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| 61 | <a id='l2h-655' xml:id='l2h-655'></a>There are very few functions specific to instance objects. |
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| 64 | <dl><dt>PyTypeObject <b><tt id='l2h-656' xml:id='l2h-656' class="cdata">PyInstance_Type</tt></b></dt> |
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| 66 | Type object for class instances. |
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| 70 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>int <b><tt id='l2h-657' xml:id='l2h-657' class="cfunction">PyInstance_Check</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>obj</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
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| 72 | Return true if <var>obj</var> is an instance. |
| 73 | </dd></dl> |
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| 75 | <P> |
| 76 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject* <b><tt id='l2h-658' xml:id='l2h-658' class="cfunction">PyInstance_New</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>class</var>, |
| 77 | PyObject *<var>arg</var>, |
| 78 | PyObject *<var>kw</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
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| 81 | <span class="label">Return value:</span> |
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| 84 | Create a new instance of a specific class. The parameters <var>arg</var> |
| 85 | and <var>kw</var> are used as the positional and keyword parameters to |
| 86 | the object's constructor. |
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| 90 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject* <b><tt id='l2h-659' xml:id='l2h-659' class="cfunction">PyInstance_NewRaw</tt></b>(</nobr></td><td>PyObject *<var>class</var>, |
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| 94 | <span class="label">Return value:</span> |
| 95 | <span class="value">New reference.</span> |
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| 97 | Create a new instance of a specific class without calling it's |
| 98 | constructor. <var>class</var> is the class of new object. The |
| 99 | <var>dict</var> parameter will be used as the object's <tt class="member">__dict__</tt>; |
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