Issue #29377: Add three new wrappers to types.py (Manuel Krebber).

Doc/library/types.rst

@@ -132,6 +132,29 @@ Standard names are defined for the following types:
    C".)
 
 
+.. data:: SlotWrapperType
+
+   The type of methods of some built-in data types and base classes such as
+   :meth:`object.__init__` or :meth:`object.__lt__`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.7
+
+
+.. data:: MethodWrapperType
+
+   The type of *bound* methods of some built-in data types and base classes.
+   For example it is the type of :code:`object().__str__`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.7
+
+
+.. data:: MethodDescriptorType
+
+   The type of methods of some built-in data types such as :meth:`str.join`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.7
+
+
 .. class:: ModuleType(name, doc=None)
 
    The type of :term:`modules <module>`. Constructor takes the name of the

Lib/test/test_types.py

@@ -576,6 +576,24 @@ class TypesTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertGreater(object.__basicsize__, 0)
         self.assertGreater(tuple.__itemsize__, 0)
 
+    def test_slot_wrapper_types(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(object.__init__, types.SlotWrapperType)
+        self.assertIsInstance(object.__str__, types.SlotWrapperType)
+        self.assertIsInstance(object.__lt__, types.SlotWrapperType)
+        self.assertIsInstance(int.__lt__, types.SlotWrapperType)
+
+    def test_method_wrapper_types(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(object().__init__, types.MethodWrapperType)
+        self.assertIsInstance(object().__str__, types.MethodWrapperType)
+        self.assertIsInstance(object().__lt__, types.MethodWrapperType)
+        self.assertIsInstance((42).__lt__, types.MethodWrapperType)
+
+    def test_method_descriptor_types(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(str.join, types.MethodDescriptorType)
+        self.assertIsInstance(list.append, types.MethodDescriptorType)
+        self.assertIsInstance(''.join, types.BuiltinMethodType)
+        self.assertIsInstance([].append, types.BuiltinMethodType)
+
 
 class MappingProxyTests(unittest.TestCase):
     mappingproxy = types.MappingProxyType

Lib/types.py

@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ MethodType = type(_C()._m)
 BuiltinFunctionType = type(len)
 BuiltinMethodType = type([].append)     # Same as BuiltinFunctionType
 
+SlotWrapperType = type(object.__init__)
+MethodWrapperType = type(object().__str__)
+MethodDescriptorType = type(str.join)
+
 ModuleType = type(sys)
 
 try:

Misc/NEWS

@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #29377: Add SlotWrapperType, MethodWrapperType, and
+  MethodDescriptorType built-in types to types module.
+  Original patch by Manuel Krebber.
+
 - Issue #29218: Unused install_misc command is now removed.  It has been
   documented as unused since 2000.  Patch by Eric N. Vander Weele.