Add documentation for the public API for weak reference objects.

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Fred Drake 2001-10-05 22:03:58 +00:00
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\lineiii{PyExc_NotImplementedError}{\exception{NotImplementedError}}{}
\lineiii{PyExc_OSError}{\exception{OSError}}{}
\lineiii{PyExc_OverflowError}{\exception{OverflowError}}{}
\lineiii{PyExc_ReferenceError}{\exception{ReferenceError}}{(2)}
\lineiii{PyExc_RuntimeError}{\exception{RuntimeError}}{}
\lineiii{PyExc_SyntaxError}{\exception{SyntaxError}}{}
\lineiii{PyExc_SystemError}{\exception{SystemError}}{}
\lineiii{PyExc_SystemExit}{\exception{SystemExit}}{}
\lineiii{PyExc_TypeError}{\exception{TypeError}}{}
\lineiii{PyExc_ValueError}{\exception{ValueError}}{}
\lineiii{PyExc_WindowsError}{\exception{WindowsError}}{(2)}
\lineiii{PyExc_WindowsError}{\exception{WindowsError}}{(3)}
\lineiii{PyExc_ZeroDivisionError}{\exception{ZeroDivisionError}}{}
\end{tableiii}
@ -1116,6 +1117,9 @@ Notes:
This is a base class for other standard exceptions.
\item[(2)]
This is the same as \exception{weakref.ReferenceError}.
\item[(3)]
Only defined on Windows; protect code that uses this by testing that
the preprocessor macro \code{MS_WINDOWS} is defined.
\end{description}
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\end{cfuncdesc}
\subsection{Weak Reference Objects \label{weakref-objects}}
Python supports \emph{weak references} as first-class objects. There
are two specific object types which directly implement weak
references. The first is a simple reference object, and the second
acts as a proxy for the original object as much as it can.
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyWeakref_Check}{ob}
Return true if \var{ob} is either a reference or proxy object.
\versionadded{2.2}
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyWeakref_CheckRef}{ob}
Return true if \var{ob} is a reference object.
\versionadded{2.2}
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{int}{PyWeakref_CheckProxy}{ob}
Return true if \var{ob} is a proxy object.
\versionadded{2.2}
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyWeakref_NewRef}{PyObject *ob,
PyObject *callback}
Return a weak reference object for the object \var{ob}. This will
always return a new reference, but is not guaranteed to create a new
object; an existing reference object may be returned. The second
parameter, \var{callback}, can be a callable object that receives
notification when \var{ob} is garbage collected; it should accept a
single paramter, which will be the weak reference object itself.
\var{callback} may also be \code{None} or \NULL. If \var{ob}
is not a weakly-referencable object, or if \var{callback} is not
callable, \code{None}, or \NULL, this will return \NULL{} and
raise \exception{TypeError}.
\versionadded{2.2}
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyWeakref_NewProxy}{PyObject *ob,
PyObject *callback}
Return a weak reference proxy object for the object \var{ob}. This
will always return a new reference, but is not guaranteed to create
a new object; an existing proxy object may be returned. The second
parameter, \var{callback}, can be a callable object that receives
notification when \var{ob} is garbage collected; it should accept a
single paramter, which will be the weak reference object itself.
\var{callback} may also be \code{None} or \NULL. If \var{ob} is not
a weakly-referencable object, or if \var{callback} is not callable,
\code{None}, or \NULL, this will return \NULL{} and raise
\exception{TypeError}.
\versionadded{2.2}
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyWeakref_GetObject}{PyObject *ref}
Returns the referenced object from a weak reference, \var{ref}. If
the referent is no longer live, returns \NULL.
\versionadded{2.2}
\end{cfuncdesc}
\begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT}{PyObject *ref}
Similar to \cfunction{PyWeakref_GetObject()}, but implemented as a
macro that does no error checking.
\versionadded{2.2}
\end{cfuncdesc}
\subsection{CObjects \label{cObjects}}
\obindex{CObject}