[Python-Dev] creating factory methods in C extension modules.

[Patrick Stinson]

excellent, that will help.

On Tuesday 08 June 2004 05:04 am, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> > I'm creating an C extension module that returns one of my C-defined
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> python
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> > classes from a factory function. is it correct to simple have the
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> factory
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> > function allocate and init the object by calling the functions I
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> defined
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> > and
> > set as tp_new and tp_init in the PyTypeObject? If not am I supposed to
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> use
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> > PyObject_New and PyObject_Init or something?
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> These kind of questions should be directed to comp.lang.python.
>
> FWIW, good examples can be found in Objects/listobject.c.  The code for
> list_slice is effectively a factory function that returns a new list.
> It calls PyList_New() which calls PyObject_GC_New() to create the new
> object.
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>
> Raymond