PyObject_Print
(PyObject *o, FILE *fp, int flags)-1
on error. The flags argument is used to enable certain printing options. The only option currently supported is Py_PRINT_RAW
; if given, the str()
of the object is written instead of the repr()
.PyObject_HasAttr
(PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name)1
if o has the attribute attr_name, and 0
otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression hasattr(o, attr_name)
. This function always succeeds.PyObject_HasAttrString
(PyObject *o, const char *attr_name)1
if o has the attribute attr_name, and 0
otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression hasattr(o, attr_name)
. This function always succeeds.PyObject_GetAttr
(PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name)Return value: New reference.
Retrieve an attribute named attr_name from object o. Returns the attribute
value on success, or NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
expression o.attr_name
.
PyObject_GetAttrString
(PyObject *o, const char *attr_name)Return value: New reference.
Retrieve an attribute named attr_name from object o. Returns the attribute
value on success, or NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python
expression o.attr_name
.
PyObject_GenericGetAttr
(PyObject *o, PyObject *name)tp_getattro
slot. It looks for a descriptor in the dictionary of classes in the object’s MRO as well as an attribute in the object’s __dict__
(if present). As outlined in Implementing Descriptors, data descriptors take preference over instance attributes, while non-data descriptors don’t. Otherwise, an AttributeError
is raised.PyObject_SetAttr
(PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name, PyObject *v)Set the value of the attribute named attr_name, for object o, to the value
v. Raise an exception and return -1
on failure;
return 0
on success. This is the equivalent of the Python statement
o.attr_name = v
.
If v is NULL, the attribute is deleted, however this feature is
deprecated in favour of using PyObject_DelAttr()
.
PyObject_SetAttrString
(PyObject *o, const char *attr_name, PyObject *v)Set the value of the attribute named attr_name, for object o, to the value
v. Raise an exception and return -1
on failure;
return 0
on success. This is the equivalent of the Python statement
o.attr_name = v
.
If v is NULL, the attribute is deleted, however this feature is
deprecated in favour of using PyObject_DelAttrString()
.
PyObject_GenericSetAttr
(PyObject *o, PyObject *name, PyObject *value)tp_setattro
slot. It looks for a data descriptor in the dictionary of classes in the object’s MRO, and if found it takes preference over setting or deleting the attribute in the instance dictionary. Otherwise, the attribute is set or deleted in the object’s __dict__
(if present). On success, 0
is returned, otherwise an AttributeError
is raised and -1
is returned.PyObject_DelAttr
(PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name)-1
on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement del o.attr_name
.PyObject_DelAttrString
(PyObject *o, const char *attr_name)-1
on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement del o.attr_name
.PyObject_RichCompare
(PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, int opid)Return value: New reference.
Compare the values of o1 and o2 using the operation specified by opid,
which must be one of Py_LT
, Py_LE
, Py_EQ
,
Py_NE
, Py_GT
, or Py_GE
, corresponding to <
,
<=
, ==
, !=
, >
, or >=
respectively. This is the equivalent of
the Python expression o1 op o2
, where op
is the operator corresponding
to opid. Returns the value of the comparison on success, or NULL on failure.
PyObject_RichCompareBool
(PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, int opid)Py_LT
, Py_LE
, Py_EQ
, Py_NE
, Py_GT
, or Py_GE
, corresponding to <
, <=
, ==
, !=
, >
, or >=
respectively. Returns -1
on error, 0
if the result is false, 1
otherwise. This is the equivalent of the Python expression o1 op o2
, where op
is the operator corresponding to opid.Note
If o1 and o2 are the same object, PyObject_RichCompareBool()
will always return 1
for Py_EQ
and 0
for Py_NE
.
PyObject_Cmp
(PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, int *result)-1
on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement result = cmp(o1, o2)
.PyObject_Compare
(PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2)PyErr_Occurred()
to detect an error. This is equivalent to the Python expression cmp(o1, o2)
.PyObject_Repr
(PyObject *o)Return value: New reference.
