cpython/Include/methodobject.h

/* Method object interface */

#ifndef Py_METHODOBJECT_H
#define Py_METHODOBJECT_H
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/* This is about the type 'builtin_function_or_method',
   not Python methods in user-defined classes.  See classobject.h
   for the latter. */

PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyCFunction_Type;

#define PyCFunction_Check(op) (Py_TYPE(op) == &PyCFunction_Type)

typedef PyObject *(*PyCFunction)(PyObject *, PyObject *);
typedef PyObject *(*PyCFunctionWithKeywords)(PyObject *, PyObject *,
                                             PyObject *);
typedef PyObject *(*PyNoArgsFunction)(PyObject *);

PyAPI_FUNC(PyCFunction) PyCFunction_GetFunction(PyObject *);
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyCFunction_GetSelf(PyObject *);
PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyCFunction_GetFlags(PyObject *);

/* Macros for direct access to these values. Type checks are *not*
   done, so use with care. */
#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
#define PyCFunction_GET_FUNCTION(func) \
        (((PyCFunctionObject *)func) -> m_ml -> ml_meth)
#define PyCFunction_GET_SELF(func) \
        (((PyCFunctionObject *)func) -> m_ml -> ml_flags & METH_STATIC ? \
         NULL : ((PyCFunctionObject *)func) -> m_self)
#define PyCFunction_GET_FLAGS(func) \
        (((PyCFunctionObject *)func) -> m_ml -> ml_flags)
#endif
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyCFunction_Call(PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);

struct PyMethodDef {
    const char  *ml_name;   /* The name of the built-in function/method */
    PyCFunction ml_meth;    /* The C function that implements it */
    int         ml_flags;   /* Combination of METH_xxx flags, which mostly
                               describe the args expected by the C func */
    const char  *ml_doc;    /* The __doc__ attribute, or NULL */
};
typedef struct PyMethodDef PyMethodDef;

#define PyCFunction_New(ML, SELF) PyCFunction_NewEx((ML), (SELF), NULL)
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyCFunction_NewEx(PyMethodDef *, PyObject *, 
                                         PyObject *);

/* Flag passed to newmethodobject */
/* #define METH_OLDARGS  0x0000   -- unsupported now */
#define METH_VARARGS  0x0001
#define METH_KEYWORDS 0x0002
/* METH_NOARGS and METH_O must not be combined with the flags above. */
#define METH_NOARGS   0x0004
#define METH_O        0x0008

/* METH_CLASS and METH_STATIC are a little different; these control
   the construction of methods for a class.  These cannot be used for
   functions in modules. */
#define METH_CLASS    0x0010
#define METH_STATIC   0x0020

/* METH_COEXIST allows a method to be entered even though a slot has
   already filled the entry.  When defined, the flag allows a separate
   method, "__contains__" for example, to coexist with a defined 
   slot like sq_contains. */

#define METH_COEXIST   0x0040

#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
typedef struct {
    PyObject_HEAD
    PyMethodDef *m_ml; /* Description of the C function to call */
    PyObject    *m_self; /* Passed as 'self' arg to the C func, can be NULL */
    PyObject    *m_module; /* The __module__ attribute, can be anything */
} PyCFunctionObject;
#endif

PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyCFunction_ClearFreeList(void);

#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyCFunction_DebugMallocStats(FILE *out);
PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyMethod_DebugMallocStats(FILE *out);
#endif

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* !Py_METHODOBJECT_H */