1 .. highlightlang:: c 2 3 .. _descriptor-objects: 4 5 Descriptor Objects 6 ------------------ 7 8 "Descriptors" are objects that describe some attribute of an object. They are 9 found in the dictionary of type objects. 10 11 .. XXX document these! 12 13 .. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyProperty_Type 14 15 The type object for the built-in descriptor types. 16 17 18 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewGetSet(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyGetSetDef *getset) 19 20 21 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewMember(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMemberDef *meth) 22 23 24 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewMethod(PyTypeObject *type, struct PyMethodDef *meth) 25 26 27 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewWrapper(PyTypeObject *type, struct wrapperbase *wrapper, void *wrapped) 28 29 30 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyDescr_NewClassMethod(PyTypeObject *type, PyMethodDef *method) 31 32 33 .. c:function:: int PyDescr_IsData(PyObject *descr) 34 35 Return true if the descriptor objects *descr* describes a data attribute, or 36 false if it describes a method. *descr* must be a descriptor object; there is 37 no error checking. 38 39 40 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyWrapper_New(PyObject *, PyObject *) 41