Perhaps one of the most important structures of the Python object system is the structure that defines a new type: the PyTypeObject structure. Type objects can be handled using any of the PyObject_* or PyType_* functions, but do not offer much that’s interesting to most Python applications. These objects are fundamental to how objects behave, so they are very important to the interpreter itself and to any extension module that implements new types.
PyTypeObject
PyObject_*
PyType_*
Type objects are fairly large compared to most of the standard types. The reason for the size is that each type object stores a large number of values, mostly C function pointers, each of which implements a small part of the type’s functionality. The fields of the type object are examined in detail in this section. The fields will be described in the order in which they occur in the structure.
In addition to the following quick reference, the 范例 section provides at-a-glance insight into the meaning and use of PyTypeObject .
PyTypeObject Slot [ 1 ]
Type
special methods/attrs
Info [ 2 ]
O
T
D
I
<R> tp_name
tp_name
tp_basicsize
Py_ssize_t
tp_itemsize
tp_dealloc
destructor
tp_vectorcall_offset
( tp_getattr )
tp_getattr
getattrfunc
__getattribute__, __getattr__
( tp_setattr )
tp_setattr
setattrfunc
__setattr__, __delattr__
tp_as_async
PyAsyncMethods *
PyAsyncMethods
sub-slots
tp_repr
reprfunc
tp_as_number
PyNumberMethods *
PyNumberMethods
tp_as_sequence
PySequenceMethods *
PySequenceMethods
tp_as_mapping
PyMappingMethods *
PyMappingMethods
tp_hash
hashfunc
tp_call
ternaryfunc
tp_str
tp_getattro
getattrofunc
tp_setattro
setattrofunc
tp_as_buffer
PyBufferProcs *
PyBufferProcs
tp_flags
tp_doc
tp_traverse
traverseproc
tp_clear
inquiry
tp_richcompare
richcmpfunc
__lt__, __le__, __eq__, __ne__, __gt__, __ge__
( tp_weaklistoffset )
tp_weaklistoffset
tp_iter
getiterfunc
tp_iternext
iternextfunc
tp_methods
PyMethodDef []
PyMethodDef
tp_members
PyMemberDef []
PyMemberDef
tp_getset
PyGetSetDef []
PyGetSetDef
tp_base
PyTypeObject *
tp_dict
PyObject *
PyObject
tp_descr_get
descrgetfunc
tp_descr_set
descrsetfunc
__set__, __delete__
( tp_dictoffset )
tp_dictoffset
tp_init
initproc
tp_alloc
allocfunc
tp_new
newfunc
tp_free
freefunc
tp_is_gc
< tp_bases >
tp_bases
< tp_mro >
tp_mro
[ tp_cache ]
tp_cache
[ tp_subclasses ]
tp_subclasses
[ tp_weaklist ]
tp_weaklist
( tp_del )
tp_del
[ tp_version_tag ]
tp_version_tag
tp_finalize
tp_vectorcall
vectorcallfunc
[ tp_watched ]
tp_watched
槽
special methods
am_await
unaryfunc
am_aiter
am_anext
am_send
sendfunc
nb_add
binaryfunc
__add__ __radd__
nb_inplace_add
nb_subtract
__sub__ __rsub__
nb_inplace_subtract
nb_multiply
__mul__ __rmul__
nb_inplace_multiply
nb_remainder
__mod__ __rmod__
nb_inplace_remainder
nb_divmod
__divmod__ __rdivmod__
nb_power
__pow__ __rpow__
nb_inplace_power
nb_negative
nb_positive
nb_absolute
nb_bool
nb_invert
nb_lshift
__lshift__ __rlshift__
nb_inplace_lshift
nb_rshift
__rshift__ __rrshift__
nb_inplace_rshift
nb_and
__and__ __rand__
nb_inplace_and
nb_xor
__xor__ __rxor__
nb_inplace_xor
nb_or
__or__ __ror__
nb_inplace_or
nb_int
nb_reserved
nb_float
nb_floor_divide
nb_inplace_floor_divide
nb_true_divide
nb_inplace_true_divide
nb_index
nb_matrix_multiply
__matmul__ __rmatmul__
nb_inplace_matrix_multiply
mp_length
lenfunc
mp_subscript
mp_ass_subscript
objobjargproc
__setitem__, __delitem__
sq_length
sq_concat
sq_repeat
ssizeargfunc
sq_item
sq_ass_item
ssizeobjargproc
__setitem__ __delitem__
sq_contains
objobjproc
sq_inplace_concat
sq_inplace_repeat
bf_getbuffer
getbufferproc()
bf_releasebuffer
releasebufferproc()
typedef
Parameter Types
Return Type
visitproc
getbufferproc
Py_buffer
releasebufferproc
见 槽类型 typedef below for more detail.
The structure definition for PyTypeObject 可以找到在 Include/object.h . For convenience of reference, this repeats the definition found there:
Include/object.h
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; Py_ssize_t tp_vectorcall_offset; getattrfunc tp_getattr; setattrfunc tp_setattr; PyAsyncMethods *tp_as_async; /* formerly known as tp_compare (Python 2) or tp_reserved (Python 3) */ 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 */ unsigned 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; /* Iterators */ getiterfunc tp_iter; iternextfunc tp_iternext; /* Attribute descriptor and subclassing stuff */ struct PyMethodDef *tp_methods; struct PyMemberDef *tp_members; struct PyGetSetDef *tp_getset; // Strong reference on a heap type, borrowed reference on a static type 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; destructor tp_finalize; vectorcallfunc tp_vectorcall; /* bitset of which type-watchers care about this type */ unsigned char tp_watched; } PyTypeObject;
The type object structure extends the PyVarObject structure. The ob_size field is used for dynamic types (created by type_new() , usually called from a class statement). Note that PyType_Type (the metatype) initializes tp_itemsize , which means that its instances (i.e. type objects) must 拥有 ob_size 字段。
PyVarObject
ob_size
type_new()
PyType_Type
This is the type object’s reference count, initialized to 1 通过 PyObject_HEAD_INIT macro. Note that for statically allocated type objects , the type’s instances (objects whose ob_type points back to the type) do not count as references. But for dynamically allocated type objects , the instances do count as references.
1
PyObject_HEAD_INIT
ob_type
Inheritance:
This field is not inherited by subtypes.
This is the type’s type, in other words its metatype. It is initialized by the argument to the PyObject_HEAD_INIT macro, and its value should normally be &PyType_Type . However, for dynamically loadable extension modules that must be usable on Windows (at least), the compiler complains that this is not a valid initializer. Therefore, the convention is to pass NULL 到 PyObject_HEAD_INIT macro and to initialize this field explicitly at the start of the module’s initialization function, before doing anything else. This is typically done like this:
&PyType_Type
NULL
Foo_Type.ob_type = &PyType_Type;
This should be done before any instances of the type are created. PyType_Ready() checks if ob_type is NULL , and if so, initializes it to the ob_type field of the base class. PyType_Ready() will not change this field if it is non-zero.
PyType_Ready()
This field is inherited by subtypes.
These fields are only present when the macro Py_TRACE_REFS is defined (see the configure --with-trace-refs option ).
Py_TRACE_REFS
configure --with-trace-refs option
Their initialization to NULL is taken care of by the PyObject_HEAD_INIT macro. For statically allocated objects , these fields always remain NULL 。对于 dynamically allocated objects , these two fields are used to link the object into a doubly linked list of all live objects on the heap.
