Python/C API Reference Manual
Guido van Rossum
Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
1895 Preston White Drive, Reston, Va 20191, USA
E-mail: guido@CNRI.Reston.Va.US, guido@python.org
April 13, 1999
Release 1.5.2
Front Matter
Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Include Files
1.2 Objects, Types and Reference Counts
1.3 Exceptions
1.4 Embedding Python
2. The Very High Level Layer
3. Reference Counting
4. Exception Handling
4.1 Standard Exceptions
5. Utilities
5.1 OS Utilities
5.2 Process Control
5.3 Importing Modules
6. Abstract Objects Layer
6.1 Object Protocol
6.2 Number Protocol
6.3 Sequence Protocol
6.4 Mapping Protocol
6.5 Constructors
7. Concrete Objects Layer
7.1 Fundamental Objects
7.2 Sequence Objects
7.3 Mapping Objects
7.4 Numeric Objects
7.5 Other Objects
8. Initialization, Finalization, and Threads
8.1 Thread State and the Global Interpreter Lock
9. Defining New Object Types
10. Debugging
Index
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