7.5.6 Descriptor Objects

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7.5.6 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, PyGetSetDef *getset)

  Return value: New reference.
  New in version 2.2.

PyObject* `PyDescr_NewMember`( | PyTypeObject *type, PyMemberDef *meth)

  Return value: New reference.
  New in version 2.2.

PyObject* `PyDescr_NewMethod`( | PyTypeObject *type, 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)

  New in version 2.3.

int `PyDescr_IsData`( | PyObject *descr)

  Returns 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.