This could be used for various debugging purposes; currently the only uses are the sys.getobjects() function and to print the objects that are still alive at the end of a run when the environment variable PYTHONDUMPREFS 有设置。
sys.getobjects()
PYTHONDUMPREFS
These fields are not inherited by subtypes.
For statically allocated type objects , this should be initialized to zero. For dynamically allocated type objects , this field has a special internal meaning.
Each slot has a section describing inheritance. If PyType_Ready() may set a value when the field is set to NULL then there will also be a “Default” section. (Note that many fields set on PyBaseObject_Type and PyType_Type effectively act as defaults.)
PyBaseObject_Type
Pointer to a NUL-terminated string containing the name of the type. For types that are accessible as module globals, the string should be the full module name, followed by a dot, followed by the type name; for built-in types, it should be just the type name. If the module is a submodule of a package, the full package name is part of the full module name. For example, a type named T defined in module M in subpackage Q in package P should have the tp_name initializer "P.Q.M.T" .
M
Q
P
"P.Q.M.T"
For dynamically allocated type objects , this should just be the type name, and the module name explicitly stored in the type dict as the value for key '__module__' .
'__module__'
For statically allocated type objects , tp_name field should contain a dot. Everything before the last dot is made accessible as the __module__ attribute, and everything after the last dot is made accessible as the __name__ 属性。
__module__
__name__
If no dot is present, the entire tp_name field is made accessible as the __name__ attribute, and the __module__ attribute is undefined (unless explicitly set in the dictionary, as explained above). This means your type will be impossible to pickle. Additionally, it will not be listed in module documentations created with pydoc.
This field must not be NULL . It is the only required field in PyTypeObject() (other than potentially tp_itemsize ).
PyTypeObject()
These fields allow calculating the size in bytes of instances of the type.
There are two kinds of types: types with fixed-length instances have a zero tp_itemsize field, types with variable-length instances have a non-zero tp_itemsize field. For a type with fixed-length instances, all instances have the same size, given in tp_basicsize .
For a type with variable-length instances, the instances must have an ob_size field, and the instance size is tp_basicsize plus N times tp_itemsize , where N is the “length” of the object. The value of N is typically stored in the instance’s ob_size field. There are exceptions: for example, ints use a negative ob_size to indicate a negative number, and N is abs(ob_size) there. Also, the presence of an ob_size field in the instance layout doesn’t mean that the instance structure is variable-length (for example, the structure for the list type has fixed-length instances, yet those instances have a meaningful ob_size 字段)。
abs(ob_size)
The basic size includes the fields in the instance declared by the macro PyObject_HEAD or PyObject_VAR_HEAD (whichever is used to declare the instance struct) and this in turn includes the _ob_prev and _ob_next fields if they are present. This means that the only correct way to get an initializer for the tp_basicsize is to use the sizeof operator on the struct used to declare the instance layout. The basic size does not include the GC header size.
PyObject_HEAD
PyObject_VAR_HEAD
_ob_prev
_ob_next
sizeof
A note about alignment: if the variable items require a particular alignment, this should be taken care of by the value of tp_basicsize . Example: suppose a type implements an array of double . tp_itemsize is sizeof(double) . It is the programmer’s responsibility that tp_basicsize is a multiple of sizeof(double) (assuming this is the alignment requirement for double ).
double
sizeof(double)
For any type with variable-length instances, this field must not be NULL .
These fields are inherited separately by subtypes. If the base type has a non-zero tp_itemsize , it is generally not safe to set tp_itemsize to a different non-zero value in a subtype (though this depends on the implementation of the base type).
A pointer to the instance destructor function. This function must be defined unless the type guarantees that its instances will never be deallocated (as is the case for the singletons None and Ellipsis ). The function signature is:
None
Ellipsis
void tp_dealloc(PyObject *self);
The destructor function is called by the Py_DECREF() and Py_XDECREF() macros when the new reference count is zero. At this point, the instance is still in existence, but there are no references to it. The destructor function should free all references which the instance owns, free all memory buffers owned by the instance (using the freeing function corresponding to the allocation function used to allocate the buffer), and call the type’s tp_free function. If the type is not subtypable (doesn’t have the Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE flag bit set), it is permissible to call the object deallocator directly instead of via tp_free . The object deallocator should be the one used to allocate the instance; this is normally PyObject_Del() if the instance was allocated using PyObject_New or PyObject_NewVar ,或 PyObject_GC_Del() if the instance was allocated using PyObject_GC_New or PyObject_GC_NewVar .
Py_DECREF()
Py_XDECREF()
Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE
PyObject_Del()
PyObject_New
PyObject_NewVar
PyObject_GC_Del()
PyObject_GC_New
PyObject_GC_NewVar
If the type supports garbage collection (has the Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC flag bit set), the destructor should call PyObject_GC_UnTrack() before clearing any member fields.
Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC
PyObject_GC_UnTrack()
static void foo_dealloc(foo_object *self) { PyObject_GC_UnTrack(self); Py_CLEAR(self->ref); Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free((PyObject *)self); }
Finally, if the type is heap allocated ( Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE ), the deallocator should release the owned reference to its type object (via Py_DECREF() ) after calling the type deallocator. In order to avoid dangling pointers, the recommended way to achieve this is:
Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE
static void foo_dealloc(foo_object *self) { PyTypeObject *tp = Py_TYPE(self); // free references and buffers here tp->tp_free(self); Py_DECREF(tp); }
An optional offset to a per-instance function that implements calling the object using the vectorcall protocol , a more efficient alternative of the simpler tp_call .
This field is only used if the flag Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL is set. If so, this must be a positive integer containing the offset in the instance of a vectorcallfunc 指针。
Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL
The vectorcallfunc pointer may be NULL , in which case the instance behaves as if Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL was not set: calling the instance falls back to tp_call .
Any class that sets Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL must also set tp_call and make sure its behaviour is consistent with the vectorcallfunc function. This can be done by setting tp_call to PyVectorcall_Call() .
PyVectorcall_Call()
3.8 版改变: Before version 3.8, this slot was named tp_print . In Python 2.x, it was used for printing to a file. In Python 3.0 to 3.7, it was unused.
tp_print
Changed in version 3.12: Before version 3.12, it was not recommended for mutable heap types to implement the vectorcall protocol. When a user sets __call__ in Python code, only tp_call is updated, likely making it inconsistent with the vectorcall function. Since 3.12, setting __call__ will disable vectorcall optimization by clearing the Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL 标志。
__call__
This field is always inherited. However, the Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL flag is not always inherited. If it’s not set, then the subclass won’t use vectorcall , except when PyVectorcall_Call() is explicitly called.
An optional pointer to the get-attribute-string function.
This field is deprecated. When it is defined, it should point to a function that acts the same as the tp_getattro function, but taking a C string instead of a Python string object to give the attribute name.
Group: tp_getattr , tp_getattro
This field is inherited by subtypes together with tp_getattro : a subtype inherits both tp_getattr and tp_getattro from its base type when the subtype’s tp_getattr and tp_getattro are both NULL .
An optional pointer to the function for setting and deleting attributes.
This field is deprecated. When it is defined, it should point to a function that acts the same as the tp_setattro function, but taking a C string instead of a Python string object to give the attribute name.
Group: tp_setattr , tp_setattro
This field is inherited by subtypes together with tp_setattro : a subtype inherits both tp_setattr and tp_setattro from its base type when the subtype’s tp_setattr and tp_setattro are both NULL .
