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1.. highlightlang:: c
2
3.. _intobjects:
4
5Plain Integer Objects
6---------------------
7
8.. index:: object: integer
9
10
11.. c:type:: PyIntObject
12
13   This subtype of :c:type:`PyObject` represents a Python integer object.
14
15
16.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyInt_Type
17
18   .. index:: single: IntType (in modules types)
19
20   This instance of :c:type:`PyTypeObject` represents the Python plain integer type.
21   This is the same object as ``int`` and ``types.IntType``.
22
23
24.. c:function:: int PyInt_Check(PyObject *o)
25
26   Return true if *o* is of type :c:data:`PyInt_Type` or a subtype of
27   :c:data:`PyInt_Type`.
28
29   .. versionchanged:: 2.2
30      Allowed subtypes to be accepted.
31
32
33.. c:function:: int PyInt_CheckExact(PyObject *o)
34
35   Return true if *o* is of type :c:data:`PyInt_Type`, but not a subtype of
36   :c:data:`PyInt_Type`.
37
38   .. versionadded:: 2.2
39
40
41.. c:function:: PyObject* PyInt_FromString(char *str, char **pend, int base)
42
43   Return a new :c:type:`PyIntObject` or :c:type:`PyLongObject` based on the string
44   value in *str*, which is interpreted according to the radix in *base*.  If
45   *pend* is non-*NULL*, ``*pend`` will point to the first character in *str* which
46   follows the representation of the number.  If *base* is ``0``, the radix will be
47   determined based on the leading characters of *str*: if *str* starts with
48   ``'0x'`` or ``'0X'``, radix 16 will be used; if *str* starts with ``'0'``, radix
49   8 will be used; otherwise radix 10 will be used.  If *base* is not ``0``, it
50   must be between ``2`` and ``36``, inclusive.  Leading spaces are ignored.  If
51   there are no digits, :exc:`ValueError` will be raised.  If the string represents
52   a number too large to be contained within the machine's :c:type:`long int` type
53   and overflow warnings are being suppressed, a :c:type:`PyLongObject` will be
54   returned.  If overflow warnings are not being suppressed, *NULL* will be
55   returned in this case.
56
57
58.. c:function:: PyObject* PyInt_FromLong(long ival)
59
60   Create a new integer object with a value of *ival*.
61
62   The current implementation keeps an array of integer objects for all integers
63   between ``-5`` and ``256``, when you create an int in that range you actually
64   just get back a reference to the existing object. So it should be possible to
65   change the value of ``1``.  I suspect the behaviour of Python in this case is
66   undefined. :-)
67
68
69.. c:function:: PyObject* PyInt_FromSsize_t(Py_ssize_t ival)
70
71   Create a new integer object with a value of *ival*. If the value is larger
72   than ``LONG_MAX`` or smaller than ``LONG_MIN``, a long integer object is
73   returned.
74
75   .. versionadded:: 2.5
76
77
78.. c:function:: PyObject* PyInt_FromSize_t(size_t ival)
79
80   Create a new integer object with a value of *ival*. If the value exceeds
81   ``LONG_MAX``, a long integer object is returned.
82
83   .. versionadded:: 2.5
84
85
86.. c:function:: long PyInt_AsLong(PyObject *io)
87
88   Will first attempt to cast the object to a :c:type:`PyIntObject`, if it is not
89   already one, and then return its value. If there is an error, ``-1`` is
90   returned, and the caller should check ``PyErr_Occurred()`` to find out whether
91   there was an error, or whether the value just happened to be ``-1``.
92
93
94.. c:function:: long PyInt_AS_LONG(PyObject *io)
95
96   Return the value of the object *io*.  No error checking is performed.
97
98
99.. c:function:: unsigned long PyInt_AsUnsignedLongMask(PyObject *io)
100
101   Will first attempt to cast the object to a :c:type:`PyIntObject` or
102   :c:type:`PyLongObject`, if it is not already one, and then return its value as
103   unsigned long.  This function does not check for overflow.
104
105   .. versionadded:: 2.3
106
107
108.. c:function:: unsigned PY_LONG_LONG PyInt_AsUnsignedLongLongMask(PyObject *io)
109
110   Will first attempt to cast the object to a :c:type:`PyIntObject` or
111   :c:type:`PyLongObject`, if it is not already one, and then return its value as
112   unsigned long long, without checking for overflow.
113
114   .. versionadded:: 2.3
115
116
117.. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyInt_AsSsize_t(PyObject *io)
118
119   Will first attempt to cast the object to a :c:type:`PyIntObject` or
120   :c:type:`PyLongObject`, if it is not already one, and then return its value as
121   :c:type:`Py_ssize_t`.
122
123   .. versionadded:: 2.5
124
125
126.. c:function:: long PyInt_GetMax()
127
128   .. index:: single: LONG_MAX
129
130   Return the system's idea of the largest integer it can handle
131   (:const:`LONG_MAX`, as defined in the system header files).
132
133
134.. c:function:: int PyInt_ClearFreeList()
135
136   Clear the integer free list. Return the number of items that could not
137   be freed.
138
139   .. versionadded:: 2.6
140