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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-01-19 22:08:21 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/complex.rst b/Doc/c-api/complex.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..364ab78 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/c-api/complex.rst @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +.. highlightlang:: c + +.. _complexobjects: + +Complex Number Objects +---------------------- + +.. index:: object: complex number + +Python's complex number objects are implemented as two distinct types when +viewed from the C API: one is the Python object exposed to Python programs, and +the other is a C structure which represents the actual complex number value. +The API provides functions for working with both. + + +Complex Numbers as C Structures +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Note that the functions which accept these structures as parameters and return +them as results do so *by value* rather than dereferencing them through +pointers. This is consistent throughout the API. + + +.. ctype:: Py_complex + + The C structure which corresponds to the value portion of a Python complex + number object. Most of the functions for dealing with complex number objects + use structures of this type as input or output values, as appropriate. It is + defined as:: + + typedef struct { + double real; + double imag; + } Py_complex; + + +.. cfunction:: Py_complex _Py_c_sum(Py_complex left, Py_complex right) + + Return the sum of two complex numbers, using the C :ctype:`Py_complex` + representation. + + +.. cfunction:: Py_complex _Py_c_diff(Py_complex left, Py_complex right) + + Return the difference between two complex numbers, using the C + :ctype:`Py_complex` representation. + + +.. cfunction:: Py_complex _Py_c_neg(Py_complex complex) + + Return the negation of the complex number *complex*, using the C + :ctype:`Py_complex` representation. + + +.. cfunction:: Py_complex _Py_c_prod(Py_complex left, Py_complex right) + + Return the product of two complex numbers, using the C :ctype:`Py_complex` + representation. + + +.. cfunction:: Py_complex _Py_c_quot(Py_complex dividend, Py_complex divisor) + + Return the quotient of two complex numbers, using the C :ctype:`Py_complex` + representation. + + +.. cfunction:: Py_complex _Py_c_pow(Py_complex num, Py_complex exp) + + Return the exponentiation of *num* by *exp*, using the C :ctype:`Py_complex` + representation. + + +Complex Numbers as Python Objects +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + + +.. ctype:: PyComplexObject + + This subtype of :ctype:`PyObject` represents a Python complex number object. + + +.. cvar:: PyTypeObject PyComplex_Type + + This instance of :ctype:`PyTypeObject` represents the Python complex number + type. It is the same object as ``complex`` and ``types.ComplexType``. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyComplex_Check(PyObject *p) + + Return true if its argument is a :ctype:`PyComplexObject` or a subtype of + :ctype:`PyComplexObject`. + + .. versionchanged:: 2.2 + Allowed subtypes to be accepted. + + +.. cfunction:: int PyComplex_CheckExact(PyObject *p) + + Return true if its argument is a :ctype:`PyComplexObject`, but not a subtype of + :ctype:`PyComplexObject`. + + .. versionadded:: 2.2 + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyComplex_FromCComplex(Py_complex v) + + Create a new Python complex number object from a C :ctype:`Py_complex` value. + + +.. cfunction:: PyObject* PyComplex_FromDoubles(double real, double imag) + + Return a new :ctype:`PyComplexObject` object from *real* and *imag*. + + +.. cfunction:: double PyComplex_RealAsDouble(PyObject *op) + + Return the real part of *op* as a C :ctype:`double`. + + +.. cfunction:: double PyComplex_ImagAsDouble(PyObject *op) + + Return the imaginary part of *op* as a C :ctype:`double`. + + +.. cfunction:: Py_complex PyComplex_AsCComplex(PyObject *op) + + Return the :ctype:`Py_complex` value of the complex number *op*. + + .. versionchanged:: 2.6 + If *op* is not a Python complex number object but has a :meth:`__complex__` + method, this method will first be called to convert *op* to a Python complex + number object. |