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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2010-10-06 10:11:56 (GMT)
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@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ These functions are useful when creating your own extensions functions and
methods. Additional information and examples are available in
:ref:`extending-index`.
-The first three of these functions described, :cfunc:`PyArg_ParseTuple`,
-:cfunc:`PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords`, and :cfunc:`PyArg_Parse`, all use *format
+The first three of these functions described, :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple`,
+:c:func:`PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords`, and :c:func:`PyArg_Parse`, all use *format
strings* which are used to tell the function about the expected arguments. The
format strings use the same syntax for each of these functions.
@@ -34,23 +34,23 @@ These formats do not expect you to provide raw storage for the returned string
or bytes. Also, you won't have to release any memory yourself, except with
the ``es``, ``es#``, ``et`` and ``et#`` formats.
-However, when a :ctype:`Py_buffer` structure gets filled, the underlying
+However, when a :c:type:`Py_buffer` structure gets filled, the underlying
buffer is locked so that the caller can subsequently use the buffer even
-inside a :ctype:`Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS` block without the risk of mutable data
+inside a :c:type:`Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS` block without the risk of mutable data
being resized or destroyed. As a result, **you have to call**
-:cfunc:`PyBuffer_Release` after you have finished processing the data (or
+:c:func:`PyBuffer_Release` after you have finished processing the data (or
in any early abort case).
Unless otherwise stated, buffers are not NUL-terminated.
.. note::
For all ``#`` variants of formats (``s#``, ``y#``, etc.), the type of
- the length argument (int or :ctype:`Py_ssize_t`) is controlled by
- defining the macro :cmacro:`PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN` before including
+ the length argument (int or :c:type:`Py_ssize_t`) is controlled by
+ defining the macro :c:macro:`PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN` before including
:file:`Python.h`. If the macro was defined, length is a
- :ctype:`Py_ssize_t` rather than an :ctype:`int`. This behavior will change
- in a future Python version to only support :ctype:`Py_ssize_t` and
- drop :ctype:`int` support. It is best to always define :cmacro:`PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN`.
+ :c:type:`Py_ssize_t` rather than an :c:type:`int`. This behavior will change
+ in a future Python version to only support :c:type:`Py_ssize_t` and
+ drop :c:type:`int` support. It is best to always define :c:macro:`PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN`.
``s`` (:class:`str`) [const char \*]
@@ -65,17 +65,17 @@ Unless otherwise stated, buffers are not NUL-terminated.
.. note::
This format does not accept bytes-like objects. If you want to accept
filesystem paths and convert them to C character strings, it is
- preferable to use the ``O&`` format with :cfunc:`PyUnicode_FSConverter`
+ preferable to use the ``O&`` format with :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSConverter`
as *converter*.
``s*`` (:class:`str`, :class:`bytes`, :class:`bytearray` or buffer compatible object) [Py_buffer]
This format accepts Unicode objects as well as objects supporting the
buffer protocol.
- It fills a :ctype:`Py_buffer` structure provided by the caller.
+ It fills a :c:type:`Py_buffer` structure provided by the caller.
In this case the resulting C string may contain embedded NUL bytes.
Unicode objects are converted to C strings using ``'utf-8'`` encoding.
-``s#`` (:class:`str`, :class:`bytes` or read-only buffer compatible object) [const char \*, int or :ctype:`Py_ssize_t`]
+``s#`` (:class:`str`, :class:`bytes` or read-only buffer compatible object) [const char \*, int or :c:type:`Py_ssize_t`]
Like ``s*``, except that it doesn't accept mutable buffer-like objects
such as :class:`bytearray`. The result is stored into two C variables,
the first one a pointer to a C string, the second one its length.
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Unless otherwise stated, buffers are not NUL-terminated.
``z*`` (:class:`str`, :class:`bytes`, :class:`bytearray`, buffer compatible object or ``None``) [Py_buffer]
Like ``s*``, but the Python object may also be ``None``, in which case the
- ``buf`` member of the :ctype:`Py_buffer` structure is set to *NULL*.
+ ``buf`` member of the :c:type:`Py_buffer` structure is set to *NULL*.
``z#`` (:class:`str`, :class:`bytes`, read-only buffer compatible object or ``None``) [const char \*, int]
Like ``s#``, but the Python object may also be ``None``, in which case the C
@@ -112,18 +112,18 @@ Unless otherwise stated, buffers are not NUL-terminated.
