The functions in this chapter are specific to certain Python object types. Passing them an object of the wrong type is not a good idea; if you receive an object from a Python program and you are not sure that it has the right type, you must perform a type check first; for example, to check that an object is a dictionary, use :c:func:`PyDict_Check`. The chapter is structured like the "family tree" of Python object types.
Warning
While the functions described in this chapter carefully check the type of the
objects which are passed in, many of them do not check for NULL
being passed
instead of a valid object. Allowing NULL
to be passed in can cause memory
access violations and immediate termination of the interpreter.
This section describes Python type objects and the singleton object None
.
.. toctree::
type.rst
none.rst
.. index:: pair: object; numeric
.. toctree::
long.rst
bool.rst
float.rst
complex.rst
.. index:: pair: object; sequence
Generic operations on sequence objects were discussed in the previous chapter; this section deals with the specific kinds of sequence objects that are intrinsic to the Python language.
.. toctree::
bytes.rst
bytearray.rst
unicode.rst
tuple.rst
list.rst
.. index:: pair: object; mapping
.. toctree::
dict.rst
set.rst
.. toctree::
function.rst
method.rst
cell.rst
code.rst
.. toctree::
file.rst
module.rst
iterator.rst
descriptor.rst
slice.rst
memoryview.rst
weakref.rst
capsule.rst
frame.rst
gen.rst
coro.rst
contextvars.rst
datetime.rst
typehints.rst