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<a id='l2h-
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<dl><dt>PyTypeObject
<b><tt id='l2h-
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661'
class=
"cdata">PyMethod_Type
</tt></b></dt>
This instance of
<tt class=
"ctype">PyTypeObject
</tt> represents the Python method
type. This is exposed to Python programs as
<code>types.MethodType
</code>.
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<dl><dt><table cellpadding=
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"baseline"><td><nobr>int
<b><tt id='l2h-
664' xml:id='l2h-
664'
class=
"cfunction">PyMethod_Check
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td><td>PyObject *
<var>o
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
Return true if
<var>o
</var> is a method object (has type
<tt class=
"cdata">PyMethod_Type
</tt>). The parameter must not be
<tt class=
"constant">NULL
</tt>.
<dl><dt><table cellpadding=
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"0"><tr valign=
"baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*
<b><tt id='l2h-
665' xml:id='l2h-
665'
class=
"cfunction">PyMethod_New
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td><td>PyObject *func.
PyObject *
<var>self
</var>, PyObject *
<var>class
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
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<span class=
"label">Return value:
</span>
<span class=
"value">New reference.
</span>
Return a new method object, with
<var>func
</var> being any callable
object; this is the function that will be called when the method is
called. If this method should be bound to an instance,
<var>self
</var>
should be the instance and
<var>class
</var> should be the class of
<var>self
</var>, otherwise
<var>self
</var> should be
<tt class=
"constant">NULL
</tt> and
<var>class
</var>
should be the class which provides the unbound method..
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"baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*
<b><tt id='l2h-
666' xml:id='l2h-
666'
class=
"cfunction">PyMethod_Class
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td><td>PyObject *
<var>meth
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
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"refcount-info">
<span class=
"label">Return value:
</span>
<span class=
"value">Borrowed reference.
</span>
Return the class object from which the method
<var>meth
</var> was
created; if this was created from an instance, it will be the class
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<b><tt id='l2h-
667' xml:id='l2h-
667'
class=
"cfunction">PyMethod_GET_CLASS
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td><td>PyObject *
<var>meth
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
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<span class=
"label">Return value:
</span>
<span class=
"value">Borrowed reference.
</span>
Macro version of
<tt class=
"cfunction">PyMethod_Class()
</tt> which avoids error
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"0"><tr valign=
"baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*
<b><tt id='l2h-
668' xml:id='l2h-
668'
class=
"cfunction">PyMethod_Function
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td><td>PyObject *
<var>meth
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
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<span class=
"label">Return value:
</span>
<span class=
"value">Borrowed reference.
</span>
Return the function object associated with the method
<var>meth
</var>.
<dl><dt><table cellpadding=
"0" cellspacing=
"0"><tr valign=
"baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*
<b><tt id='l2h-
669' xml:id='l2h-
669'
class=
"cfunction">PyMethod_GET_FUNCTION
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td><td>PyObject *
<var>meth
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
<div class=
"refcount-info">
<span class=
"label">Return value:
</span>
<span class=
"value">Borrowed reference.
</span>
Macro version of
<tt class=
"cfunction">PyMethod_Function()
</tt> which avoids error
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"0" cellspacing=
"0"><tr valign=
"baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*
<b><tt id='l2h-
670' xml:id='l2h-
670'
class=
"cfunction">PyMethod_Self
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td><td>PyObject *
<var>meth
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
<div class=
"refcount-info">
<span class=
"label">Return value:
</span>
<span class=
"value">Borrowed reference.
</span>
Return the instance associated with the method
<var>meth
</var> if it is
bound, otherwise return
<tt class=
"constant">NULL
</tt>.
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"0" cellspacing=
"0"><tr valign=
"baseline"><td><nobr>PyObject*
<b><tt id='l2h-
671' xml:id='l2h-
671'
class=
"cfunction">PyMethod_GET_SELF
</tt></b>(
</nobr></td><td>PyObject *
<var>meth
</var>)
</td></tr></table></dt>
<div class=
"refcount-info">
<span class=
"label">Return value:
</span>
<span class=
"value">Borrowed reference.
</span>
Macro version of
<tt class=
"cfunction">PyMethod_Self()
</tt> which avoids error
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