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# Object Protocol

int `PyObject_Print`(PyObject *o, FILE *fp, int flags)
  Print an object o, on file fp. Returns `-1` on error. The flags argument is used to enable certain printing options. The only option currently supported is `Py_PRINT_RAW`; if given, the `str()` of the object is written instead of the `repr()`.

int `PyObject_HasAttr`(PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name)
  Returns `1` if o has the attribute attr_name, and `0` otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression `hasattr(o, attr_name)`. This function always succeeds.

int `PyObject_HasAttrString`(PyObject *o, const char *attr_name)
  Returns `1` if o has the attribute attr_name, and `0` otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression `hasattr(o, attr_name)`. This function always succeeds.

PyObject* `PyObject_GetAttr`(PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name)
  Return value: New reference.

  Retrieve an attribute named attr_name from object o. Returns the attribute value on success, or NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression `o.attr_name`.

PyObject* `PyObject_GetAttrString`(PyObject *o, const char *attr_name)
  Return value: New reference.

  Retrieve an attribute named attr_name from object o. Returns the attribute value on success, or NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression `o.attr_name`.

int `PyObject_SetAttr`(PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name, PyObject *v)
  Set the value of the attribute named attr_name, for object o, to the value v. Returns `-1` on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement `o.attr_name = v`.

int `PyObject_SetAttrString`(PyObject *o, const char *attr_name, PyObject *v)
  Set the value of the attribute named attr_name, for object o, to the value v. Returns `-1` on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement `o.attr_name = v`.

int `PyObject_DelAttr`(PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name)
  Delete attribute named attr_name, for object o. Returns `-1` on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement `del o.attr_name`.

int `PyObject_DelAttrString`(PyObject *o, const char *attr_name)
  Delete attribute named attr_name, for object o. Returns `-1` on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement `del o.attr_name`.

PyObject* `PyObject_RichCompare`(PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, int opid)
  Return value: New reference.

  Compare the values of o1 and o2 using the operation specified by opid, which must be one of `Py_LT`, `Py_LE`, `Py_EQ`, `Py_NE`, `Py_GT`, or `Py_GE`, corresponding to `<`, `<=`, `==`, `!=`, `>`, or `>=` respectively. This is the equivalent of the Python expression `o1 op o2`, where `op` is the operator corresponding to opid. Returns the value of the comparison on success, or NULL on failure.

int `PyObject_RichCompareBool`(PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, int opid)
  Compare the values of o1 and o2 using the operation specified by opid, which must be one of `Py_LT`, `Py_LE`, `Py_EQ`, `Py_NE`, `Py_GT`, or `Py_GE`, corresponding to `<`, `<=`, `==`, `!=`, `>`, or `>=` respectively. Returns `-1` on error, `0` if the result is false, `1` otherwise. This is the equivalent of the Python expression `o1 op o2`, where `op` is the operator corresponding to opid.

int `PyObject_Cmp`(PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2, int *result)

  Compare the values of o1 and o2 using a routine provided by o1, if one exists, otherwise with a routine provided by o2. The result of the comparison is returned in result. Returns `-1` on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement `result = cmp(o1, o2)`.

int `PyObject_Compare`(PyObject *o1, PyObject *o2)

  Compare the values of o1 and o2 using a routine provided by o1, if one exists, otherwise with a routine provided by o2. Returns the result of the comparison on success. On error, the value returned is undefined; use `PyErr_Occurred` to detect an error. This is equivalent to the Python expression `cmp(o1, o2)`.

PyObject* `PyObject_Repr`(PyObject *o)
  Return value: New reference.

  Compute a string representation of object o. Returns the string representation on success, NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression `repr(o)`. Called by the `repr()` built-in function.

PyObject* `PyObject_ASCII`(PyObject *o)

  As `PyObject_Repr`, compute a string representation of object o, but escape the non-ASCII characters in the string returned by `PyObject_Repr` with `\x`, `\u` or `\U` escapes. This generates a string similar to that returned by `PyObject_Repr` in Python 2. Called by the `ascii()` built-in function.

PyObject* `PyObject_Str`(PyObject *o)
  Return value: New reference.

  Compute a string representation of object o. Returns the string representation on success, NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression `str(o)`. Called by the `str()` built-in function and, therefore, by the `print()` function.

PyObject* `PyObject_Bytes`(PyObject *o)

  Compute a bytes representation of object o. NULL is returned on failure and a bytes object on success. This is equivalent to the Python expression `bytes(o)`.

int `PyObject_IsInstance`(PyObject *inst, PyObject *cls)
  Returns `1` if inst is an instance of the class cls or a subclass of cls, or `0` if not. On error, returns `-1` and sets an exception. If cls is a type object rather than a class object, `PyObject_IsInstance` returns `1` if inst is of type cls. If cls is a tuple, the check will be done against every entry in cls. The result will be `1` when at least one of the checks returns `1`, otherwise it will be `0`. If inst is not a class instance and cls is neither a type object, nor a class object, nor a tuple, inst must have a `__class__` attribute — the class relationship of the value of that attribute with cls will be used to determine the result of this function.

