diff -r ffa851df0825 -r 2fb8b9db1c86 symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Doc/c-api/tuple.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Doc/c-api/tuple.rst Fri Jul 31 15:01:17 2009 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +.. highlightlang:: c + +.. _tupleobjects: + +Tuple Objects +------------- + +.. index:: object: tuple + + +.. ctype:: PyTupleObject + + This subtype of :ctype:`PyObject` represents a Python tuple object. + + +.. cvar:: PyTypeObject PyTuple_Type + + .. index:: single: TupleType (in module types) + + This instance of :ctype:`PyTypeObject` represents the Python tuple type; it is + the same object as ``tuple`` and ``types.TupleType`` in the Python layer.. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyTuple_Check(PyObject *p) + + Return true if *p* is a tuple object or an instance of a subtype of the tuple + type. + + .. versionchanged:: 2.2 + Allowed subtypes to be accepted. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyTuple_CheckExact(PyObject *p) + + Return true if *p* is a tuple object, but not an instance of a subtype of the + tuple type. + + .. versionadded:: 2.2 + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyTuple_New(Py_ssize_t len) + + Return a new tuple object of size *len*, or *NULL* on failure. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyTuple_Pack(Py_ssize_t n, ...) + + Return a new tuple object of size *n*, or *NULL* on failure. The tuple values + are initialized to the subsequent *n* C arguments pointing to Python objects. + ``PyTuple_Pack(2, a, b)`` is equivalent to ``Py_BuildValue("(OO)", a, b)``. + + .. versionadded:: 2.4 + + +.. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyTuple_Size(PyObject *p) + + Take a pointer to a tuple object, and return the size of that tuple. + + +.. cfunction:: Py_ssize_t PyTuple_GET_SIZE(PyObject *p) + + Return the size of the tuple *p*, which must be non-*NULL* and point to a tuple; + no error checking is performed. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyTuple_GetItem(PyObject *p, Py_ssize_t pos) + + Return the object at position *pos* in the tuple pointed to by *p*. If *pos* is + out of bounds, return *NULL* and sets an :exc:`IndexError` exception. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyTuple_GET_ITEM(PyObject *p, Py_ssize_t pos) + + Like :cfunc:`PyTuple_GetItem`, but does no checking of its arguments. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyTuple_GetSlice(PyObject *p, Py_ssize_t low, Py_ssize_t high) + + Take a slice of the tuple pointed to by *p* from *low* to *high* and return it + as a new tuple. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyTuple_SetItem(PyObject *p, Py_ssize_t pos, PyObject *o) + + Insert a reference to object *o* at position *pos* of the tuple pointed to by + *p*. Return ``0`` on success. + + .. note:: + + This function "steals" a reference to *o*. + + +.. cfunction:: void PyTuple_SET_ITEM(PyObject *p, Py_ssize_t pos, PyObject *o) + + Like :cfunc:`PyTuple_SetItem`, but does no error checking, and should *only* be + used to fill in brand new tuples. + + .. note:: + + This function "steals" a reference to *o*. + + +.. cfunction:: int _PyTuple_Resize(PyObject **p, Py_ssize_t newsize) + + Can be used to resize a tuple. *newsize* will be the new length of the tuple. + Because tuples are *supposed* to be immutable, this should only be used if there + is only one reference to the object. Do *not* use this if the tuple may already + be known to some other part of the code. The tuple will always grow or shrink + at the end. Think of this as destroying the old tuple and creating a new one, + only more efficiently. Returns ``0`` on success. Client code should never + assume that the resulting value of ``*p`` will be the same as before calling + this function. If the object referenced by ``*p`` is replaced, the original + ``*p`` is destroyed. On failure, returns ``-1`` and sets ``*p`` to *NULL*, and + raises :exc:`MemoryError` or :exc:`SystemError`. + + .. versionchanged:: 2.2 + Removed unused third parameter, *last_is_sticky*. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyTuple_ClearFreeList(void) + + Clear the free list. Return the total number of freed items. + + .. versionadded:: 2.6