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1 /* The PyObject_ memory family:  high-level object memory interfaces.
2    See pymem.h for the low-level PyMem_ family.
3 */
4 
5 #ifndef Py_OBJIMPL_H
6 #define Py_OBJIMPL_H
7 
8 #include "pymem.h"
9 
10 #ifdef __cplusplus
11 extern "C" {
12 #endif
13 
14 /* BEWARE:
15 
16    Each interface exports both functions and macros.  Extension modules should
17    use the functions, to ensure binary compatibility across Python versions.
18    Because the Python implementation is free to change internal details, and
19    the macros may (or may not) expose details for speed, if you do use the
20    macros you must recompile your extensions with each Python release.
21 
22    Never mix calls to PyObject_ memory functions with calls to the platform
23    malloc/realloc/ calloc/free, or with calls to PyMem_.
24 */
25 
26 /*
27 Functions and macros for modules that implement new object types.
28 
29  - PyObject_New(type, typeobj) allocates memory for a new object of the given
30    type, and initializes part of it.  'type' must be the C structure type used
31    to represent the object, and 'typeobj' the address of the corresponding
32    type object.  Reference count and type pointer are filled in; the rest of
33    the bytes of the object are *undefined*!  The resulting expression type is
34    'type *'.  The size of the object is determined by the tp_basicsize field
35    of the type object.
36 
37  - PyObject_NewVar(type, typeobj, n) is similar but allocates a variable-size
38    object with room for n items.  In addition to the refcount and type pointer
39    fields, this also fills in the ob_size field.
40 
41  - PyObject_Free(op) releases the memory allocated for an object.  It does not
42    run a destructor -- it only frees the memory.  PyObject_Free is identical.
43 
44  - PyObject_Init(op, typeobj) and PyObject_InitVar(op, typeobj, n) don't
45    allocate memory.  Instead of a 'type' parameter, they take a pointer to a
46    new object (allocated by an arbitrary allocator), and initialize its object
47    header fields.
48 
49 Note that objects created with PyObject_{New, NewVar} are allocated using the
50 specialized Python allocator (implemented in obmalloc.c), if WITH_PYMALLOC is
51 enabled.  In addition, a special debugging allocator is used if Py_DEBUG
52 macro is also defined.
53 
54 In case a specific form of memory management is needed (for example, if you
55 must use the platform malloc heap(s), or shared memory, or C++ local storage or
56 operator new), you must first allocate the object with your custom allocator,
57 then pass its pointer to PyObject_{Init, InitVar} for filling in its Python-
58 specific fields:  reference count, type pointer, possibly others.  You should
59 be aware that Python has no control over these objects because they don't
60 cooperate with the Python memory manager.  Such objects may not be eligible
61 for automatic garbage collection and you have to make sure that they are
62 released accordingly whenever their destructor gets called (cf. the specific
63 form of memory management you're using).
64 
65 Unless you have specific memory management requirements, use
66 PyObject_{New, NewVar, Del}.
67 */
68 
69 /*
70  * Raw object memory interface
71  * ===========================
72  */
73 
74 /* Functions to call the same malloc/realloc/free as used by Python's
75    object allocator.  If WITH_PYMALLOC is enabled, these may differ from
76    the platform malloc/realloc/free.  The Python object allocator is
77    designed for fast, cache-conscious allocation of many "small" objects,
78    and with low hidden memory overhead.
79 
80    PyObject_Malloc(0) returns a unique non-NULL pointer if possible.
81 
82    PyObject_Realloc(NULL, n) acts like PyObject_Malloc(n).
83    PyObject_Realloc(p != NULL, 0) does not return  NULL, or free the memory
84    at p.
85 
86    Returned pointers must be checked for NULL explicitly; no action is
87    performed on failure other than to return NULL (no warning it printed, no
88    exception is set, etc).
89 
90    For allocating objects, use PyObject_{New, NewVar} instead whenever
91    possible.  The PyObject_{Malloc, Realloc, Free} family is exposed
92    so that you can exploit Python's small-block allocator for non-object
93    uses.  If you must use these routines to allocate object memory, make sure
94    the object gets initialized via PyObject_{Init, InitVar} after obtaining
95    the raw memory.
96 */
97 PyAPI_FUNC(void *) PyObject_Malloc(size_t size);
98 #if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x03050000
99 PyAPI_FUNC(void *) PyObject_Calloc(size_t nelem, size_t elsize);
100 #endif
101 PyAPI_FUNC(void *) PyObject_Realloc(void *ptr, size_t new_size);
102 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyObject_Free(void *ptr);
103 
104 
105 // Deprecated aliases only kept for backward compatibility.
