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10.1 Allocating Objects on the Heap
PyObject* _PyObject_New( | PyTypeObject *type) |
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Return value:
New reference.
PyVarObject* _PyObject_NewVar( | PyTypeObject *type, Py_ssize_t size) |
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Return value:
New reference.
void _PyObject_Del( | PyObject *op) |
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PyObject* PyObject_Init( | PyObject *op,
PyTypeObject *type) |
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Return value:
Borrowed reference.
Initialize a newly-allocated object op with its type and
initial reference. Returns the initialized object. If type
indicates that the object participates in the cyclic garbage
detector, it is added to the detector's set of observed objects.
Other fields of the object are not affected.
PyVarObject* PyObject_InitVar( | PyVarObject *op,
PyTypeObject *type, Py_ssize_t size) |
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This does everything PyObject_Init() does, and also
initializes the length information for a variable-size object.
TYPE* PyObject_New( | TYPE, PyTypeObject *type) |
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Return value:
New reference.
Allocate a new Python object using the C structure type TYPE
and the Python type object type. Fields not defined by the
Python object header are not initialized; the object's reference
count will be one. The size of the memory
allocation is determined from the tp_basicsize field of the
type object.
TYPE* PyObject_NewVar( | TYPE, PyTypeObject *type,
Py_ssize_t size) |
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Return value:
New reference.
Allocate a new Python object using the C structure type TYPE
and the Python type object type. Fields not defined by the
Python object header are not initialized. The allocated memory
allows for the TYPE structure plus size fields of the
size given by the tp_itemsize field of type. This is
useful for implementing objects like tuples, which are able to
determine their size at construction time. Embedding the array of
fields into the same allocation decreases the number of allocations,
improving the memory management efficiency.
void PyObject_Del( | PyObject *op) |
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Releases memory allocated to an object using
PyObject_New() or PyObject_NewVar(). This
is normally called from the tp_dealloc handler specified in
the object's type. The fields of the object should not be accessed
after this call as the memory is no longer a valid Python object.
PyObject* Py_InitModule( | char *name,
PyMethodDef *methods) |
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Return value:
Borrowed reference.
Create a new module object based on a name and table of functions,
returning the new module object.
Changed in version 2.3:
Older versions of Python did not support NULL as
the value for the methods argument.
PyObject* Py_InitModule3( | char *name,
PyMethodDef *methods,
char *doc) |
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Return value:
Borrowed reference.
Create a new module object based on a name and table of functions,
returning the new module object. If doc is non-NULL, it will
be used to define the docstring for the module.
Changed in version 2.3:
Older versions of Python did not support NULL as
the value for the methods argument.
PyObject* Py_InitModule4( | char *name,
PyMethodDef *methods,
char *doc, PyObject *self,
int apiver) |
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Return value:
Borrowed reference.
Create a new module object based on a name and table of functions,
returning the new module object. If doc is non-NULL, it will
be used to define the docstring for the module. If self is
non-NULL, it will passed to the functions of the module as their
(otherwise NULL) first parameter. (This was added as an
experimental feature, and there are no known uses in the current
version of Python.) For apiver, the only value which should
be passed is defined by the constant PYTHON_API_VERSION.
Note:
Most uses of this function should probably be using
the Py_InitModule3() instead; only use this if you are
sure you need it.
Changed in version 2.3:
Older versions of Python did not support NULL as
the value for the methods argument.
- PyObject _Py_NoneStruct
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Object which is visible in Python as
None . This should only
be accessed using the Py_None macro, which evaluates to a
pointer to this object.
Release 2.5.2, documentation updated on 21st February, 2008.
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