Pointer to an additional structure that contains fields relevant only to objects which implement awaitable and 异步迭代器 protocols at the C-level. See 异步对象结构 了解细节。
Added in version 3.5: Formerly known as tp_compare and tp_reserved .
tp_compare
tp_reserved
The tp_as_async field is not inherited, but the contained fields are inherited individually.
An optional pointer to a function that implements the built-in function repr() .
repr()
The signature is the same as for PyObject_Repr() :
PyObject_Repr()
PyObject *tp_repr(PyObject *self);
The function must return a string or a Unicode object. Ideally, this function should return a string that, when passed to eval() , given a suitable environment, returns an object with the same value. If this is not feasible, it should return a string starting with '<' and ending with '>' from which both the type and the value of the object can be deduced.
eval()
'<'
'>'
默认:
When this field is not set, a string of the form <%s object at %p> 被返回,其中 %s is replaced by the type name, and %p by the object’s memory address.
<%s object at %p>
%s
%p
Pointer to an additional structure that contains fields relevant only to objects which implement the number protocol. These fields are documented in 数值对象结构 .
The tp_as_number field is not inherited, but the contained fields are inherited individually.
Pointer to an additional structure that contains fields relevant only to objects which implement the sequence protocol. These fields are documented in 序列对象结构 .
The tp_as_sequence field is not inherited, but the contained fields are inherited individually.
Pointer to an additional structure that contains fields relevant only to objects which implement the mapping protocol. These fields are documented in 映射对象结构 .
The tp_as_mapping field is not inherited, but the contained fields are inherited individually.
An optional pointer to a function that implements the built-in function hash() .
hash()
The signature is the same as for PyObject_Hash() :
PyObject_Hash()
Py_hash_t tp_hash(PyObject *);
值 -1 should not be returned as a normal return value; when an error occurs during the computation of the hash value, the function should set an exception and return -1 .
-1
When this field is not set ( and tp_richcompare is not set), an attempt to take the hash of the object raises TypeError . This is the same as setting it to PyObject_HashNotImplemented() .
TypeError
PyObject_HashNotImplemented()
This field can be set explicitly to PyObject_HashNotImplemented() to block inheritance of the hash method from a parent type. This is interpreted as the equivalent of __hash__ = None at the Python level, causing isinstance(o, collections.Hashable) to correctly return False . Note that the converse is also true - setting __hash__ = None on a class at the Python level will result in the tp_hash slot being set to PyObject_HashNotImplemented() .
__hash__ = None
isinstance(o, collections.Hashable)
False
Group: tp_hash , tp_richcompare
This field is inherited by subtypes together with tp_richcompare : a subtype inherits both of tp_richcompare and tp_hash , when the subtype’s tp_richcompare and tp_hash are both NULL .
An optional pointer to a function that implements calling the object. This should be NULL if the object is not callable. The signature is the same as for PyObject_Call() :
PyObject_Call()
PyObject *tp_call(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs);
An optional pointer to a function that implements the built-in operation str() 。(注意, str is a type now, and str() calls the constructor for that type. This constructor calls PyObject_Str() to do the actual work, and PyObject_Str() will call this handler.)
str()
str
PyObject_Str()
The signature is the same as for PyObject_Str() :
PyObject *tp_str(PyObject *self);
The function must return a string or a Unicode object. It should be a “friendly” string representation of the object, as this is the representation that will be used, among other things, by the print() 函数。
print()
When this field is not set, PyObject_Repr() is called to return a string representation.
An optional pointer to the get-attribute function.
The signature is the same as for PyObject_GetAttr() :
PyObject_GetAttr()
PyObject *tp_getattro(PyObject *self, PyObject *attr);
It is usually convenient to set this field to PyObject_GenericGetAttr() , which implements the normal way of looking for object attributes.
PyObject_GenericGetAttr()
This field is inherited by subtypes together with tp_getattr : a subtype inherits both tp_getattr and tp_getattro from its base type when the subtype’s tp_getattr and tp_getattro are both NULL .
PyBaseObject_Type 使用 PyObject_GenericGetAttr() .
The signature is the same as for PyObject_SetAttr() :
PyObject_SetAttr()
int tp_setattro(PyObject *self, PyObject *attr, PyObject *value);
In addition, setting value to NULL to delete an attribute must be supported. It is usually convenient to set this field to PyObject_GenericSetAttr() , which implements the normal way of setting object attributes.
PyObject_GenericSetAttr()
This field is inherited by subtypes together with tp_setattr : a subtype inherits both tp_setattr and tp_setattro from its base type when the subtype’s tp_setattr and tp_setattro are both NULL .
PyBaseObject_Type 使用 PyObject_GenericSetAttr() .
Pointer to an additional structure that contains fields relevant only to objects which implement the buffer interface. These fields are documented in 缓冲对象结构 .
The tp_as_buffer field is not inherited, but the contained fields are inherited individually.
This field is a bit mask of various flags. Some flags indicate variant semantics for certain situations; others are used to indicate that certain fields in the type object (or in the extension structures referenced via tp_as_number , tp_as_sequence , tp_as_mapping ,和 tp_as_buffer ) that were historically not always present are valid; if such a flag bit is clear, the type fields it guards must not be accessed and must be considered to have a zero or NULL value instead.
Inheritance of this field is complicated. Most flag bits are inherited individually, i.e. if the base type has a flag bit set, the subtype inherits this flag bit. The flag bits that pertain to extension structures are strictly inherited if the extension structure is inherited, i.e. the base type’s value of the flag bit is copied into the subtype together with a pointer to the extension structure. The Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC flag bit is inherited together with the tp_traverse and tp_clear fields, i.e. if the Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC flag bit is clear in the subtype and the tp_traverse and tp_clear fields in the subtype exist and have NULL values. .. XXX are most flag bits really inherited individually?
PyBaseObject_Type 使用 Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE .
Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE
Bit Masks:
The following bit masks are currently defined; these can be ORed together using the | operator to form the value of the tp_flags field. The macro PyType_HasFeature() takes a type and a flags value, tp and f , and checks whether tp->tp_flags & f is non-zero.
|
PyType_HasFeature()
tp->tp_flags & f
This bit is set when the type object itself is allocated on the heap, for example, types created dynamically using PyType_FromSpec() 。在此情况下, ob_type field of its instances is considered a reference to the type, and the type object is INCREF’ed when a new instance is created, and DECREF’ed when an instance is destroyed (this does not apply to instances of subtypes; only the type referenced by the instance’s ob_type gets INCREF’ed or DECREF’ed). Heap types should also support garbage collection as they can form a reference cycle with their own module object.
PyType_FromSpec()
???
This bit is set when the type can be used as the base type of another type. If this bit is clear, the type cannot be subtyped (similar to a “final” class in Java).
This bit is set when the type object has been fully initialized by PyType_Ready() .
This bit is set while PyType_Ready() is in the process of initializing the type object.
This bit is set when the object supports garbage collection. If this bit is set, instances must be created using PyObject_GC_New and destroyed using PyObject_GC_Del() . More information in section 支持循环垃圾收集 . This bit also implies that the GC-related fields tp_traverse and tp_clear are present in the type object.
Group: Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC , tp_traverse , tp_clear
The Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC flag bit is inherited together with the tp_traverse and tp_clear fields, i.e. if the Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC flag bit is clear in the subtype and the tp_traverse and tp_clear fields in the subtype exist and have NULL 值。
This is a bitmask of all the bits that pertain to the existence of certain fields in the type object and its extension structures. Currently, it includes the following bits: Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION .
Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_STACKLESS_EXTENSION
This bit indicates that objects behave like unbound methods.
If this flag is set for type(meth) , then:
type(meth)
meth.__get__(obj, cls)(*args, **kwds) (with obj not None) must be equivalent to meth(obj, *args, **kwds) .
meth.__get__(obj, cls)(*args, **kwds)
obj
meth(obj, *args, **kwds)
meth.__get__(None, cls)(*args, **kwds) must be equivalent to meth(*args, **kwds) .
meth.__get__(None, cls)(*args, **kwds)
meth(*args, **kwds)
This flag enables an optimization for typical method calls like obj.meth() : it avoids creating a temporary “bound method” object for obj.meth .
obj.meth()
obj.meth
Added in version 3.8.
This flag is never inherited by types without the Py_TPFLAGS_IMMUTABLETYPE flag set. For extension types, it is inherited whenever tp_descr_get is inherited.
Py_TPFLAGS_IMMUTABLETYPE
This bit indicates that instances of the class have a __dict__ attribute, and that the space for the dictionary is managed by the VM.
__dict__
If this flag is set, Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC should also be set.
3.12 版添加。
This flag is inherited unless the tp_dictoffset field is set in a superclass.
This bit indicates that instances of the class should be weakly referenceable.
This flag is inherited unless the tp_weaklistoffset field is set in a superclass.
Only usable with variable-size types, i.e. ones with non-zero tp_itemsize .
Indicates that the variable-sized portion of an instance of this type is at the end of the instance’s memory area, at an offset of Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_basicsize (which may be different in each subclass).
Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_basicsize
When setting this flag, be sure that all superclasses either use this memory layout, or are not variable-sized. Python does not check this.
This flag is inherited.
These flags are used by functions such as PyLong_Check() to quickly determine if a type is a subclass of a built-in type; such specific checks are faster than a generic check, like PyObject_IsInstance() . Custom types that inherit from built-ins should have their tp_flags set appropriately, or the code that interacts with such types will behave differently depending on what kind of check is used.
PyLong_Check()
PyObject_IsInstance()
This bit is set when the tp_finalize slot is present in the type structure.
Added in version 3.4.
从 3.8 版起弃用: This flag isn’t necessary anymore, as the interpreter assumes the tp_finalize slot is always present in the type structure.
This bit is set when the class implements the vectorcall protocol 。见 tp_vectorcall_offset 了解细节。
This bit is inherited if tp_call is also inherited.
Added in version 3.9.
Changed in version 3.12: This flag is now removed from a class when the class’s __call__() method is reassigned.
__call__()
This flag can now be inherited by mutable classes.
This bit is set for type objects that are immutable: type attributes cannot be set nor deleted.
PyType_Ready() automatically applies this flag to static types .
This flag is not inherited.
Added in version 3.10.
Disallow creating instances of the type: set tp_new to NULL and don’t create the __new__ key in the type dictionary.
__new__
The flag must be set before creating the type, not after. For example, it must be set before PyType_Ready() is called on the type.
The flag is set automatically on static types if tp_base is NULL or &PyBaseObject_Type and tp_new is NULL.
&PyBaseObject_Type
This flag is not inherited. However, subclasses will not be instantiable unless they provide a non-NULL tp_new (which is only possible via the C API).
注意
To disallow instantiating a class directly but allow instantiating its subclasses (e.g. for an 抽象基类 ), do not use this flag. Instead, make tp_new only succeed for subclasses.
This bit indicates that instances of the class may match mapping patterns when used as the subject of a match block. It is automatically set when registering or subclassing collections.abc.Mapping , and unset when registering collections.abc.Sequence .
match
collections.abc.Mapping
collections.abc.Sequence
Py_TPFLAGS_MAPPING and Py_TPFLAGS_SEQUENCE are mutually exclusive; it is an error to enable both flags simultaneously.
Py_TPFLAGS_MAPPING
Py_TPFLAGS_SEQUENCE
This flag is inherited by types that do not already set Py_TPFLAGS_SEQUENCE .
另请参阅
PEP 634 – Structural Pattern Matching: Specification
This bit indicates that instances of the class may match sequence patterns when used as the subject of a match block. It is automatically set when registering or subclassing collections.abc.Sequence , and unset when registering collections.abc.Mapping .
This flag is inherited by types that do not already set Py_TPFLAGS_MAPPING .
Internal. Do not set or unset this flag. To indicate that a class has changed call PyType_Modified()
PyType_Modified()
警告
This flag is present in header files, but is an internal feature and should not be used. It will be removed in a future version of CPython
An optional pointer to a NUL-terminated C string giving the docstring for this type object. This is exposed as the __doc__ attribute on the type and instances of the type.
__doc__
An optional pointer to a traversal function for the garbage collector. This is only used if the Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC flag bit is set. The signature is:
int tp_traverse(PyObject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg);
More information about Python’s garbage collection scheme can be found in section 支持循环垃圾收集 .
The tp_traverse pointer is used by the garbage collector to detect reference cycles. A typical implementation of a tp_traverse function simply calls Py_VISIT() on each of the instance’s members that are Python objects that the instance owns. For example, this is function local_traverse() 从 _thread extension module:
Py_VISIT()
local_traverse()
_thread
static int local_traverse(localobject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg) { Py_VISIT(self->args); Py_VISIT(self->kw); Py_VISIT(self->dict); return 0; }
注意, Py_VISIT() is called only on those members that can participate in reference cycles. Although there is also a self->key member, it can only be NULL or a Python string and therefore cannot be part of a reference cycle.
self->key
On the other hand, even if you know a member can never be part of a cycle, as a debugging aid you may want to visit it anyway just so the gc 模块的 get_referents() function will include it.
gc
get_referents()
When implementing tp_traverse , only the members that the instance owns (by having strong references to them) must be visited. For instance, if an object supports weak references via the tp_weaklist slot, the pointer supporting the linked list (what tp_weaklist points to) must not be visited as the instance does not directly own the weak references to itself (the weakreference list is there to support the weak reference machinery, but the instance has no strong reference to the elements inside it, as they are allowed to be removed even if the instance is still alive).
注意, Py_VISIT() requires the visit and arg parameters to local_traverse() to have these specific names; don’t name them just anything.
实例化的 heap-allocated types hold a reference to their type. Their traversal function must therefore either visit Py_TYPE(self) , or delegate this responsibility by calling tp_traverse of another heap-allocated type (such as a heap-allocated superclass). If they do not, the type object may not be garbage-collected.
Py_TYPE(self)
3.9 版改变: Heap-allocated types are expected to visit Py_TYPE(self) in tp_traverse . In earlier versions of Python, due to bug 40217 , doing this may lead to crashes in subclasses.
This field is inherited by subtypes together with tp_clear 和 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC flag bit: the flag bit, tp_traverse ,和 tp_clear are all inherited from the base type if they are all zero in the subtype.
An optional pointer to a clear function for the garbage collector. This is only used if the Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC flag bit is set. The signature is:
int tp_clear(PyObject *);
The tp_clear member function is used to break reference cycles in cyclic garbage detected by the garbage collector. Taken together, all tp_clear functions in the system must combine to break all reference cycles. This is subtle, and if in any doubt supply a tp_clear function. For example, the tuple type does not implement a tp_clear function, because it’s possible to prove that no reference cycle can be composed entirely of tuples. Therefore the tp_clear functions of other types must be sufficient to break any cycle containing a tuple. This isn’t immediately obvious, and there’s rarely a good reason to avoid implementing tp_clear .