``S`` (:class:`bytes`) [PyBytesObject \*]
Requires that the Python object is a :class:`bytes` object, without
attempting any conversion. Raises :exc:`TypeError` if the object is not
- a bytes object. The C variable may also be declared as :ctype:`PyObject\*`.
+ a bytes object. The C variable may also be declared as :c:type:`PyObject\*`.
``Y`` (:class:`bytearray`) [PyByteArrayObject \*]
Requires that the Python object is a :class:`bytearray` object, without
attempting any conversion. Raises :exc:`TypeError` if the object is not
- a :class:`bytearray` object. The C variable may also be declared as :ctype:`PyObject\*`.
+ a :class:`bytearray` object. The C variable may also be declared as :c:type:`PyObject\*`.
``u`` (:class:`str`) [Py_UNICODE \*]
Convert a Python Unicode object to a C pointer to a NUL-terminated buffer of
- Unicode characters. You must pass the address of a :ctype:`Py_UNICODE`
+ Unicode characters. You must pass the address of a :c:type:`Py_UNICODE`
pointer variable, which will be filled with the pointer to an existing
- Unicode buffer. Please note that the width of a :ctype:`Py_UNICODE`
+ Unicode buffer. Please note that the width of a :c:type:`Py_UNICODE`
character depends on compilation options (it is either 16 or 32 bits).
The Python string must not contain embedded NUL characters; if it does,
a :exc:`TypeError` exception is raised.
@@ -139,38 +139,38 @@ Unless otherwise stated, buffers are not NUL-terminated.
``Z`` (:class:`str` or ``None``) [Py_UNICODE \*]
Like ``u``, but the Python object may also be ``None``, in which case the
- :ctype:`Py_UNICODE` pointer is set to *NULL*.
+ :c:type:`Py_UNICODE` pointer is set to *NULL*.
``Z#`` (:class:`str` or ``None``) [Py_UNICODE \*, int]
Like ``u#``, but the Python object may also be ``None``, in which case the
- :ctype:`Py_UNICODE` pointer is set to *NULL*.
+ :c:type:`Py_UNICODE` pointer is set to *NULL*.
``U`` (:class:`str`) [PyUnicodeObject \*]
Requires that the Python object is a Unicode object, without attempting
any conversion. Raises :exc:`TypeError` if the object is not a Unicode
- object. The C variable may also be declared as :ctype:`PyObject\*`.
+ object. The C variable may also be declared as :c:type:`PyObject\*`.
``w*`` (:class:`bytearray` or read-write byte-oriented buffer) [Py_buffer]
This format accepts any object which implements the read-write buffer
- interface. It fills a :ctype:`Py_buffer` structure provided by the caller.
+ interface. It fills a :c:type:`Py_buffer` structure provided by the caller.
The buffer may contain embedded null bytes. The caller have to call
- :cfunc:`PyBuffer_Release` when it is done with the buffer.
+ :c:func:`PyBuffer_Release` when it is done with the buffer.
``es`` (:class:`str`) [const char \*encoding, char \*\*buffer]
This variant on ``s`` is used for encoding Unicode into a character buffer.
It only works for encoded data without embedded NUL bytes.
This format requires two arguments. The first is only used as input, and
- must be a :ctype:`const char\*` which points to the name of an encoding as a
+ must be a :c:type:`const char\*` which points to the name of an encoding as a
NUL-terminated string, or *NULL*, in which case ``'utf-8'`` encoding is used.
An exception is raised if the named encoding is not known to Python. The
- second argument must be a :ctype:`char\*\*`; the value of the pointer it
+ second argument must be a :c:type:`char\*\*`; the value of the pointer it
references will be set to a buffer with the contents of the argument text.
The text will be encoded in the encoding specified by the first argument.
- :cfunc:`PyArg_ParseTuple` will allocate a buffer of the needed size, copy the
+ :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple` will allocate a buffer of the needed size, copy the
encoded data into this buffer and adjust *\*buffer* to reference the newly
- allocated storage. The caller is responsible for calling :cfunc:`PyMem_Free` to
+ allocated storage. The caller is responsible for calling :c:func:`PyMem_Free` to
free the allocated buffer after use.
``et`` (:class:`str`, :class:`bytes` or :class:`bytearray`) [const char \*encoding, char \*\*buffer]
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ Unless otherwise stated, buffers are not NUL-terminated.
characters.
