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, struct PyGetSetDef *getset)

New in version 2.2.

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

New in version 2.2.

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

New in version 2.2.

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

New in version 2.2.

PyObject *PyDescr_NewClassMethod(PyTypeObject *type, PyMethodDef *method)

New in version 2.3.

int PyDescr_IsData(PyObject *descr)

Return 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*)

New in version 2.2.