Subclass determination is done in a fairly straightforward way, but includes a wrinkle that implementors of extensions to the class system may want to be aware of. If `A` and `B` are class objects, `B` is a subclass of `A` if it inherits from `A` either directly or indirectly. If either is not a class object, a more general mechanism is used to determine the class relationship of the two objects. When testing if B is a subclass of A, if A is B, `PyObject_IsSubclass` returns true. If A and B are different objects, B‘s `__bases__` attribute is searched in a depth-first fashion for A — the presence of the `__bases__` attribute is considered sufficient for this determination.

int `PyObject_IsSubclass`(PyObject *derived, PyObject *cls)
  Returns `1` if the class derived is identical to or derived from the class cls, otherwise returns `0`. In case of an error, returns `-1`. If cls is a tuple, the check will be done against every entry in cls. The result will be `1` when at least one of the checks returns `1`, otherwise it will be `0`. If either derived or cls is not an actual class object (or tuple), this function uses the generic algorithm described above.

int `PyCallable_Check`(PyObject *o)
  Determine if the object o is callable. Return `1` if the object is callable and `0` otherwise. This function always succeeds.

PyObject* `PyObject_Call`(PyObject *callable_object, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
  Return value: New reference.

  Call a callable Python object callable_object, with arguments given by the tuple args, and named arguments given by the dictionary kw. If no named arguments are needed, kw may be NULL. args must not be NULL, use an empty tuple if no arguments are needed. Returns the result of the call on success, or NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression `callable_object(*args, **kw)`.

PyObject* `PyObject_CallObject`(PyObject *callable_object, PyObject *args)
  Return value: New reference.

  Call a callable Python object callable_object, with arguments given by the tuple args. If no arguments are needed, then args may be NULL. Returns the result of the call on success, or NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression `callable_object(*args)`.

PyObject* `PyObject_CallFunction`(PyObject *callable, char *format, ...)
  Return value: New reference.

  Call a callable Python object callable, with a variable number of C arguments. The C arguments are described using a `Py_BuildValue` style format string. The format may be NULL, indicating that no arguments are provided. Returns the result of the call on success, or NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression `callable(*args)`. Note that if you only pass `PyObject *` args, `PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs` is a faster alternative.

PyObject* `PyObject_CallMethod`(PyObject *o, char *method, char *format, ...)
  Return value: New reference.

  Call the method named method of object o with a variable number of C arguments. The C arguments are described by a `Py_BuildValue` format string that should produce a tuple. The format may be NULL, indicating that no arguments are provided. Returns the result of the call on success, or NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression `o.method(args)`. Note that if you only pass `PyObject *` args, `PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs` is a faster alternative.

PyObject* `PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs`(PyObject *callable, ..., NULL)
  Return value: New reference.

  Call a callable Python object callable, with a variable number of `PyObject*` arguments. The arguments are provided as a variable number of parameters followed by NULL. Returns the result of the call on success, or NULL on failure.

PyObject* `PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs`(PyObject *o, PyObject *name, ..., NULL)
  Return value: New reference.

  Calls a method of the object o, where the name of the method is given as a Python string object in name. It is called with a variable number of `PyObject*` arguments. The arguments are provided as a variable number of parameters followed by NULL. Returns the result of the call on success, or NULL on failure.

long `PyObject_Hash`(PyObject *o)

  Compute and return the hash value of an object o. On failure, return `-1`. This is the equivalent of the Python expression `hash(o)`.

long `PyObject_HashNotImplemented`(PyObject *o)

  Set a `TypeError` indicating that `type(o)` is not hashable and return `-1`. This function receives special treatment when stored in a `tp_hash` slot, allowing a type to explicitly indicate to the interpreter that it is not hashable.

  New in version 2.6.

int `PyObject_IsTrue`(PyObject *o)
  Returns `1` if the object o is considered to be true, and `0` otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression `not not o`. On failure, return `-1`.

int `PyObject_Not`(PyObject *o)
  Returns `0` if the object o is considered to be true, and `1` otherwise. This is equivalent to the Python expression `not o`. On failure, return `-1`.

PyObject* `PyObject_Type`(PyObject *o)
  Return value: New reference.

  When o is non-NULL, returns a type object corresponding to the object type of object o. On failure, raises `SystemError` and returns NULL. This is equivalent to the Python expression `type(o)`. This function increments the reference count of the return value. There’s really no reason to use this function instead of the common expression `o->ob_type`, which returns a pointer of type `PyTypeObject*`, except when the incremented reference count is needed.

int `PyObject_TypeCheck`(PyObject *o, PyTypeObject *type)
  Return true if the object o is of type type or a subtype of type. Both parameters must be non-NULL.

Py_ssize_t `PyObject_Length`(PyObject *o)
Py_ssize_t `PyObject_Size`(PyObject *o)

  Return the length of object o. If the object o provides either the sequence and mapping protocols, the sequence length is returned. On error, `-1` is returned. This is the equivalent to the Python expression `len(o)`.

PyObject* `PyObject_GetItem`(PyObject *o, PyObject *key)
  Return value: New reference.

  Return element of o corresponding to the object key or NULL on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python expression `o[key]`.

int `PyObject_SetItem`(PyObject *o, PyObject *key, PyObject *v)
  Map the object key to the value v. Returns `-1` on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement `o[key] = v`.

int `PyObject_DelItem`(PyObject *o, PyObject *key)
  Delete the mapping for key from o. Returns `-1` on failure. This is the equivalent of the Python statement `del o[key]`.

PyObject* `PyObject_Dir`(PyObject *o)
  Return value: New reference.

  This is equivalent to the Python expression `dir(o)`, returning a (possibly empty) list of strings appropriate for the object argument, or NULL if there was an error. If the argument is NULL, this is like the Python `dir()`, returning the names of the current locals; in this case, if no execution frame is active then NULL is returned but `PyErr_Occurred` will return false.

PyObject* `PyObject_GetIter`(PyObject *o)
  Return value: New reference.

  This is equivalent to the Python expression `iter(o)`. It returns a new iterator for the object argument, or the object itself if the object is already an iterator. Raises `TypeError` and returns NULL if the object cannot be iterated.

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