86 lines
3.1 KiB
C
86 lines
3.1 KiB
C
/* The idea of this file is that you bundle it with your extension,
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#include it, program to Python 2.3's memory API and have your
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extension build with any version of Python from 1.5.2 through to
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2.3 (and hopefully beyond). */
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#ifndef Py_PYMEMCOMPAT_H
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#define Py_PYMEMCOMPAT_H
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#include "Python.h"
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/* There are three "families" of memory API: the "raw memory", "object
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memory" and "object" families. (This is ignoring the matter of the
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cycle collector, about which more is said below).
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Raw Memory:
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PyMem_Malloc, PyMem_Realloc, PyMem_Free
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Object Memory:
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PyObject_Malloc, PyObject_Realloc, PyObject_Free
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Object:
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PyObject_New, PyObject_NewVar, PyObject_Del
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The raw memory and object memory allocators both mimic the
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malloc/realloc/free interface from ANSI C, but the object memory
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allocator can (and, since 2.3, does by default) use a different
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allocation strategy biased towards lots of "small" allocations.
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The object family is used for allocating Python objects, and the
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initializers take care of some basic initialization (setting the
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refcount to 1 and filling out the ob_type field) as well as having
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a somewhat different interface.
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Do not mix the families! E.g. do not allocate memory with
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PyMem_Malloc and free it with PyObject_Free. You may get away with
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it quite a lot of the time, but there *are* scenarios where this
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will break. You Have Been Warned.
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Also, in many versions of Python there are an insane amount of
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memory interfaces to choose from. Use the ones described above. */
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#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x01060000
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/* raw memory interface already present */
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/* there is no object memory interface in 1.5.2 */
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#define PyObject_Malloc PyMem_Malloc
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#define PyObject_Realloc PyMem_Realloc
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#define PyObject_Free PyMem_Free
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/* the object interface is there, but the names have changed */
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#define PyObject_New PyObject_NEW
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#define PyObject_NewVar PyObject_NEW_VAR
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#define PyObject_Del PyMem_Free
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#endif
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/* If your object is a container you probably want to support the
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cycle collector, which was new in Python 2.0.
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Unfortunately, the interface to the collector that was present in
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Python 2.0 and 2.1 proved to be tricky to use, and so changed in
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2.2 -- in a way that can't easily be papered over with macros.
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This file contains macros that let you program to the 2.2 GC API.
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Your module will compile against any Python since version 1.5.2,
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but the type will only participate in the GC in versions 2.2 and
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up. Some work is still necessary on your part to only fill out the
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tp_traverse and tp_clear fields when they exist and set tp_flags
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appropriately.
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It is possible to support both the 2.0 and 2.2 GC APIs, but it's
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not pretty and this comment block is too narrow to contain a
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description of what's required... */
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#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x020200B1
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#define PyObject_GC_New PyObject_New
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#define PyObject_GC_NewVar PyObject_NewVar
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#define PyObject_GC_Del PyObject_Del
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#define PyObject_GC_Track(op)
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#define PyObject_GC_UnTrack(op)
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#endif
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#endif /* !Py_PYMEMCOMPAT_H */
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