实现的 tp_clear should drop the instance’s references to those of its members that may be Python objects, and set its pointers to those members to NULL , as in the following example:
static int local_clear(localobject *self) { Py_CLEAR(self->key); Py_CLEAR(self->args); Py_CLEAR(self->kw); Py_CLEAR(self->dict); return 0; }
The Py_CLEAR() macro should be used, because clearing references is delicate: the reference to the contained object must not be released (via Py_DECREF() ) until after the pointer to the contained object is set to NULL . This is because releasing the reference may cause the contained object to become trash, triggering a chain of reclamation activity that may include invoking arbitrary Python code (due to finalizers, or weakref callbacks, associated with the contained object). If it’s possible for such code to reference self again, it’s important that the pointer to the contained object be NULL at that time, so that self knows the contained object can no longer be used. The Py_CLEAR() macro performs the operations in a safe order.
Py_CLEAR()
注意, tp_clear 不是 always called before an instance is deallocated. For example, when reference counting is enough to determine that an object is no longer used, the cyclic garbage collector is not involved and tp_dealloc is called directly.
Because the goal of tp_clear functions is to break reference cycles, it’s not necessary to clear contained objects like Python strings or Python integers, which can’t participate in reference cycles. On the other hand, it may be convenient to clear all contained Python objects, and write the type’s tp_dealloc function to invoke tp_clear .
This field is inherited by subtypes together with tp_traverse 和 Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC flag bit: the flag bit, tp_traverse ,和 tp_clear are all inherited from the base type if they are all zero in the subtype.
An optional pointer to the rich comparison function, whose signature is:
PyObject *tp_richcompare(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, int op);
The first parameter is guaranteed to be an instance of the type that is defined by PyTypeObject .
The function should return the result of the comparison (usually Py_True or Py_False ). If the comparison is undefined, it must return Py_NotImplemented , if another error occurred it must return NULL and set an exception condition.
Py_True
Py_False
Py_NotImplemented
The following constants are defined to be used as the third argument for tp_richcompare 和对于 PyObject_RichCompare() :
PyObject_RichCompare()
常量
比较
<
<=
==
!=
>
>=
The following macro is defined to ease writing rich comparison functions:
返回 Py_True or Py_False from the function, depending on the result of a comparison. VAL_A and VAL_B must be orderable by C comparison operators (for example, they may be C ints or floats). The third argument specifies the requested operation, as for PyObject_RichCompare() .
The returned value is a new 强引用 .
On error, sets an exception and returns NULL from the function.
Added in version 3.7.
This field is inherited by subtypes together with tp_hash : a subtype inherits tp_richcompare and tp_hash when the subtype’s tp_richcompare and tp_hash are both NULL .
PyBaseObject_Type 提供 tp_richcompare implementation, which may be inherited. However, if only tp_hash is defined, not even the inherited function is used and instances of the type will not be able to participate in any comparisons.
While this field is still supported, Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_WEAKREF should be used instead, if at all possible.
Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_WEAKREF
If the instances of this type are weakly referenceable, this field is greater than zero and contains the offset in the instance structure of the weak reference list head (ignoring the GC header, if present); this offset is used by PyObject_ClearWeakRefs() 和 PyWeakref_* functions. The instance structure needs to include a field of type PyObject * which is initialized to NULL .
PyObject_ClearWeakRefs()
PyWeakref_*
Do not confuse this field with tp_weaklist ; that is the list head for weak references to the type object itself.
It is an error to set both the Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_WEAKREF bit and tp_weaklist .
This field is inherited by subtypes, but see the rules listed below. A subtype may override this offset; this means that the subtype uses a different weak reference list head than the base type. Since the list head is always found via tp_weaklistoffset , this should not be a problem.
若 Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_WEAKREF bit is set in the tp_dict field, then tp_weaklistoffset will be set to a negative value, to indicate that it is unsafe to use this field.
An optional pointer to a function that returns an iterator for the object. Its presence normally signals that the instances of this type are iterable (although sequences may be iterable without this function).
This function has the same signature as PyObject_GetIter() :
PyObject_GetIter()
PyObject *tp_iter(PyObject *self);
An optional pointer to a function that returns the next item in an iterator . The signature is:
PyObject *tp_iternext(PyObject *self);
When the iterator is exhausted, it must return NULL ; a StopIteration exception may or may not be set. When another error occurs, it must return NULL too. Its presence signals that the instances of this type are iterators.
StopIteration
Iterator types should also define the tp_iter function, and that function should return the iterator instance itself (not a new iterator instance).
This function has the same signature as PyIter_Next() .
PyIter_Next()
An optional pointer to a static NULL -terminated array of PyMethodDef structures, declaring regular methods of this type.
For each entry in the array, an entry is added to the type’s dictionary (see tp_dict below) containing a method descriptor.
This field is not inherited by subtypes (methods are inherited through a different mechanism).
An optional pointer to a static NULL -terminated array of PyMemberDef structures, declaring regular data members (fields or slots) of instances of this type.
For each entry in the array, an entry is added to the type’s dictionary (see tp_dict below) containing a member descriptor.
This field is not inherited by subtypes (members are inherited through a different mechanism).
An optional pointer to a static NULL -terminated array of PyGetSetDef structures, declaring computed attributes of instances of this type.
For each entry in the array, an entry is added to the type’s dictionary (see tp_dict below) containing a getset descriptor.
This field is not inherited by subtypes (computed attributes are inherited through a different mechanism).
An optional pointer to a base type from which type properties are inherited. At this level, only single inheritance is supported; multiple inheritance require dynamically creating a type object by calling the metatype.
Slot initialization is subject to the rules of initializing globals. C99 requires the initializers to be “address constants”. Function designators like PyType_GenericNew() , with implicit conversion to a pointer, are valid C99 address constants.
PyType_GenericNew()
However, the unary ‘&’ operator applied to a non-static variable like PyBaseObject_Type is not required to produce an address constant. Compilers may support this (gcc does), MSVC does not. Both compilers are strictly standard conforming in this particular behavior.
Consequently, tp_base should be set in the extension module’s init function.
This field is not inherited by subtypes (obviously).
This field defaults to &PyBaseObject_Type (which to Python programmers is known as the type object ).
object
The type’s dictionary is stored here by PyType_Ready() .
This field should normally be initialized to NULL before PyType_Ready is called; it may also be initialized to a dictionary containing initial attributes for the type. Once PyType_Ready() has initialized the type, extra attributes for the type may be added to this dictionary only if they don’t correspond to overloaded operations (like __add__() ). Once initialization for the type has finished, this field should be treated as read-only.
__add__()
Some types may not store their dictionary in this slot. Use PyType_GetDict() to retrieve the dictionary for an arbitrary type.
PyType_GetDict()
Changed in version 3.12: Internals detail: For static builtin types, this is always NULL . Instead, the dict for such types is stored on PyInterpreterState 。使用 PyType_GetDict() to get the dict for an arbitrary type.
PyInterpreterState
This field is not inherited by subtypes (though the attributes defined in here are inherited through a different mechanism).
If this field is NULL , PyType_Ready() will assign a new dictionary to it.
