#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN #include typedef struct { PyListObject list; int state; } SubListObject; static PyObject * SubList_increment(SubListObject *self, PyObject *unused) { self->state++; return PyLong_FromLong(self->state); } static PyMethodDef SubList_methods[] = { {"increment", (PyCFunction) SubList_increment, METH_NOARGS, PyDoc_STR("increment state counter")}, {NULL}, }; static int SubList_init(SubListObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds) { if (PyList_Type.tp_init((PyObject *) self, args, kwds) < 0) return -1; self->state = 0; return 0; } static PyTypeObject SubListType = { PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0) .tp_name = "sublist.SubList", .tp_doc = "SubList objects", .tp_basicsize = sizeof(SubListObject), .tp_itemsize = 0, .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE, .tp_init = (initproc) SubList_init, .tp_methods = SubList_methods, }; static PyModuleDef sublistmodule = { PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT, .m_name = "sublist", .m_doc = "Example module that creates an extension type.", .m_size = -1, }; PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_sublist(void) { PyObject *m; SubListType.tp_base = &PyList_Type; if (PyType_Ready(&SubListType) < 0) return NULL; m = PyModule_Create(&sublistmodule); if (m == NULL) return NULL; Py_INCREF(&SubListType); PyModule_AddObject(m, "SubList", (PyObject *) &SubListType); return m; }