From 22c49b4194ca4f5e35e71e81959eae6cb7ea28f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Bierma Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:38:17 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] gh-141004: Document `PyType_SUPPORTS_WEAKREFS` (GH-141408) (cherry picked from commit 9cd5427d9619b96db20d0347a136b3d331af71ae) Co-authored-by: Peter Bierma Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych <89152624+StanFromIreland@users.noreply.github.com> --- Doc/c-api/type.rst | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Doc/c-api/weakref.rst | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/c-api/type.rst b/Doc/c-api/type.rst index 29ffeb7c483dce..b608f815160f76 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/type.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/type.rst @@ -195,12 +195,14 @@ Type Objects before initialization) and should be paired with :c:func:`PyObject_Free` in :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_free`. + .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GenericNew(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds) Generic handler for the :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_new` slot of a type object. Creates a new instance using the type's :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_alloc` slot and returns the resulting object. + .. c:function:: int PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *type) Finalize a type object. This should be called on all type objects to finish @@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ Type Objects GC protocol itself by at least implementing the :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_traverse` handle. + .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GetName(PyTypeObject *type) Return the type's name. Equivalent to getting the type's @@ -224,6 +227,7 @@ Type Objects .. versionadded:: 3.11 + .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GetQualName(PyTypeObject *type) Return the type's qualified name. Equivalent to getting the @@ -239,6 +243,7 @@ Type Objects .. versionadded:: 3.13 + .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GetModuleName(PyTypeObject *type) Return the type's module name. Equivalent to getting the @@ -246,6 +251,7 @@ Type Objects .. versionadded:: 3.13 + .. c:function:: void* PyType_GetSlot(PyTypeObject *type, int slot) Return the function pointer stored in the given slot. If the @@ -262,6 +268,7 @@ Type Objects :c:func:`PyType_GetSlot` can now accept all types. Previously, it was limited to :ref:`heap types `. + .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GetModule(PyTypeObject *type) Return the module object associated with the given type when the type was @@ -281,6 +288,7 @@ Type Objects .. versionadded:: 3.9 + .. c:function:: void* PyType_GetModuleState(PyTypeObject *type) Return the state of the module object associated with the given type. @@ -295,6 +303,7 @@ Type Objects .. versionadded:: 3.9 + .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_GetModuleByDef(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyModuleDef *def) Find the first superclass whose module was created from @@ -314,6 +323,7 @@ Type Objects .. versionadded:: 3.11 + .. c:function:: int PyType_GetBaseByToken(PyTypeObject *type, void *token, PyTypeObject **result) Find the first superclass in *type*'s :term:`method resolution order` whose @@ -332,6 +342,7 @@ Type Objects .. versionadded:: 3.14 + .. c:function:: int PyUnstable_Type_AssignVersionTag(PyTypeObject *type) Attempt to assign a version tag to the given type. @@ -342,6 +353,16 @@ Type Objects .. versionadded:: 3.12 +.. c:function:: int PyType_SUPPORTS_WEAKREFS(PyTypeObject *type) + + Return true if instances of *type* support creating weak references, false + otherwise. This function always succeeds. *type* must not be ``NULL``. + + .. seealso:: + * :ref:`weakrefobjects` + * :py:mod:`weakref` + + Creating Heap-Allocated Types ............................. @@ -390,6 +411,7 @@ The following functions and structs are used to create .. versionadded:: 3.12 + .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_FromModuleAndSpec(PyObject *module, PyType_Spec *spec, PyObject *bases) Equivalent to ``PyType_FromMetaclass(NULL, module, spec, bases)``. @@ -416,6 +438,7 @@ The following functions and structs are used to create Creating classes whose metaclass overrides :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_new` is no longer allowed. + .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_FromSpecWithBases(PyType_Spec *spec, PyObject *bases) Equivalent to ``PyType_FromMetaclass(NULL, NULL, spec, bases)``. @@ -437,6 +460,7 @@ The following functions and structs are used to create Creating classes whose metaclass overrides :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_new` is no longer allowed. + .. c:function:: PyObject* PyType_FromSpec(PyType_Spec *spec) Equivalent to ``PyType_FromMetaclass(NULL, NULL, spec, NULL)``. @@ -457,6 +481,7 @@ The following functions and structs are used to create Creating classes whose metaclass overrides :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_new` is no longer allowed. + .. c:function:: int PyType_Freeze(PyTypeObject *type) Make a type immutable: set the :c:macro:`Py_TPFLAGS_IMMUTABLETYPE` flag. @@ -628,6 +653,7 @@ The following functions and structs are used to create * :c:data:`Py_tp_token` (for clarity, prefer :c:data:`Py_TP_USE_SPEC` rather than ``NULL``) + .. c:macro:: Py_tp_token A :c:member:`~PyType_Slot.slot` that records a static memory layout ID diff --git a/Doc/c-api/weakref.rst b/Doc/c-api/weakref.rst index 9b263bd11d787f..45d6af1bb5a1ea 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/weakref.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/weakref.rst @@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ as much as it can. weakly referenceable object, or if *callback* is not callable, ``None``, or ``NULL``, this will return ``NULL`` and raise :exc:`TypeError`. + .. seealso:: + :c:func:`PyType_SUPPORTS_WEAKREFS` for checking if *ob* is weakly + referenceable. + .. c:function:: PyObject* PyWeakref_NewProxy(PyObject *ob, PyObject *callback) @@ -57,6 +61,10 @@ as much as it can. is not a weakly referenceable object, or if *callback* is not callable, ``None``, or ``NULL``, this will return ``NULL`` and raise :exc:`TypeError`. + .. seealso:: + :c:func:`PyType_SUPPORTS_WEAKREFS` for checking if *ob* is weakly + referenceable. + .. c:function:: int PyWeakref_GetRef(PyObject *ref, PyObject **pobj)