It is not safe to use PyDict_SetItem() on or otherwise modify tp_dict with the dictionary C-API.
PyDict_SetItem()
An optional pointer to a “descriptor get” function.
The function signature is:
PyObject * tp_descr_get(PyObject *self, PyObject *obj, PyObject *type);
An optional pointer to a function for setting and deleting a descriptor’s value.
int tp_descr_set(PyObject *self, PyObject *obj, PyObject *value);
The value argument is set to NULL to delete the value.
While this field is still supported, Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_DICT should be used instead, if at all possible.
Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_DICT
If the instances of this type have a dictionary containing instance variables, this field is non-zero and contains the offset in the instances of the type of the instance variable dictionary; this offset is used by PyObject_GenericGetAttr() .
Do not confuse this field with tp_dict ; that is the dictionary for attributes of the type object itself.
The value specifies the offset of the dictionary from the start of the instance structure.
The tp_dictoffset should be regarded as write-only. To get the pointer to the dictionary call PyObject_GenericGetDict() 。调用 PyObject_GenericGetDict() may need to allocate memory for the dictionary, so it is may be more efficient to call PyObject_GetAttr() when accessing an attribute on the object.
PyObject_GenericGetDict()
It is an error to set both the Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_WEAKREF bit and tp_dictoffset .
This field is inherited by subtypes. A subtype should not override this offset; doing so could be unsafe, if C code tries to access the dictionary at the previous offset. To properly support inheritance, use Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_DICT .
This slot has no default. For static types , if the field is NULL then no __dict__ gets created for instances.
若 Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_DICT bit is set in the tp_dict field, then tp_dictoffset 会被设为 -1 , to indicate that it is unsafe to use this field.
An optional pointer to an instance initialization function.
This function corresponds to the __init__() method of classes. Like __init__() , it is possible to create an instance without calling __init__() , and it is possible to reinitialize an instance by calling its __init__() method again.
__init__()
int tp_init(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds);
The self argument is the instance to be initialized; the args and kwds arguments represent positional and keyword arguments of the call to __init__() .
The tp_init function, if not NULL , is called when an instance is created normally by calling its type, after the type’s tp_new function has returned an instance of the type. If the tp_new function returns an instance of some other type that is not a subtype of the original type, no tp_init function is called; if tp_new returns an instance of a subtype of the original type, the subtype’s tp_init 被调用。
返回 0 当成功时, -1 and sets an exception on error.
0
For static types this field does not have a default.
An optional pointer to an instance allocation function.
PyObject *tp_alloc(PyTypeObject *self, Py_ssize_t nitems);
This field is inherited by static subtypes, but not by dynamic subtypes (subtypes created by a class statement).
For dynamic subtypes, this field is always set to PyType_GenericAlloc() , to force a standard heap allocation strategy.
PyType_GenericAlloc()
For static subtypes, PyBaseObject_Type 使用 PyType_GenericAlloc() . That is the recommended value for all statically defined types.
An optional pointer to an instance creation function.
PyObject *tp_new(PyTypeObject *subtype, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds);
The subtype argument is the type of the object being created; the args and kwds arguments represent positional and keyword arguments of the call to the type. Note that subtype doesn’t have to equal the type whose tp_new function is called; it may be a subtype of that type (but not an unrelated type).
The tp_new function should call subtype->tp_alloc(subtype, nitems) to allocate space for the object, and then do only as much further initialization as is absolutely necessary. Initialization that can safely be ignored or repeated should be placed in the tp_init handler. A good rule of thumb is that for immutable types, all initialization should take place in tp_new , while for mutable types, most initialization should be deferred to tp_init .
subtype->tp_alloc(subtype, nitems)
设置 Py_TPFLAGS_DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION flag to disallow creating instances of the type in Python.
Py_TPFLAGS_DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION
This field is inherited by subtypes, except it is not inherited by static types whose tp_base is NULL or &PyBaseObject_Type .
For static types this field has no default. This means if the slot is defined as NULL , the type cannot be called to create new instances; presumably there is some other way to create instances, like a factory function.
An optional pointer to an instance deallocation function. Its signature is:
void tp_free(void *self);
An initializer that is compatible with this signature is PyObject_Free() .
PyObject_Free()
This field is inherited by static subtypes, but not by dynamic subtypes (subtypes created by a class statement)
In dynamic subtypes, this field is set to a deallocator suitable to match PyType_GenericAlloc() and the value of the Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC flag bit.
For static subtypes, PyBaseObject_Type 使用 PyObject_Del() .
An optional pointer to a function called by the garbage collector.
The garbage collector needs to know whether a particular object is collectible or not. Normally, it is sufficient to look at the object’s type’s tp_flags field, and check the Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC flag bit. But some types have a mixture of statically and dynamically allocated instances, and the statically allocated instances are not collectible. Such types should define this function; it should return 1 for a collectible instance, and 0 for a non-collectible instance. The signature is:
int tp_is_gc(PyObject *self);
(The only example of this are types themselves. The metatype, PyType_Type , defines this function to distinguish between statically and dynamically allocated types )。
This slot has no default. If this field is NULL , Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC is used as the functional equivalent.
Tuple of base types.
This field should be set to NULL and treated as read-only. Python will fill it in when the type is initialized .
initialized
For dynamically created classes, the Py_tp_bases slot can be used instead of the bases 自变量 PyType_FromSpecWithBases() . The argument form is preferred.
Py_tp_bases
slot
PyType_FromSpecWithBases()
Multiple inheritance does not work well for statically defined types. If you set tp_bases to a tuple, Python will not raise an error, but some slots will only be inherited from the first base.
This field is not inherited.
Tuple containing the expanded set of base types, starting with the type itself and ending with object , in Method Resolution Order.
This field is not inherited; it is calculated fresh by PyType_Ready() .
Unused. Internal use only.
A collection of subclasses. Internal use only. May be an invalid pointer.
To get a list of subclasses, call the Python method __subclasses__() .
__subclasses__()
Changed in version 3.12: For some types, this field does not hold a valid PyObject * . The type was changed to void * to indicate this.
Weak reference list head, for weak references to this type object. Not inherited. Internal use only.
Changed in version 3.12: Internals detail: For the static builtin types this is always NULL , even if weakrefs are added. Instead, the weakrefs for each are stored on PyInterpreterState . Use the public C-API or the internal _PyObject_GET_WEAKREFS_LISTPTR() macro to avoid the distinction.
_PyObject_GET_WEAKREFS_LISTPTR()
This field is deprecated. Use tp_finalize 代替。
Used to index into the method cache. Internal use only.
An optional pointer to an instance finalization function. Its signature is:
void tp_finalize(PyObject *self);
若 tp_finalize is set, the interpreter calls it once when finalizing an instance. It is called either from the garbage collector (if the instance is part of an isolated reference cycle) or just before the object is deallocated. Either way, it is guaranteed to be called before attempting to break reference cycles, ensuring that it finds the object in a sane state.
tp_finalize should not mutate the current exception status; therefore, a recommended way to write a non-trivial finalizer is:
static void local_finalize(PyObject *self) { PyObject *error_type, *error_value, *error_traceback; /* Save the current exception, if any. */ PyErr_Fetch(&error_type, &error_value, &error_traceback); /* ... */ /* Restore the saved exception. */ PyErr_Restore(error_type, error_value, error_traceback); }
Also, note that, in a garbage collected Python, tp_dealloc may be called from any Python thread, not just the thread which created the object (if the object becomes part of a refcount cycle, that cycle might be collected by a garbage collection on any thread). This is not a problem for Python API calls, since the thread on which tp_dealloc is called will own the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL). However, if the object being destroyed in turn destroys objects from some other C or C++ library, care should be taken to ensure that destroying those objects on the thread which called tp_dealloc will not violate any assumptions of the library.