Compute a string representation of object o. Returns the string
representation on success, NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the
Python expression repr(o)
. Called by the repr()
built-in function and
by reverse quotes.
PyObject_Str
(PyObject *o)Return value: New reference.
Compute a string representation of object o. Returns the string
representation on success, NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the
Python expression str(o)
. Called by the str()
built-in function and
by the print
statement.
PyObject_Bytes
(PyObject *o)PyObject_Str()
.PyObject_Unicode
(PyObject *o)Return value: New reference.
Compute a Unicode string representation of object o. Returns the Unicode
string representation on success, NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of
the Python expression unicode(o)
. Called by the unicode()
built-in
function.
PyObject_IsInstance
(PyObject *inst, PyObject *cls)Returns 1
if inst is an instance of the class cls or a subclass of
cls, or 0
if not. On error, returns -1
and sets an exception. If
cls is a type object rather than a class object, PyObject_IsInstance()
returns 1
if inst is of type cls. If cls is a tuple, the check will
be done against every entry in cls. The result will be 1
when at least one
of the checks returns 1
, otherwise it will be 0
. If inst is not a
class instance and cls is neither a type object, nor a class object, nor a
tuple, inst must have a __class__
attribute — the
class relationship of the value of that attribute with cls will be used
to determine the result of this function.
New in version 2.1.
Changed in version 2.2: Support for a tuple as the second argument added.
Subclass determination is done in a fairly straightforward way, but includes a
wrinkle that implementors of extensions to the class system may want to be aware
of. If A
and B
are class objects, B
is a subclass of
A
if it inherits from A
either directly or indirectly. If
either is not a class object, a more general mechanism is used to determine the
class relationship of the two objects. When testing if B is a subclass of
A, if A is B, PyObject_IsSubclass()
returns true. If A and B
are different objects, B’s __bases__
attribute is searched in
a depth-first fashion for A — the presence of the __bases__
attribute is considered sufficient for this determination.
PyObject_IsSubclass
(PyObject *derived, PyObject *cls)Returns 1
if the class derived is identical to or derived from the class
cls, otherwise returns 0
. In case of an error, returns -1
. If cls
is a tuple, the check will be done against every entry in cls. The result will
be 1
when at least one of the checks returns 1
, otherwise it will be
0
. If either derived or cls is not an actual class object (or tuple),
this function uses the generic algorithm described above.
New in version 2.1.
Changed in version 2.3: Older versions of Python did not support a tuple as the second argument.
PyCallable_Check
(PyObject *o)1
if the object is callable and 0
otherwise. This function always succeeds.PyObject_Call
(PyObject *callable_object, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)Return value: New reference.
Call a callable Python object callable_object, with arguments given by the
tuple args, and named arguments given by the dictionary kw. If no named
arguments are needed, kw may be NULL. args must not be NULL, use an
empty tuple if no arguments are needed. Returns the result of the call on
success, or NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression
apply(callable_object, args, kw)
or callable_object(*args, **kw)
.
New in version 2.2.
PyObject_CallObject
(PyObject *callable_object, PyObject *args)Return value: New reference.
Call a callable Python object callable_object, with arguments given by the
tuple args. If no arguments are needed, then args may be NULL. Returns
the result of the call on success, or NULL on failure. This is the equivalent
of the Python expression apply(callable_object, args)
or
callable_object(*args)
.
PyObject_CallFunction
(PyObject *callable, char *format, ...)Return value: New reference.
Call a callable Python object callable, with a variable number of C arguments.
The C arguments are described using a Py_BuildValue()
style format
string. The format may be NULL, indicating that no arguments are provided.
Returns the result of the call on success, or NULL on failure. This is the
equivalent of the Python expression apply(callable, args)
or
callable(*args)
. Note that if you only pass PyObject *
args,
PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs()
is a faster alternative.
