1 .. highlightlang:: c

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     3 .. _descriptor-objects:

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     5 Descriptor Objects

     6 ------------------

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     8 "Descriptors" are objects that describe some attribute of an object. They are

     9 found in the dictionary of type objects.

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    12 .. cvar:: PyTypeObject PyProperty_Type

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    14    The type object for the built-in descriptor types.

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    16    .. versionadded:: 2.2

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    19 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewGetSet(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyGetSetDef *getset)

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    21    .. versionadded:: 2.2

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    24 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewMember(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMemberDef *meth)

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    26    .. versionadded:: 2.2

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    29 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewMethod(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMethodDef *meth)

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    31    .. versionadded:: 2.2

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    34 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewWrapper(PyTypeObject *type, struct wrapperbase *wrapper, void *wrapped)

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    36    .. versionadded:: 2.2

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    39 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewClassMethod(PyTypeObject *type, PyMethodDef *method)

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    41    .. versionadded:: 2.3

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    44 .. cfunction:: int PyDescr_IsData(PyObject *descr)

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    46    Return true if the descriptor objects *descr* describes a data attribute, or

    47    false if it describes a method.  *descr* must be a descriptor object; there is

    48    no error checking.

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    50    .. versionadded:: 2.2

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    53 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyWrapper_New(PyObject *, PyObject *)

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    55    .. versionadded:: 2.2