cpython/Include/fileobject.h

/* File object interface */

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

typedef struct {
	PyObject_HEAD
	FILE *f_fp;
	PyObject *f_name;
	PyObject *f_mode;
	int (*f_close)(FILE *);
	int f_softspace;	/* Flag used by 'print' command */
	int f_binary;		/* Flag which indicates whether the file is 
				   open in binary (1) or text (0) mode */
	char* f_buf;		/* Allocated readahead buffer */
	char* f_bufend;		/* Points after last occupied position */
	char* f_bufptr;		/* Current buffer position */
	char *f_setbuf;		/* Buffer for setbuf(3) and setvbuf(3) */
	int f_univ_newline;	/* Handle any newline convention */
	int f_newlinetypes;	/* Types of newlines seen */
	int f_skipnextlf;	/* Skip next \n */
	PyObject *f_encoding;
	PyObject *weakreflist; /* List of weak references */
} PyFileObject;

PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyFile_Type;

#define PyFile_Check(op) PyObject_TypeCheck(op, &PyFile_Type)
#define PyFile_CheckExact(op) ((op)->ob_type == &PyFile_Type)

PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyFile_FromString(char *, char *);
PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyFile_SetBufSize(PyObject *, int);
PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyFile_SetEncoding(PyObject *, const char *);
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyFile_FromFile(FILE *, char *, char *,
                                             int (*)(FILE *));
PyAPI_FUNC(FILE *) PyFile_AsFile(PyObject *);
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyFile_Name(PyObject *);
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyFile_GetLine(PyObject *, int);
PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyFile_WriteObject(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyFile_SoftSpace(PyObject *, int);
PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyFile_WriteString(const char *, PyObject *);
PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_AsFileDescriptor(PyObject *);

/* The default encoding used by the platform file system APIs
   If non-NULL, this is different than the default encoding for strings
*/
PyAPI_DATA(const char *) Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding;

/* Routines to replace fread() and fgets() which accept any of \r, \n
   or \r\n as line terminators.
*/
#define PY_STDIOTEXTMODE "b"
char *Py_UniversalNewlineFgets(char *, int, FILE*, PyObject *);
size_t Py_UniversalNewlineFread(char *, size_t, FILE *, PyObject *);

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