3.8 版改变: Before version 3.8 it was necessary to set the Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE flags bit in order for this field to be used. This is no longer required.
Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE
“Safe object finalization” ( PEP 442 )
Vectorcall function to use for calls of this type object. In other words, it is used to implement vectorcall for type.__call__ 。若 tp_vectorcall is NULL , the default call implementation using __new__() and __init__() 被使用。
type.__call__
__new__()
This field is never inherited.
Added in version 3.9: (the field exists since 3.8 but it’s only used since 3.9)
Internal. Do not use.
Traditionally, types defined in C code are static , that is, a static PyTypeObject structure is defined directly in code and initialized using PyType_Ready() .
This results in types that are limited relative to types defined in Python:
Static types are limited to one base, i.e. they cannot use multiple inheritance.
Static type objects (but not necessarily their instances) are immutable. It is not possible to add or modify the type object’s attributes from Python.
Static type objects are shared across 子解释器 , so they should not include any subinterpreter-specific state.
Also, since PyTypeObject is only part of the Limited API as an opaque struct, any extension modules using static types must be compiled for a specific Python minor version.
An alternative to static types is heap-allocated types ,或 heap types for short, which correspond closely to classes created by Python’s class statement. Heap types have the Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE 设置标志。
class
This is done by filling a PyType_Spec structure and calling PyType_FromSpec() , PyType_FromSpecWithBases() , PyType_FromModuleAndSpec() ,或 PyType_FromMetaclass() .
PyType_Spec
PyType_FromModuleAndSpec()
PyType_FromMetaclass()
This structure holds pointers to the functions which an object uses to implement the number protocol. Each function is used by the function of similar name documented in the 数字协议 章节。
Here is the structure definition:
typedef struct { binaryfunc nb_add; binaryfunc nb_subtract; binaryfunc nb_multiply; binaryfunc nb_remainder; binaryfunc nb_divmod; ternaryfunc nb_power; unaryfunc nb_negative; unaryfunc nb_positive; unaryfunc nb_absolute; inquiry nb_bool; unaryfunc nb_invert; binaryfunc nb_lshift; binaryfunc nb_rshift; binaryfunc nb_and; binaryfunc nb_xor; binaryfunc nb_or; unaryfunc nb_int; void *nb_reserved; unaryfunc nb_float; binaryfunc nb_inplace_add; binaryfunc nb_inplace_subtract; binaryfunc nb_inplace_multiply; 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; binaryfunc nb_floor_divide; binaryfunc nb_true_divide; binaryfunc nb_inplace_floor_divide; binaryfunc nb_inplace_true_divide; unaryfunc nb_index; binaryfunc nb_matrix_multiply; binaryfunc nb_inplace_matrix_multiply; } PyNumberMethods;
Binary and ternary functions must check the type of all their operands, and implement the necessary conversions (at least one of the operands is an instance of the defined type). If the operation is not defined for the given operands, binary and ternary functions must return Py_NotImplemented , if another error occurred they must return NULL and set an exception.
The nb_reserved field should always be NULL . It was previously called nb_long , and was renamed in Python 3.0.1.
nb_long
This structure holds pointers to the functions which an object uses to implement the mapping protocol. It has three members:
此函数用于 PyMapping_Size() and PyObject_Size() , and has the same signature. This slot may be set to NULL if the object has no defined length.
PyMapping_Size()
PyObject_Size()
此函数用于 PyObject_GetItem() and PySequence_GetSlice() , and has the same signature as PyObject_GetItem() . This slot must be filled for the PyMapping_Check() function to return 1 , it can be NULL 否则。
PyObject_GetItem()
PySequence_GetSlice()
PyMapping_Check()
此函数用于 PyObject_SetItem() , PyObject_DelItem() , PySequence_SetSlice() and PySequence_DelSlice() . It has the same signature as PyObject_SetItem() ,但 v can also be set to NULL to delete an item. If this slot is NULL , the object does not support item assignment and deletion.
PyObject_SetItem()
PyObject_DelItem()
PySequence_SetSlice()
PySequence_DelSlice()
This structure holds pointers to the functions which an object uses to implement the sequence protocol.
此函数用于 PySequence_Size() and PyObject_Size() , and has the same signature. It is also used for handling negative indices via the sq_item 和 sq_ass_item slots.
PySequence_Size()
此函数用于 PySequence_Concat() and has the same signature. It is also used by the + operator, after trying the numeric addition via the nb_add 槽。
PySequence_Concat()
+
此函数用于 PySequence_Repeat() and has the same signature. It is also used by the * operator, after trying numeric multiplication via the nb_multiply 槽。
PySequence_Repeat()
*
此函数用于 PySequence_GetItem() and has the same signature. It is also used by PyObject_GetItem() , after trying the subscription via the mp_subscript slot. This slot must be filled for the PySequence_Check() function to return 1 , it can be NULL 否则。
PySequence_GetItem()
PySequence_Check()
Negative indexes are handled as follows: if the sq_length slot is filled, it is called and the sequence length is used to compute a positive index which is passed to sq_item 。若 sq_length is NULL , the index is passed as is to the function.
此函数用于 PySequence_SetItem() and has the same signature. It is also used by PyObject_SetItem() and PyObject_DelItem() , after trying the item assignment and deletion via the mp_ass_subscript slot. This slot may be left to NULL if the object does not support item assignment and deletion.
PySequence_SetItem()
This function may be used by PySequence_Contains() and has the same signature. This slot may be left to NULL , in this case PySequence_Contains() simply traverses the sequence until it finds a match.
PySequence_Contains()
此函数用于 PySequence_InPlaceConcat() and has the same signature. It should modify its first operand, and return it. This slot may be left to NULL , in this case PySequence_InPlaceConcat() will fall back to PySequence_Concat() . It is also used by the augmented assignment += , after trying numeric in-place addition via the nb_inplace_add 槽。
PySequence_InPlaceConcat()
+=
此函数用于 PySequence_InPlaceRepeat() and has the same signature. It should modify its first operand, and return it. This slot may be left to NULL , in this case PySequence_InPlaceRepeat() will fall back to PySequence_Repeat() . It is also used by the augmented assignment *= , after trying numeric in-place multiplication via the nb_inplace_multiply 槽。
PySequence_InPlaceRepeat()
*=
This structure holds pointers to the functions required by the Buffer protocol . The protocol defines how an exporter object can expose its internal data to consumer objects.
此函数的签名为:
int (PyObject *exporter, Py_buffer *view, int flags);
Handle a request to exporter to fill in view as specified by flags . Except for point (3), an implementation of this function MUST take these steps:
Check if the request can be met. If not, raise BufferError , set view -> obj to NULL 并返回 -1 .
BufferError
Fill in the requested fields.
Increment an internal counter for the number of exports.
Set view -> obj to exporter and increment view -> obj .
返回 0 .
若 exporter is part of a chain or tree of buffer providers, two main schemes can be used:
Re-export: Each member of the tree acts as the exporting object and sets view -> obj to a new reference to itself.
Redirect: The buffer request is redirected to the root object of the tree. Here, view -> obj will be a new reference to the root object.
