7.5.6 Descriptor Objects

``Descriptors'' are objects that describe some attribute of an object. They are found in the dictionary of type objects.

PyTypeObject PyProperty_Type

The type object for the built-in descriptor types. New in version 2.2.

PyObject* PyDescr_NewGetSet (PyTypeObject *type, PyGetSetDef *getset)

Return value: New reference.

New in version 2.2.

PyObject* PyDescr_NewMember (PyTypeObject *type, PyMemberDef *meth)

Return value: New reference.

New in version 2.2.

PyObject* PyDescr_NewMethod (PyTypeObject *type, PyMethodDef *meth)

Return value: New reference.

New in version 2.2.

PyObject* PyDescr_NewWrapper (PyTypeObject *type, struct wrapperbase *wrapper, void *wrapped)

Return value: New reference.

New in version 2.2.

int PyDescr_IsData (PyObject *descr)

Returns true if the descriptor objects descr describes a data attribute, or false if it describes a method. descr must be a descriptor object; there is no error checking. New in version 2.2.

PyObject* PyWrapper_New (PyObject *, PyObject *)

Return value: New reference.

New in version 2.2.