It requires three arguments. The first is only used as input, and must be a
- :ctype:`const char\*` which points to the name of an encoding as a
+ :c:type:`const char\*` which points to the name of an encoding as a
NUL-terminated string, or *NULL*, in which case ``'utf-8'`` encoding is used.
An exception is raised if the named encoding is not known to Python. The
- second argument must be a :ctype:`char\*\*`; the value of the pointer it
+ second argument must be a :c:type:`char\*\*`; the value of the pointer it
references will be set to a buffer with the contents of the argument text.
The text will be encoded in the encoding specified by the first argument.
The third argument must be a pointer to an integer; the referenced integer
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ Unless otherwise stated, buffers are not NUL-terminated.
If *\*buffer* points a *NULL* pointer, the function will allocate a buffer of
the needed size, copy the encoded data into this buffer and set *\*buffer* to
reference the newly allocated storage. The caller is responsible for calling
- :cfunc:`PyMem_Free` to free the allocated buffer after usage.
+ :c:func:`PyMem_Free` to free the allocated buffer after usage.
If *\*buffer* points to a non-*NULL* pointer (an already allocated buffer),
- :cfunc:`PyArg_ParseTuple` will use this location as the buffer and interpret the
+ :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple` will use this location as the buffer and interpret the
initial value of *\*buffer_length* as the buffer size. It will then copy the
encoded data into the buffer and NUL-terminate it. If the buffer is not large
enough, a :exc:`ValueError` will be set.
@@ -219,62 +219,62 @@ Numbers
``b`` (:class:`int`) [unsigned char]
Convert a nonnegative Python integer to an unsigned tiny int, stored in a C
- :ctype:`unsigned char`.
+ :c:type:`unsigned char`.
``B`` (:class:`int`) [unsigned char]
Convert a Python integer to a tiny int without overflow checking, stored in a C
- :ctype:`unsigned char`.
+ :c:type:`unsigned char`.
``h`` (:class:`int`) [short int]
- Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`short int`.
+ Convert a Python integer to a C :c:type:`short int`.
``H`` (:class:`int`) [unsigned short int]
- Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`unsigned short int`, without overflow
+ Convert a Python integer to a C :c:type:`unsigned short int`, without overflow
checking.
``i`` (:class:`int`) [int]
- Convert a Python integer to a plain C :ctype:`int`.
+ Convert a Python integer to a plain C :c:type:`int`.
``I`` (:class:`int`) [unsigned int]
- Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`unsigned int`, without overflow
+ Convert a Python integer to a C :c:type:`unsigned int`, without overflow
checking.
``l`` (:class:`int`) [long int]
- Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`long int`.
+ Convert a Python integer to a C :c:type:`long int`.
``k`` (:class:`int`) [unsigned long]
- Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`unsigned long` without
+ Convert a Python integer to a C :c:type:`unsigned long` without
overflow checking.
``L`` (:class:`int`) [PY_LONG_LONG]
- Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`long long`. This format is only
- available on platforms that support :ctype:`long long` (or :ctype:`_int64` on
+ Convert a Python integer to a C :c:type:`long long`. This format is only
+ available on platforms that support :c:type:`long long` (or :c:type:`_int64` on
Windows).
``K`` (:class:`int`) [unsigned PY_LONG_LONG]
- Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`unsigned long long`
+ Convert a Python integer to a C :c:type:`unsigned long long`
without overflow checking. This format is only available on platforms that
- support :ctype:`unsigned long long` (or :ctype:`unsigned _int64` on Windows).
+ support :c:type:`unsigned long long` (or :c:type:`unsigned _int64` on Windows).
``n`` (:class:`int`) [Py_ssize_t]
- Convert a Python integer to a C :ctype:`Py_ssize_t`.
+ Convert a Python integer to a C :c:type:`Py_ssize_t`.
``c`` (:class:`bytes` of length 1) [char]
Convert a Python byte, represented as a :class:`bytes` object of length 1,
- to a C :ctype:`char`.
+ to a C :c:type:`char`.
``C`` (:class:`str` of length 1) [int]
Convert a Python character, represented as a :class:`str` object of
- length 1, to a C :ctype:`int`.
+ length 1, to a C :c:type:`int`.
``f`` (:class:`float`) [float]
- Convert a Python floating point number to a C :ctype:`float`.
+ Convert a Python floating point number to a C :c:type:`float`.