The individual fields of view are described in section 缓冲结构 , the rules how an exporter must react to specific requests are in section 缓冲请求类型 .
All memory pointed to in the Py_buffer structure belongs to the exporter and must remain valid until there are no consumers left. format , shape , strides , suboffsets and internal are read-only for the consumer.
format
shape
strides
suboffsets
internal
PyBuffer_FillInfo() provides an easy way of exposing a simple bytes buffer while dealing correctly with all request types.
PyBuffer_FillInfo()
PyObject_GetBuffer() is the interface for the consumer that wraps this function.
PyObject_GetBuffer()
void (PyObject *exporter, Py_buffer *view);
Handle a request to release the resources of the buffer. If no resources need to be released, PyBufferProcs.bf_releasebuffer 可以是 NULL . Otherwise, a standard implementation of this function will take these optional steps:
PyBufferProcs.bf_releasebuffer
Decrement an internal counter for the number of exports.
If the counter is 0 , free all memory associated with view .
The exporter MUST use the internal field to keep track of buffer-specific resources. This field is guaranteed to remain constant, while a consumer MAY pass a copy of the original buffer as the view 自变量。
This function MUST NOT decrement view -> obj , since that is done automatically in PyBuffer_Release() (this scheme is useful for breaking reference cycles).
PyBuffer_Release()
PyBuffer_Release() is the interface for the consumer that wraps this function.
Added in version 3.5.
This structure holds pointers to the functions required to implement awaitable and 异步迭代器 对象。
typedef struct { unaryfunc am_await; unaryfunc am_aiter; unaryfunc am_anext; sendfunc am_send; } PyAsyncMethods;
PyObject *am_await(PyObject *self);
The returned object must be an iterator , i.e. PyIter_Check() must return 1 for it.
PyIter_Check()
This slot may be set to NULL if an object is not an awaitable .
PyObject *am_aiter(PyObject *self);
必须返回 异步迭代器 对象。见 __anext__() 了解细节。
__anext__()
This slot may be set to NULL if an object does not implement asynchronous iteration protocol.
PyObject *am_anext(PyObject *self);
必须返回 awaitable 对象。见 __anext__() for details. This slot may be set to NULL .
PySendResult am_send(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg, PyObject **result);
见 PyIter_Send() for details. This slot may be set to NULL .
PyIter_Send()
The purpose of this function is to separate memory allocation from memory initialization. It should return a pointer to a block of memory of adequate length for the instance, suitably aligned, and initialized to zeros, but with ob_refcnt 设为 1 and ob_type set to the type argument. If the type’s tp_itemsize is non-zero, the object’s ob_size field should be initialized to nitems and the length of the allocated memory block should be tp_basicsize + nitems*tp_itemsize , rounded up to a multiple of sizeof(void*) ;否则, nitems is not used and the length of the block should be tp_basicsize .
ob_refcnt
tp_basicsize + nitems*tp_itemsize
sizeof(void*)
This function should not do any other instance initialization, not even to allocate additional memory; that should be done by tp_new .
见 tp_free .
见 tp_new .
见 tp_init .
见 tp_repr .
Return the value of the named attribute for the object.
Set the value of the named attribute for the object. The value argument is set to NULL to delete the attribute.
见 tp_getattro .
见 tp_setattro .
见 tp_descr_get .
见 tp_descr_set .
见 tp_hash .
见 tp_richcompare .
见 tp_iter .
见 tp_iternext .
见 am_send .
The following are simple examples of Python type definitions. They include common usage you may encounter. Some demonstrate tricky corner cases. For more examples, practical info, and a tutorial, see 定义扩展类型:教程 and 定义扩展类型:分类话题 .
A basic static type :
typedef struct { PyObject_HEAD const char *data; } MyObject; static PyTypeObject MyObject_Type = { PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0) .tp_name = "mymod.MyObject", .tp_basicsize = sizeof(MyObject), .tp_doc = PyDoc_STR("My objects"), .tp_new = myobj_new, .tp_dealloc = (destructor)myobj_dealloc, .tp_repr = (reprfunc)myobj_repr, };
You may also find older code (especially in the CPython code base) with a more verbose initializer:
static PyTypeObject MyObject_Type = { PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0) "mymod.MyObject", /* tp_name */ sizeof(MyObject), /* tp_basicsize */ 0, /* tp_itemsize */ (destructor)myobj_dealloc, /* tp_dealloc */ 0, /* tp_vectorcall_offset */ 0, /* tp_getattr */ 0, /* tp_setattr */ 0, /* tp_as_async */ (reprfunc)myobj_repr, /* tp_repr */ 0, /* tp_as_number */ 0, /* tp_as_sequence */ 0, /* tp_as_mapping */ 0, /* tp_hash */ 0, /* tp_call */ 0, /* tp_str */ 0, /* tp_getattro */ 0, /* tp_setattro */ 0, /* tp_as_buffer */ 0, /* tp_flags */ PyDoc_STR("My objects"), /* tp_doc */ 0, /* tp_traverse */ 0, /* tp_clear */ 0, /* tp_richcompare */ 0, /* tp_weaklistoffset */ 0, /* tp_iter */ 0, /* tp_iternext */ 0, /* tp_methods */ 0, /* tp_members */ 0, /* tp_getset */ 0, /* tp_base */ 0, /* tp_dict */ 0, /* tp_descr_get */ 0, /* tp_descr_set */ 0, /* tp_dictoffset */ 0, /* tp_init */ 0, /* tp_alloc */ myobj_new, /* tp_new */ };
A type that supports weakrefs, instance dicts, and hashing:
typedef struct { PyObject_HEAD const char *data; } MyObject; static PyTypeObject MyObject_Type = { PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0) .tp_name = "mymod.MyObject", .tp_basicsize = sizeof(MyObject), .tp_doc = PyDoc_STR("My objects"), .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC | Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_DICT | Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_WEAKREF, .tp_new = myobj_new, .tp_traverse = (traverseproc)myobj_traverse, .tp_clear = (inquiry)myobj_clear, .tp_alloc = PyType_GenericNew, .tp_dealloc = (destructor)myobj_dealloc, .tp_repr = (reprfunc)myobj_repr, .tp_hash = (hashfunc)myobj_hash, .tp_richcompare = PyBaseObject_Type.tp_richcompare, };
A str subclass that cannot be subclassed and cannot be called to create instances (e.g. uses a separate factory func) using Py_TPFLAGS_DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION flag:
typedef struct { PyUnicodeObject raw; char *extra; } MyStr; static PyTypeObject MyStr_Type = { PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0) .tp_name = "mymod.MyStr", .tp_basicsize = sizeof(MyStr), .tp_base = NULL, // set to &PyUnicode_Type in module init .tp_doc = PyDoc_STR("my custom str"), .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION, .tp_repr = (reprfunc)myobj_repr, };
The simplest static type with fixed-length instances:
typedef struct { PyObject_HEAD } MyObject; static PyTypeObject MyObject_Type = { PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0) .tp_name = "mymod.MyObject", };
The simplest static type with variable-length instances:
typedef struct { PyObject_VAR_HEAD const char *data[1]; } MyObject; static PyTypeObject MyObject_Type = { PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0) .tp_name = "mymod.MyObject", .tp_basicsize = sizeof(MyObject) - sizeof(char *), .tp_itemsize = sizeof(char *), };
通用对象结构
支持循环垃圾收集
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