106 // PyObject_Del and PyObject_DEL are defined with no parameter to be able to
107 // use them as function pointers (ex: tp_free = PyObject_Del).
108 #define PyObject_MALLOC         PyObject_Malloc
109 #define PyObject_REALLOC        PyObject_Realloc
110 #define PyObject_FREE           PyObject_Free
111 #define PyObject_Del            PyObject_Free
112 #define PyObject_DEL            PyObject_Free
113 
114 
115 /*
116  * Generic object allocator interface
117  * ==================================
118  */
119 
120 /* Functions */
121 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Init(PyObject *, PyTypeObject *);
122 PyAPI_FUNC(PyVarObject *) PyObject_InitVar(PyVarObject *,
123                                            PyTypeObject *, Py_ssize_t);
124 
125 #define PyObject_INIT(op, typeobj) \
126     PyObject_Init(_PyObject_CAST(op), (typeobj))
127 #define PyObject_INIT_VAR(op, typeobj, size) \
128     PyObject_InitVar(_PyVarObject_CAST(op), (typeobj), (size))
129 
130 
131 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_New(PyTypeObject *);
132 PyAPI_FUNC(PyVarObject *) _PyObject_NewVar(PyTypeObject *, Py_ssize_t);
133 
134 #define PyObject_New(type, typeobj) ((type *)_PyObject_New(typeobj))
135 
136 // Alias to PyObject_New(). In Python 3.8, PyObject_NEW() called directly
137 // PyObject_MALLOC() with _PyObject_SIZE().
138 #define PyObject_NEW(type, typeobj) PyObject_New(type, typeobj)
139 
140 #define PyObject_NewVar(type, typeobj, n) \
141                 ( (type *) _PyObject_NewVar((typeobj), (n)) )
142 
143 // Alias to PyObject_NewVar(). In Python 3.8, PyObject_NEW_VAR() called
144 // directly PyObject_MALLOC() with _PyObject_VAR_SIZE().
145 #define PyObject_NEW_VAR(type, typeobj, n) PyObject_NewVar(type, typeobj, n)
146 
147 
148 /*
149  * Garbage Collection Support
150  * ==========================
151  */
152 
153 /* C equivalent of gc.collect(). */
154 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_ssize_t) PyGC_Collect(void);
155 /* C API for controlling the state of the garbage collector */
156 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyGC_Enable(void);
157 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyGC_Disable(void);
158 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyGC_IsEnabled(void);
159 
160 /* Test if a type has a GC head */
161 #define PyType_IS_GC(t) PyType_HasFeature((t), Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC)
162 
163 PyAPI_FUNC(PyVarObject *) _PyObject_GC_Resize(PyVarObject *, Py_ssize_t);
164 #define PyObject_GC_Resize(type, op, n) \
165                 ( (type *) _PyObject_GC_Resize(_PyVarObject_CAST(op), (n)) )
166 
167 
168 
169 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_GC_New(PyTypeObject *);
170 PyAPI_FUNC(PyVarObject *) _PyObject_GC_NewVar(PyTypeObject *, Py_ssize_t);
171 
172 /* Tell the GC to track this object.
173  *
174  * See also private _PyObject_GC_TRACK() macro. */
175 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyObject_GC_Track(void *);
176 
177 /* Tell the GC to stop tracking this object.
178  *
179  * See also private _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK() macro. */
180 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyObject_GC_UnTrack(void *);
181 
182 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyObject_GC_Del(void *);
183 
184 #define PyObject_GC_New(type, typeobj) \
185                 ( (type *) _PyObject_GC_New(typeobj) )
186 #define PyObject_GC_NewVar(type, typeobj, n) \
187                 ( (type *) _PyObject_GC_NewVar((typeobj), (n)) )
188 
189 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_GC_IsTracked(PyObject *);
190 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_GC_IsFinalized(PyObject *);
191 
192 /* Utility macro to help write tp_traverse functions.
193  * To use this macro, the tp_traverse function must name its arguments
194  * "visit" and "arg".  This is intended to keep tp_traverse functions
195  * looking as much alike as possible.
196  */
197 #define Py_VISIT(op)                                                    \
198     do {                                                                \
199         if (op) {                                                       \
200             int vret = visit(_PyObject_CAST(op), arg);                  \
201             if (vret)                                                   \
202                 return vret;                                            \
203         }                                                               \
204     } while (0)
205 
206 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
207 #  define Py_CPYTHON_OBJIMPL_H
208 #  include  "cpython/objimpl.h"
209 #  undef Py_CPYTHON_OBJIMPL_H
210 #endif
211 
212 #ifdef __cplusplus
213 }
214 #endif
215 #endif /* !Py_OBJIMPL_H */
216