diff -r ffa851df0825 -r 2fb8b9db1c86 symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.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/veryhigh.rst Fri Jul 31 15:01:17 2009 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,315 @@ +.. highlightlang:: c + + +.. _veryhigh: + +************************* +The Very High Level Layer +************************* + +The functions in this chapter will let you execute Python source code given in a +file or a buffer, but they will not let you interact in a more detailed way with +the interpreter. + +Several of these functions accept a start symbol from the grammar as a +parameter. The available start symbols are :const:`Py_eval_input`, +:const:`Py_file_input`, and :const:`Py_single_input`. These are described +following the functions which accept them as parameters. + +Note also that several of these functions take :ctype:`FILE\*` parameters. On +particular issue which needs to be handled carefully is that the :ctype:`FILE` +structure for different C libraries can be different and incompatible. Under +Windows (at least), it is possible for dynamically linked extensions to actually +use different libraries, so care should be taken that :ctype:`FILE\*` parameters +are only passed to these functions if it is certain that they were created by +the same library that the Python runtime is using. + + +.. cfunction:: int Py_Main(int argc, char **argv) + + The main program for the standard interpreter. This is made available for + programs which embed Python. The *argc* and *argv* parameters should be + prepared exactly as those which are passed to a C program's :cfunc:`main` + function. It is important to note that the argument list may be modified (but + the contents of the strings pointed to by the argument list are not). The return + value will be the integer passed to the :func:`sys.exit` function, ``1`` if the + interpreter exits due to an exception, or ``2`` if the parameter list does not + represent a valid Python command line. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_AnyFile(FILE *fp, const char *filename) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyRun_AnyFileExFlags` below, leaving + *closeit* set to ``0`` and *flags* set to *NULL*. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_AnyFileFlags(FILE *fp, const char *filename, PyCompilerFlags *flags) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyRun_AnyFileExFlags` below, leaving + the *closeit* argument set to ``0``. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_AnyFileEx(FILE *fp, const char *filename, int closeit) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyRun_AnyFileExFlags` below, leaving + the *flags* argument set to *NULL*. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_AnyFileExFlags(FILE *fp, const char *filename, int closeit, PyCompilerFlags *flags) + + If *fp* refers to a file associated with an interactive device (console or + terminal input or Unix pseudo-terminal), return the value of + :cfunc:`PyRun_InteractiveLoop`, otherwise return the result of + :cfunc:`PyRun_SimpleFile`. If *filename* is *NULL*, this function uses + ``"???"`` as the filename. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_SimpleString(const char *command) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyRun_SimpleStringFlags` below, + leaving the *PyCompilerFlags\** argument set to NULL. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_SimpleStringFlags(const char *command, PyCompilerFlags *flags) + + Executes the Python source code from *command* in the :mod:`__main__` module + according to the *flags* argument. If :mod:`__main__` does not already exist, it + is created. Returns ``0`` on success or ``-1`` if an exception was raised. If + there was an error, there is no way to get the exception information. For the + meaning of *flags*, see below. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_SimpleFile(FILE *fp, const char *filename) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags` below, + leaving *closeit* set to ``0`` and *flags* set to *NULL*. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_SimpleFileFlags(FILE *fp, const char *filename, PyCompilerFlags *flags) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags` below, + leaving *closeit* set to ``0``. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_SimpleFileEx(FILE *fp, const char *filename, int closeit) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags` below, + leaving *flags* set to *NULL*. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags(FILE *fp, const char *filename, int closeit, PyCompilerFlags *flags) + + Similar to :cfunc:`PyRun_SimpleStringFlags`, but the Python source code is read + from *fp* instead of an in-memory string. *filename* should be the name of the + file. If *closeit* is true, the file is closed before PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags + returns. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_InteractiveOne(FILE *fp, const char *filename) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyRun_InteractiveOneFlags` below, + leaving *flags* set to *NULL*. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_InteractiveOneFlags(FILE *fp, const char *filename, PyCompilerFlags *flags) + + Read and execute a single statement from a file associated with an interactive + device according to the *flags* argument. If *filename* is *NULL*, ``"???"`` is + used instead. The user will be prompted using ``sys.ps1`` and ``sys.ps2``. + Returns ``0`` when the input was executed successfully, ``-1`` if there was an + exception, or an error code from the :file:`errcode.h` include file distributed + as part of Python if there was a parse error. (Note that :file:`errcode.h` is + not included by :file:`Python.h`, so must be included specifically if needed.) + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_InteractiveLoop(FILE *fp, const char *filename) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyRun_InteractiveLoopFlags` below, + leaving *flags* set to *NULL*. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyRun_InteractiveLoopFlags(FILE *fp, const char *filename, PyCompilerFlags *flags) + + Read and execute statements from a file associated with an interactive device + until EOF is reached. If *filename* is *NULL*, ``"???"