7.5.7 Descriptor Objects

7.5.7 Descriptor Objects

``Descriptors'' are objects that describe some attribute of an object. They are found in the dictionary of type objects.

PyTypeObject PyProperty_Type: The type object for the built-in descriptor types. New in version 2.2.

PyObject* PyDescr_NewGetSet( PyTypeObject *type, struct PyGetSetDef *getset): Return value: New reference.
New in version 2.2.

PyObject* PyDescr_NewMember( PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMemberDef *meth): Return value: New reference.
New in version 2.2.

PyObject* PyDescr_NewMethod( PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMethodDef *meth): Return value: New reference.
New in version 2.2.

PyObject* PyDescr_NewWrapper( PyTypeObject *type, struct wrapperbase *wrapper, void *wrapped): Return value: New reference.
New in version 2.2.

PyObject* PyDescr_NewClassMethod( PyTypeObject *type, PyMethodDef *method): Return value: New reference.
New in version 2.3.

int PyDescr_IsData( PyObject *descr): Return true if the descriptor objects descr describes a data attribute, or false if it describes a method. descr must be a descriptor object; there is no error checking. New in version 2.2.

PyObject* PyWrapper_New( PyObject *, PyObject *): Return value: New reference.
New in version 2.2.

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