.. highlightlang:: c .. _descriptor-objects: Descriptor Objects ------------------ "Descriptors" are objects that describe some attribute of an object. They are found in the dictionary of type objects. .. cvar:: PyTypeObject PyProperty_Type The type object for the built-in descriptor types. .. versionadded:: 2.2 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewGetSet(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyGetSetDef *getset) .. versionadded:: 2.2 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewMember(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMemberDef *meth) .. versionadded:: 2.2 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewMethod(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMethodDef *meth) .. versionadded:: 2.2 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewWrapper(PyTypeObject *type, struct wrapperbase *wrapper, void *wrapped) .. versionadded:: 2.2 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewClassMethod(PyTypeObject *type, PyMethodDef *method) .. versionadded:: 2.3 .. cfunction:: 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. .. versionadded:: 2.2 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyWrapper_New(PyObject *, PyObject *) .. versionadded:: 2.2