Python/C API Reference Manual

7. Concrete Objects Layer

The functions in this chapter are specific to certain Python object types. Passing them an object of the wrong type is not a good idea; if you receive an object from a Python program and you are not sure that it has the right type, you must perform a type check first; for example, to check that an object is a dictionary, use PyDict_Check(). The chapter is structured like the ``family tree'' of Python object types.

Warning: While the functions described in this chapter carefully check the type of the objects which are passed in, many of them do not check for NULL being passed instead of a valid object. Allowing NULL to be passed in can cause memory access violations and immediate termination of the interpreter.

• 7.1 Fundamental Objects
  • 7.1.1 Type Objects
  • 7.1.2 The None Object
• 7.2 Numeric Objects
  • 7.2.1 Plain Integer Objects
  • 7.2.2 Boolean Objects
  • 7.2.3 Long Integer Objects
  • 7.2.4 Floating Point Objects
  • 7.2.5 Complex Number Objects
    • 7.2.5.1 Complex Numbers as C Structures
    • 7.2.5.2 Complex Numbers as Python Objects
• 7.3 Sequence Objects
  • 7.3.1 String Objects
  • 7.3.2 Unicode Objects
    • 7.3.2.1 Built-in Codecs
    • 7.3.2.2 Methods and Slot Functions
  • 7.3.3 Buffer Objects
  • 7.3.4 Tuple Objects
  • 7.3.5 List Objects
• 7.4 Mapping Objects
  • 7.4.1 Dictionary Objects
• 7.5 Other Objects
  • 7.5.1 File Objects
  • 7.5.2 Instance Objects
  • 7.5.3 Method Objects
  • 7.5.4 Module Objects
  • 7.5.5 Iterator Objects
  • 7.5.6 Descriptor Objects
  • 7.5.7 Slice Objects
  • 7.5.8 Weak Reference Objects
  • 7.5.9 CObjects
  • 7.5.10 Cell Objects
  • 7.5.11 Generator Objects
  • 7.5.12 DateTime Objects

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Release 2.4c1, documentation updated on 18 November 2004.