1.. highlightlang:: c 2 3.. _typeobjects: 4 5Type Objects 6------------ 7 8.. index:: object: type 9 10 11.. c:type:: PyTypeObject 12 13 The C structure of the objects used to describe built-in types. 14 15 16.. c:var:: PyObject* PyType_Type 17 18 .. index:: single: TypeType (in module types) 19 20 This is the type object for type objects; it is the same object as ``type`` and 21 ``types.TypeType`` in the Python layer. 22 23 24.. c:function:: int PyType_Check(PyObject *o) 25 26 Return true if the object *o* is a type object, including instances of types 27 derived from the standard type object. Return false in all other cases. 28 29 30.. c:function:: int PyType_CheckExact(PyObject *o) 31 32 Return true if the object *o* is a type object, but not a subtype of the 33 standard type object. Return false in all other cases. 34 35 .. versionadded:: 2.2 36 37 38.. c:function:: unsigned int PyType_ClearCache() 39 40 Clear the internal lookup cache. Return the current version tag. 41 42 .. versionadded:: 2.6 43 44 45.. c:function:: void PyType_Modified(PyTypeObject *type) 46 47 Invalidate the internal lookup cache for the type and all of its 48 subtypes. This function must be called after any manual 49 modification of the attributes or base classes of the type. 50 51 .. versionadded:: 2.6 52 53 54.. c:function:: int PyType_HasFeature(PyObject *o, int feature) 55 56 Return true if the type object *o* sets the feature *feature*. Type features 57 are denoted by single bit flags. 58 59 60.. c:function:: int PyType_IS_GC(PyObject *o) 61 62 Return true if the type object includes support for the cycle detector; this 63 tests the type flag :const:`Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC`. 64 65 .. versionadded:: 2.0 66 67 68.. c:function:: int PyType_IsSubtype(PyTypeObject *a, PyTypeObject *b) 69 70 Return true if *a* is a subtype of *b*. 71 72 .. versionadded:: 2.2 73 74 This function only checks for actual subtypes, which means that 75 :meth:`~class.__subclasscheck__` is not called on *b*. Call 76 :c:func:`PyObject_IsSubclass` to do the same check that :func:`issubclass` 77 would do. 78 79 80.. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GenericAlloc(PyTypeObject *type, Py_ssize_t nitems) 81 82 .. versionadded:: 2.2 83 84 .. versionchanged:: 2.5 85 This function used an :c:type:`int` type for *nitems*. This might require 86 changes in your code for properly supporting 64-bit systems. 87 88 89.. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GenericNew(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds) 90 91 .. versionadded:: 2.2 92 93 94.. c:function:: int PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *type) 95 96 Finalize a type object. This should be called on all type objects to finish 97 their initialization. This function is responsible for adding inherited slots 98 from a type's base class. Return ``0`` on success, or return ``-1`` and sets an 99 exception on error. 100 101 .. versionadded:: 2.2 102