``d`` (:class:`float`) [double]
- Convert a Python floating point number to a C :ctype:`double`.
+ Convert a Python floating point number to a C :c:type:`double`.
``D`` (:class:`complex`) [Py_complex]
- Convert a Python complex number to a C :ctype:`Py_complex` structure.
+ Convert a Python complex number to a C :c:type:`Py_complex` structure.
Other objects
-------------
@@ -287,20 +287,20 @@ Other objects
``O!`` (object) [*typeobject*, PyObject \*]
Store a Python object in a C object pointer. This is similar to ``O``, but
takes two C arguments: the first is the address of a Python type object, the
- second is the address of the C variable (of type :ctype:`PyObject\*`) into which
+ second is the address of the C variable (of type :c:type:`PyObject\*`) into which
the object pointer is stored. If the Python object does not have the required
type, :exc:`TypeError` is raised.
``O&`` (object) [*converter*, *anything*]
Convert a Python object to a C variable through a *converter* function. This
takes two arguments: the first is a function, the second is the address of a C
- variable (of arbitrary type), converted to :ctype:`void \*`. The *converter*
+ variable (of arbitrary type), converted to :c:type:`void \*`. The *converter*
function in turn is called as follows::
status = converter(object, address);
where *object* is the Python object to be converted and *address* is the
- :ctype:`void\*` argument that was passed to the :cfunc:`PyArg_Parse\*` function.
+ :c:type:`void\*` argument that was passed to the :c:func:`PyArg_Parse\*` function.
The returned *status* should be ``1`` for a successful conversion and ``0`` if
the conversion has failed. When the conversion fails, the *converter* function
should raise an exception and leave the content of *address* unmodified.
@@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ inside nested parentheses. They are:
Indicates that the remaining arguments in the Python argument list are optional.
The C variables corresponding to optional arguments should be initialized to
their default value --- when an optional argument is not specified,
- :cfunc:`PyArg_ParseTuple` does not touch the contents of the corresponding C
+ :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple` does not touch the contents of the corresponding C
variable(s).
``:``
The list of format units ends here; the string after the colon is used as the
function name in error messages (the "associated value" of the exception that
- :cfunc:`PyArg_ParseTuple` raises).
+ :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple` raises).
``;``
The list of format units ends here; the string after the semicolon is used as
@@ -356,52 +356,52 @@ what is specified for the corresponding format unit in that case.
For the conversion to succeed, the *arg* object must match the format
and the format must be exhausted. On success, the
-:cfunc:`PyArg_Parse\*` functions return true, otherwise they return
+:c:func:`PyArg_Parse\*` functions return true, otherwise they return
false and raise an appropriate exception. When the
-:cfunc:`PyArg_Parse\*` functions fail due to conversion failure in one
+:c:func:`PyArg_Parse\*` functions fail due to conversion failure in one
of the format units, the variables at the addresses corresponding to that
and the following format units are left untouched.
API Functions
-------------
-.. cfunction:: int PyArg_ParseTuple(PyObject *args, const char *format, ...)
+.. c:function:: int PyArg_ParseTuple(PyObject *args, const char *format, ...)
Parse the parameters of a function that takes only positional parameters into
local variables. Returns true on success; on failure, it returns false and
raises the appropriate exception.
-.. cfunction:: int PyArg_VaParse(PyObject *args, const char *format, va_list vargs)
+.. c:function:: int PyArg_VaParse(PyObject *args, const char *format, va_list vargs)
- Identical to :cfunc:`PyArg_ParseTuple`, except that it accepts a va_list rather
+ Identical to :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple`, except that it accepts a va_list rather
than a variable number of arguments.
-.. cfunction:: int PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(PyObject *args, PyObject *kw, const char *format, char *keywords[], ...)
+.. c:function:: int PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(PyObject *args, PyObject *kw, const char *format, char *keywords[], ...)
Parse the parameters of a function that takes both positional and keyword
parameters into local variables. Returns true on success; on failure, it
returns false and raises the appropriate exception.
-.. cfunction:: int PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords(PyObject *args, PyObject *kw, const char *format, char *keywords[], va_list vargs)
+.. c:function:: int PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords(PyObject *args, PyObject *kw, const char *format, char *keywords[], va_list vargs)
- Identical to :cfunc:`PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords`, except that it accepts a
+ Identical to :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords`, except that it accepts a
va_list rather than a variable number of arguments.