PyObject_CallMethod
(PyObject *o, char *method, char *format, ...)Return value: New reference.
Call the method named method of object o with a variable number of C
arguments. The C arguments are described by a Py_BuildValue()
format
string that should produce a tuple. The format may be NULL, indicating that
no arguments are provided. Returns the result of the call on success, or NULL
on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression o.method(args)
.
Note that if you only pass PyObject *
args,
PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs()
is a faster alternative.
PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs
(PyObject *callable, ..., NULL)Return value: New reference.
Call a callable Python object callable, with a variable number of
PyObject*
arguments. The arguments are provided as a variable number
of parameters followed by NULL. Returns the result of the call on success, or
NULL on failure.
New in version 2.2.
PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs
(PyObject *o, PyObject *name, ..., NULL)Return value: New reference.
Calls a method of the object o, where the name of the method is given as a
Python string object in name. It is called with a variable number of
PyObject*
arguments. The arguments are provided as a variable number
of parameters followed by NULL. Returns the result of the call on success, or
NULL on failure.
New in version 2.2.
PyObject_Hash
(PyObject *o)-1
. This is the equivalent of the Python expression hash(o)
.PyObject_HashNotImplemented
(PyObject *o)Set a TypeError
indicating that type(o)
is not hashable and return -1
.
This function receives special treatment when stored in a tp_hash
slot,
allowing a type to explicitly indicate to the interpreter that it is not
hashable.
New in version 2.6.
PyObject_IsTrue
(PyObject *o)1
if the object o is considered to be true, and 0
otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression not not o
. On failure, return -1
.PyObject_Not
(PyObject *o)0
if the object o is considered to be true, and 1
otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression not o
. On failure, return -1
.PyObject_Type
(PyObject *o)Return value: New reference.
When o is non-NULL, returns a type object corresponding to the object type
of object o. On failure, raises SystemError
and returns NULL. This
is equivalent to the Python expression type(o)
. This function increments the
reference count of the return value. There’s really no reason to use this
function instead of the common expression o->ob_type
, which returns a
pointer of type PyTypeObject*
, except when the incremented reference
count is needed.
PyObject_TypeCheck
(PyObject *o, PyTypeObject *type)Return true if the object o is of type type or a subtype of type. Both parameters must be non-NULL.
New in version 2.2.
PyObject_Length
(PyObject *o)PyObject_Size
(PyObject *o)Return the length of object o. If the object o provides either the sequence
and mapping protocols, the sequence length is returned. On error, -1
is
returned. This is the equivalent to the Python expression len(o)
.
Changed in version 2.5: These functions returned an int
type. This might require
changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems.
PyObject_GetItem
(PyObject *o, PyObject *key)Return value: New reference.
Return element of o corresponding to the object key or NULL on failure.
This is the equivalent of the Python expression o[key]
.
PyObject_SetItem
(PyObject *o, PyObject *key, PyObject *v)-1
on failure; return 0
on success. This is the equivalent of the Python statement o[key] = v
.PyObject_DelItem
(PyObject *o, PyObject *key)-1
on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement del o[key]
.PyObject_AsFileDescriptor
(PyObject *o)fileno()
method is called if it exists; the method must return an integer or long integer, which is returned as the file descriptor value. Returns -1
on failure.PyObject_Dir
(PyObject *o)Return value: New reference.
This is equivalent to the Python expression dir(o)
, returning a (possibly
empty) list of strings appropriate for the object argument, or NULL if there
was an error. If the argument is NULL, this is like the Python dir()
,
returning the names of the current locals; in this case, if no execution frame
is active then NULL is returned but PyErr_Occurred()
will return false.
PyObject_GetIter
(PyObject *o)Return value: New reference.
This is equivalent to the Python expression iter(o)
. It returns a new
iterator for the object argument, or the object itself if the object is already
an iterator. Raises TypeError
and returns NULL if the object cannot be
iterated.