7.5.2 Instance Objects

7.5.2 Instance Objects

There are very few functions specific to instance objects.

PyTypeObject PyInstance_Type: Type object for class instances.

int PyInstance_Check( PyObject *obj): Returns true if obj is an instance.

PyObject* PyInstance_New( PyObject *class, PyObject *arg, PyObject *kw): Return value: New reference.
Create a new instance of a specific class. The parameters arg and kw are used as the positional and keyword parameters to the object's constructor.

PyObject* PyInstance_NewRaw( PyObject *class, PyObject *dict): Return value: New reference.
Create a new instance of a specific class without calling its constructor. class is the class of new object. The dict parameter will be used as the object's __dict__; if NULL, a new dictionary will be created for the instance.

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