-.. cfunction:: int PyArg_ValidateKeywordArguments(PyObject *)
+.. c:function:: int PyArg_ValidateKeywordArguments(PyObject *)
Ensure that the keys in the keywords argument dictionary are strings. This
- is only needed if :cfunc:`PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords` is not used, since the
+ is only needed if :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords` is not used, since the
latter already does this check.
.. versionadded:: 3.2
.. XXX deprecated, will be removed
-.. cfunction:: int PyArg_Parse(PyObject *args, const char *format, ...)
+.. c:function:: int PyArg_Parse(PyObject *args, const char *format, ...)
Function used to deconstruct the argument lists of "old-style" functions ---
these are functions which use the :const:`METH_OLDARGS` parameter parsing
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ API Functions
however, and may continue to be used for that purpose.
-.. cfunction:: int PyArg_UnpackTuple(PyObject *args, const char *name, Py_ssize_t min, Py_ssize_t max, ...)
+.. c:function:: int PyArg_UnpackTuple(PyObject *args, const char *name, Py_ssize_t min, Py_ssize_t max, ...)
A simpler form of parameter retrieval which does not use a format string to
specify the types of the arguments. Functions which use this method to retrieve
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ API Functions
*args*; it must actually be a tuple. The length of the tuple must be at least
*min* and no more than *max*; *min* and *max* may be equal. Additional
arguments must be passed to the function, each of which should be a pointer to a
- :ctype:`PyObject\*` variable; these will be filled in with the values from
+ :c:type:`PyObject\*` variable; these will be filled in with the values from
*args*; they will contain borrowed references. The variables which correspond
to optional parameters not given by *args* will not be filled in; these should
be initialized by the caller. This function returns true on success and false if
@@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ API Functions
return result;
}
- The call to :cfunc:`PyArg_UnpackTuple` in this example is entirely equivalent to
- this call to :cfunc:`PyArg_ParseTuple`::
+ The call to :c:func:`PyArg_UnpackTuple` in this example is entirely equivalent to
+ this call to :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple`::
PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O:ref", &object, &callback)
@@ -453,14 +453,14 @@ API Functions
Building values
---------------
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* Py_BuildValue(const char *format, ...)
+.. c:function:: PyObject* Py_BuildValue(const char *format, ...)
Create a new value based on a format string similar to those accepted by the
- :cfunc:`PyArg_Parse\*` family of functions and a sequence of values. Returns
+ :c:func:`PyArg_Parse\*` family of functions and a sequence of values. Returns
the value or *NULL* in the case of an error; an exception will be raised if
*NULL* is returned.
- :cfunc:`Py_BuildValue` does not always build a tuple. It builds a tuple only if
+ :c:func:`Py_BuildValue` does not always build a tuple. It builds a tuple only if
its format string contains two or more format units. If the format string is
empty, it returns ``None``; if it contains exactly one format unit, it returns
whatever object is described by that format unit. To force it to return a tuple
@@ -469,10 +469,10 @@ Building values
When memory buffers are passed as parameters to supply data to build objects, as
for the ``s`` and ``s#`` formats, the required data is copied. Buffers provided
by the caller are never referenced by the objects created by
- :cfunc:`Py_BuildValue`. In other words, if your code invokes :cfunc:`malloc`
- and passes the allocated memory to :cfunc:`Py_BuildValue`, your code is
- responsible for calling :cfunc:`free` for that memory once
- :cfunc:`Py_BuildValue` returns.
+ :c:func:`Py_BuildValue`. In other words, if your code invokes :c:func:`malloc`
+ and passes the allocated memory to :c:func:`Py_BuildValue`, your code is
+ responsible for calling :c:func:`free` for that memory once
+ :c:func:`Py_BuildValue` returns.
In the following description, the quoted form is the format unit; the entry in
(round) parentheses is the Python object type that the format unit will return;
@@ -521,64 +521,64 @@ Building values
Same as ``s#``.
``i`` (:class:`int`) [int]
- Convert a plain C :ctype:`int` to a Python integer object.
+ Convert a plain C :c:type:`int` to a Python integer object.
``b`` (:class:`int`) [char]
- Convert a plain C :ctype:`char` to a Python integer object.
+ Convert a plain C :c:type:`char` to a Python integer object.
``h`` (:class:`int`) [short int]
- Convert a plain C :ctype:`short int` to a Python integer object.
