7.5.2 Module Objects

There are only a few functions special to module objects.

PyTypeObject PyModule_Type
This instance of PyTypeObject represents the Python module type. This is exposed to Python programs as types.ModuleType.

int PyModule_Check (PyObject *p)
Returns true if its argument is a module object.

PyObject* PyModule_New (char *name)
Return value: New reference.
Return a new module object with the __name__ attribute set to name. Only the module's __doc__ and __name__ attributes are filled in; the caller is responsible for providing a __file__ attribute.

PyObject* PyModule_GetDict (PyObject *module)
Return value: Borrowed reference.
Return the dictionary object that implements module's namespace; this object is the same as the __dict__ attribute of the module object. This function never fails.

char* PyModule_GetName (PyObject *module)
Return module's __name__ value. If the module does not provide one, or if it is not a string, SystemError is raised and NULL is returned.

char* PyModule_GetFilename (PyObject *module)
Return the name of the file from which module was loaded using module's __file__ attribute. If this is not defined, or if it is not a string, raise SystemError and return NULL.


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