Descriptor Objects — Python documentation
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Descriptor Objects
“Descriptors” are objects that describe some attribute of an object. They are found in the dictionary of type objects.
- PyTypeObject PyProperty_Type
The type object for the built-in descriptor types.
New in version 2.2.
- PyObject *PyDescr_NewGetSet(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyGetSetDef *getset)
New in version 2.2.
- PyObject *PyDescr_NewMember(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMemberDef *meth)
New in version 2.2.
- PyObject *PyDescr_NewMethod(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMethodDef *meth)
New in version 2.2.
- PyObject *PyDescr_NewWrapper(PyTypeObject *type, struct wrapperbase *wrapper, void *wrapped)
New in version 2.2.
- PyObject *PyDescr_NewClassMethod(PyTypeObject *type, PyMethodDef *method)
New in version 2.3.
- int PyDescr_IsData(PyObject *descr)
Return true if the descriptor objects descr describes a data attribute, or false if it describes a method. descr must be a descriptor object; there is no error checking.
New in version 2.2.