count, like | 
|  | PyList_SetItem(), consume the reference even if the object wasn't | 
|  | successfully stored, to simplify error handling. | 
|  |  | 
|  | It seems attractive to make other functions that take an object as | 
|  | argument consume a reference count; however, this may quickly get | 
|  | confusing (even the current practice is already confusing).  Consider | 
|  | it carefully, it may save lots of calls to Py_INCREF() and Py_DECREF() at | 
|  | times. | 
|  | */ | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | /* Trashcan mechanism, thanks to Christian Tismer. | 
|  |  | 
|  | When deallocating a container object, it's possible to trigger an unbounded | 
|  | chain of deallocations, as each Py_DECREF in turn drops the refcount on "the | 
|  | next" object in the chain to 0.  This can easily lead to stack faults, and | 
|  | especially in threads (which typically have less stack space to work with). | 
|  |  | 
|  | A container object that participates in cyclic gc can avoid this by | 
|  | bracketing the body of its tp_dealloc function with a pair of macros: | 
|  |  | 
|  | static void | 
|  | mytype_dealloc(mytype *p) | 
|  | { | 
|  | ... declarations go here ... | 
|  |  | 
|  | PyObject_GC_UnTrack(p);        // must untrack first | 
|  | Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_BEGIN(p) | 
|  | ... The body of the deallocator goes here, including all calls ... | 
|  | ... to Py_DECREF on contained objects.                         ... | 
|  | Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END(p) | 
|  | } | 
|  |  | 
|  | CAUTION:  Never return from the middle of the body!  If the body needs to | 
|  | "get out early", put a label immediately before the Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END | 
|  | call, and goto it.  Else the call-depth counter (see below) will stay | 
|  | above 0 forever, and the trashcan will never get emptied. | 
|  |  | 
|  | How it works:  The BEGIN macro increments a call-depth counter.  So long | 
|  | as this counter is small, the body of the deallocator is run directly without | 
|  | further ado.  But if the counter gets large, it instead adds p to a list of | 
|  | objects to be deallocated later, skips the body of the deallocator, and | 
|  | resumes execution after the END macro.  The tp_dealloc routine then returns | 
|  | without deallocating anything (and so unbounded call-stack depth is avoided). | 
|  |  | 
|  | When the call stack finishes unwinding again, code generated by the END macro | 
|  | notices this, and calls another routine to deallocate all the objects that | 
|  | may have been added to the list of deferred deallocations.  In effect, a | 
|  | chain of N deallocations is broken into N / PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL pieces, | 
|  | with the call stack never exceeding a depth of PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL. | 
|  | */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTrash_deposit_object(PyObject*); | 
|  | PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTrash_destroy_chain(void); | 
|  | PyAPI_DATA(int) _PyTrash_delete_nesting; | 
|  | PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) _PyTrash_delete_later; | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL 50 | 
|  |  | 
|  | #define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_BEGIN(op) \ | 
|  | if (_PyTrash_delete_nesting < PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL) { \ | 
|  | ++_PyTrash_delete_nesting; | 
|  | /* The body of the deallocator is here. */ | 
|  | #define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END(op) \ | 
|  | --_PyTrash_delete_nesting; \ | 
|  | if (_PyTrash_delete_later && _PyTrash_delete_nesting <= 0) \ | 
|  | _PyTrash_destroy_chain(); \ | 
|  | } \ | 
|  | else \ | 
|  | _PyTrash_deposit_object((PyObject*)op); | 
|  |  | 
|  | #ifdef __cplusplus | 
|  | } | 
|  | #endif | 
|  | #endif /* !Py_OBJECT_H */ |