Commit b71e9350 authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Add documentation for the PyCell* APIs.

parent eb3b2ae9
......@@ -2340,3 +2340,53 @@ information on using these objects.
Returns the description \ctype{void *} that the \ctype{PyCObject}
\var{self} was created with.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\subsection{Cell Objects \label{cell-objects}}
``Cell'' objects are used to implement variables referenced by
multiple scopes. For each such variable, a cell object is created to
store the value; the local variables of each stack frame that
references the value contains a reference to the cells from outer
scopes which also use that variable. When the value is accessed, the
value contained in the cell is used instead of the cell object
itself. This de-referencing of the cell object requires support from
the generated byte-code; these are not automatically de-referenced
when accessed. Cell objects are not likely to be useful elsewhere.
\begin{cvardesc}{PyTypeObject}{PyCell_Type}
The type object corresponding to cell objects
\end{cvardesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyCell_Check}{ob}
Return true if \var{ob} is a cell object; \var{ob} must not be
\NULL.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyCell_New}{PyObject *ob}
Create and return a new cell object containing the value \var{ob}.
The parameter may be \NULL.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyCell_Get}{PyObject *cell}
Return the contents of the cell \var{cell}.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyCell_GET}{PyObject *cell}
Return the contents of the cell \var{cell}, but without checking
that \var{cell} is non-\NULL{} and a call object.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyCell_Set}{PyObject *cell, PyObject *value}
Set the contents of the cell object \var{cell} to \var{value}. This
releases the reference to any current content of the cell.
\var{value} may be \NULL. \var{cell} must be non-\NULL; if it is
not a cell object, \code{-1} will be returned. On success, \code{0}
will be returned.
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyCell_SET}{PyObject *cell, PyObject *value}
Sets the value of the cell object \var{cell} to \var{value}. No
reference counts are adjusted, and no checks are made for safety;
\var{cell} must be non-\NULL{} and must be a cell object.
\end{cfuncdesc}
......@@ -67,6 +67,23 @@ PyCObject_FromVoidPtrAndDesc:void(*)(void*,void*):destr::
PyCObject_GetDesc:void*:::
PyCObject_GetDesc:PyObject*:self:0:
PyCell_New:PyObject*::+1:
PyCell_New:PyObject*:ob:0:
PyCell_GET:PyObject*::0:
PyCell_GET:PyObject*:ob:0:
PyCell_Get:PyObject*::+1:
PyCell_Get:PyObject*:cell:0:
PyCell_SET:void:::
PyCell_SET:PyObject*:cell:0:
PyCell_SET:PyObject*:value:0:
PyCell_Set:int:::
PyCell_Set:PyObject*:cell:0:
PyCell_Set:PyObject*:value:0:
PyCallIter_New:PyObject*::+1:
PyCallIter_New:PyObject*:callable::
PyCallIter_New:PyObject*:sentinel::
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