`` is used instead. The + user will be prompted using ``sys.ps1`` and ``sys.ps2``. Returns ``0`` at EOF. + + +.. cfunction:: struct _node* PyParser_SimpleParseString(const char *str, int start) + + This is a simplified interface to + :cfunc:`PyParser_SimpleParseStringFlagsFilename` below, leaving *filename* set + to *NULL* and *flags* set to ``0``. + + +.. cfunction:: struct _node* PyParser_SimpleParseStringFlags( const char *str, int start, int flags) + + This is a simplified interface to + :cfunc:`PyParser_SimpleParseStringFlagsFilename` below, leaving *filename* set + to *NULL*. + + +.. cfunction:: struct _node* PyParser_SimpleParseStringFlagsFilename( const char *str, const char *filename, int start, int flags) + + Parse Python source code from *str* using the start token *start* according to + the *flags* argument. The result can be used to create a code object which can + be evaluated efficiently. This is useful if a code fragment must be evaluated + many times. + + +.. cfunction:: struct _node* PyParser_SimpleParseFile(FILE *fp, const char *filename, int start) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyParser_SimpleParseFileFlags` below, + leaving *flags* set to ``0`` + + +.. cfunction:: struct _node* PyParser_SimpleParseFileFlags(FILE *fp, const char *filename, int start, int flags) + + Similar to :cfunc:`PyParser_SimpleParseStringFlagsFilename`, but the Python + source code is read from *fp* instead of an in-memory string. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyRun_String(const char *str, int start, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyRun_StringFlags` below, leaving + *flags* set to *NULL*. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyRun_StringFlags(const char *str, int start, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals, PyCompilerFlags *flags) + + Execute Python source code from *str* in the context specified by the + dictionaries *globals* and *locals* with the compiler flags specified by + *flags*. The parameter *start* specifies the start token that should be used to + parse the source code. + + Returns the result of executing the code as a Python object, or *NULL* if an + exception was raised. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyRun_File(FILE *fp, const char *filename, int start, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyRun_FileExFlags` below, leaving + *closeit* set to ``0`` and *flags* set to *NULL*. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyRun_FileEx(FILE *fp, const char *filename, int start, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals, int closeit) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyRun_FileExFlags` below, leaving + *flags* set to *NULL*. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyRun_FileFlags(FILE *fp, const char *filename, int start, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals, PyCompilerFlags *flags) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyRun_FileExFlags` below, leaving + *closeit* set to ``0``. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyRun_FileExFlags(FILE *fp, const char *filename, int start, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals, int closeit, PyCompilerFlags *flags) + + Similar to :cfunc:`PyRun_StringFlags`, but the Python source code is read from + *fp* instead of an in-memory string. *filename* should be the name of the file. + If *closeit* is true, the file is closed before :cfunc:`PyRun_FileExFlags` + returns. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* Py_CompileString(const char *str, const char *filename, int start) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`Py_CompileStringFlags` below, leaving + *flags* set to *NULL*. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* Py_CompileStringFlags(const char *str, const char *filename, int start, PyCompilerFlags *flags) + + Parse and compile the Python source code in *str*, returning the resulting code + object. The start token is given by *start*; this can be used to constrain the + code which can be compiled and should be :const:`Py_eval_input`, + :const:`Py_file_input`, or :const:`Py_single_input`. The filename specified by + *filename* is used to construct the code object and may appear in tracebacks or + :exc:`SyntaxError` exception messages. This returns *NULL* if the code cannot + be parsed or compiled. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyEval_EvalCode(PyCodeObject *co, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals) + + This is a simplified interface to :cfunc:`PyEval_EvalCodeEx`, with just + the code object, and the dictionaries of global and local variables. + The other arguments are set to *NULL*. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyEval_EvalCodeEx(PyCodeObject *co, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals, PyObject **args, int argcount, PyObject **kws, int kwcount, PyObject **defs, int defcount, PyObject *closure) + + Evaluate a precompiled code object, given a particular environment for its + evaluation. This environment consists of dictionaries of global and local + variables, arrays of arguments, keywords and defaults, and a closure tuple of + cells. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyEval_EvalFrame(PyFrameObject *f) + + Evaluate an execution frame. This is a simplified interface to + PyEval_EvalFrameEx, for backward compatibility. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyEval_EvalFrameEx(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag) + + This is the main, unvarnished function of Python interpretation. It is + literally 2000 lines long. The code object associated with the execution + frame *f* is executed, interpreting bytecode and executing calls as needed. + The additional *throwflag* parameter can mostly be ignored - if true, then + it causes an exception to immediately be thrown; this is used for the + :meth:`throw` methods of generator objects. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyEval_MergeCompilerFlags(PyCompilerFlags *cf) + + This function changes the flags of the current evaluation frame, and returns + true on success, false on failure. + + +.. cvar:: int Py_eval_input + + .. index:: single: Py_CompileString() + + The start symbol from the Python grammar for isolated expressions; for use with + :cfunc:`Py_CompileString`. + + +.. cvar:: int Py_file_input + + .. index:: single: Py_CompileString() + + The start symbol from the Python grammar for sequences of statements as read + from a file or other source; for use with :cfunc:`Py_CompileString`. This is + the symbol to use when compiling arbitrarily long Python source code. + + +.. cvar:: int Py_single_input + + .. index:: single: Py_CompileString() + + The start symbol from the Python grammar for a single statement; for use with + :cfunc:`Py_CompileString`. This is the symbol used for the interactive + interpreter loop. + + +.. ctype:: struct PyCompilerFlags + + This is the structure used to hold compiler flags. In cases where code is only + being compiled, it is passed as ``int flags``, and in cases where code is being + executed, it is passed as ``PyCompilerFlags *flags``. In this case, ``from + __future__ import`` can modify *flags*. + + Whenever ``PyCompilerFlags *flags`` is *NULL*, :attr:`cf_flags` is treated as + equal to ``0``, and any modification due to ``from __future__ import`` is + discarded. :: + + struct PyCompilerFlags { + int cf_flags; + } + + +.. cvar:: int CO_FUTURE_DIVISION + + This bit can be set in *flags* to cause division operator ``/`` to be + interpreted as "true division" according to :pep:`238`. +