[CentralOH] New Types

[David Car]

Hey Python Gang,

I have a question about new types in Python.  Just finished reading up and 
trying a few things out, but I'm a little confused about one thing.  When 
declaring a new type, we basically have two new structures.  One is the per 
instance structure (your PyObject structure), which is basically an expansion 
of the PyObject structure.  At the beginning of that structure is the macro 
declaration of PyObject_HEAD which contains the reference counter and a 
pointer to the new type which is a structure of _typeobject.  Then for your 
new type (i.e. your _typeobject structure) there is a place holder for the 
size of your per instance PyObject structure along with all the necessary 
function pointers your new type will support.  My question is this:  Where 
and when does the pointer in your per instance PyObject structure get set?  
How does the interpreter know that your PyObject structure is related to your 
PyTypeObject structure?  Since your PyObject structure naming convention is 
not tied to your PyTypeObject name, how are the two associated?  I see how 
your type is statically instantiated in the initialization, but I don't see 
where your per instance PyObject is related to it?  Is it simply that the two 
structures co-exist in the same module?  Thanks.

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Regards,

David