+ Convert a plain C :c:type:`short int` to a Python integer object.
``l`` (:class:`int`) [long int]
- Convert a C :ctype:`long int` to a Python integer object.
+ Convert a C :c:type:`long int` to a Python integer object.
``B`` (:class:`int`) [unsigned char]
- Convert a C :ctype:`unsigned char` to a Python integer object.
+ Convert a C :c:type:`unsigned char` to a Python integer object.
``H`` (:class:`int`) [unsigned short int]
- Convert a C :ctype:`unsigned short int` to a Python integer object.
+ Convert a C :c:type:`unsigned short int` to a Python integer object.
``I`` (:class:`int`) [unsigned int]
- Convert a C :ctype:`unsigned int` to a Python integer object.
+ Convert a C :c:type:`unsigned int` to a Python integer object.
``k`` (:class:`int`) [unsigned long]
- Convert a C :ctype:`unsigned long` to a Python integer object.
+ Convert a C :c:type:`unsigned long` to a Python integer object.
``L`` (:class:`int`) [PY_LONG_LONG]
- Convert a C :ctype:`long long` to a Python integer object. Only available
- on platforms that support :ctype:`long long` (or :ctype:`_int64` on
+ Convert a C :c:type:`long long` to a Python integer object. Only available
+ on platforms that support :c:type:`long long` (or :c:type:`_int64` on
Windows).
``K`` (:class:`int`) [unsigned PY_LONG_LONG]
- Convert a C :ctype:`unsigned long long` to a Python integer object. Only
- available on platforms that support :ctype:`unsigned long long` (or
- :ctype:`unsigned _int64` on Windows).
+ Convert a C :c:type:`unsigned long long` to a Python integer object. Only
+ available on platforms that support :c:type:`unsigned long long` (or
+ :c:type:`unsigned _int64` on Windows).
``n`` (:class:`int`) [Py_ssize_t]
- Convert a C :ctype:`Py_ssize_t` to a Python integer.
+ Convert a C :c:type:`Py_ssize_t` to a Python integer.
``c`` (:class:`bytes` of length 1) [char]
- Convert a C :ctype:`int` representing a byte to a Python :class:`bytes` object of
+ Convert a C :c:type:`int` representing a byte to a Python :class:`bytes` object of
length 1.
``C`` (:class:`str` of length 1) [int]
- Convert a C :ctype:`int` representing a character to Python :class:`str`
+ Convert a C :c:type:`int` representing a character to Python :class:`str`
object of length 1.
``d`` (:class:`float`) [double]
- Convert a C :ctype:`double` to a Python floating point number.
+ Convert a C :c:type:`double` to a Python floating point number.
``f`` (:class:`float`) [float]
- Convert a C :ctype:`float` to a Python floating point number.
+ Convert a C :c:type:`float` to a Python floating point number.
``D`` (:class:`complex`) [Py_complex \*]
- Convert a C :ctype:`Py_complex` structure to a Python complex number.
+ Convert a C :c:type:`Py_complex` structure to a Python complex number.
``O`` (object) [PyObject \*]
Pass a Python object untouched (except for its reference count, which is
incremented by one). If the object passed in is a *NULL* pointer, it is assumed
that this was caused because the call producing the argument found an error and
- set an exception. Therefore, :cfunc:`Py_BuildValue` will return *NULL* but won't
+ set an exception. Therefore, :c:func:`Py_BuildValue` will return *NULL* but won't
raise an exception. If no exception has been raised yet, :exc:`SystemError` is
set.
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ Building values
``O&`` (object) [*converter*, *anything*]
Convert *anything* to a Python object through a *converter* function. The
- function is called with *anything* (which should be compatible with :ctype:`void
+ function is called with *anything* (which should be compatible with :c:type:`void
\*`) as its argument and should return a "new" Python object, or *NULL* if an
error occurred.
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ Building values
If there is an error in the format string, the :exc:`SystemError` exception is
set and *NULL* returned.
-.. cfunction:: PyObject* Py_VaBuildValue(const char *format, va_list vargs)
+.. c:function:: PyObject* Py_VaBuildValue(const char *format, va_list vargs)
- Identical to :cfunc:`Py_BuildValue`, except that it accepts a va_list
+ Identical to :c:func:`Py_BuildValue`, except that it accepts a va_list
rather than a variable number of arguments.