Utilities

The functions in this chapter perform various utility tasks, ranging from helping C code be more portable across platforms, using Python modules from C, and parsing function arguments and constructing Python values from C values.

• Operating System Utilities
  • PyOS_FSPath()
  • Py_FdIsInteractive()
  • PyOS_BeforeFork()
  • PyOS_AfterFork_Parent()
  • PyOS_AfterFork_Child()
  • PyOS_AfterFork()
  • PyOS_CheckStack()
  • PyOS_getsig()
  • PyOS_setsig()
  • Py_DecodeLocale()
  • Py_EncodeLocale()
• System Functions
  • PySys_GetObject()
  • PySys_SetObject()
  • PySys_ResetWarnOptions()
  • PySys_AddWarnOption()
  • PySys_AddWarnOptionUnicode()
  • PySys_SetPath()
  • PySys_WriteStdout()
  • PySys_WriteStderr()
  • PySys_FormatStdout()
  • PySys_FormatStderr()
  • PySys_AddXOption()
  • PySys_GetXOptions()
  • PySys_Audit()
  • PySys_AddAuditHook()
• Process Control
  • Py_FatalError()
  • Py_Exit()
  • Py_AtExit()
• Importing Modules
  • PyImport_ImportModule()
  • PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock()
  • PyImport_ImportModuleEx()
  • PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject()
  • PyImport_ImportModuleLevel()
  • PyImport_Import()
  • PyImport_ReloadModule()
  • PyImport_AddModuleObject()
  • PyImport_AddModule()
  • PyImport_ExecCodeModule()
  • PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx()
  • PyImport_ExecCodeModuleObject()
  • PyImport_ExecCodeModuleWithPathnames()
  • PyImport_GetMagicNumber()
  • PyImport_GetMagicTag()
  • PyImport_GetModuleDict()
  • PyImport_GetModule()
  • PyImport_GetImporter()
  • PyImport_ImportFrozenModuleObject()
  • PyImport_ImportFrozenModule()
  • _frozen
  • PyImport_FrozenModules
  • PyImport_AppendInittab()
  • _inittab
  • PyImport_ExtendInittab()
• Data marshalling support
  • PyMarshal_WriteLongToFile()
  • PyMarshal_WriteObjectToFile()
  • PyMarshal_WriteObjectToString()
  • PyMarshal_ReadLongFromFile()
  • PyMarshal_ReadShortFromFile()
  • PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromFile()
  • PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile()
  • PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromString()
• Parsing arguments and building values
  • Parsing arguments
    • Strings and buffers
    • Numbers
    • Other objects
    • API Functions
      • PyArg_ParseTuple()
      • PyArg_VaParse()
      • PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords()
      • PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords()
      • PyArg_ValidateKeywordArguments()
      • PyArg_Parse()
      • PyArg_UnpackTuple()
  • Building values
    • Py_BuildValue()
    • Py_VaBuildValue()
• String conversion and formatting
  • PyOS_snprintf()
  • PyOS_vsnprintf()
  • PyOS_string_to_double()
  • PyOS_double_to_string()
  • PyOS_stricmp()
  • PyOS_strnicmp()
• Reflection
  • PyEval_GetBuiltins()
  • PyEval_GetLocals()
  • PyEval_GetGlobals()
  • PyEval_GetFrame()
  • PyFrame_GetBack()
  • PyFrame_GetCode()
  • PyFrame_GetLineNumber()
  • PyEval_GetFuncName()
  • PyEval_GetFuncDesc()
• Codec registry and support functions
  • PyCodec_Register()
  • PyCodec_Unregister()
  • PyCodec_KnownEncoding()
  • PyCodec_Encode()
  • PyCodec_Decode()
  • Codec lookup API
    • PyCodec_Encoder()
    • PyCodec_Decoder()
    • PyCodec_IncrementalEncoder()
    • PyCodec_IncrementalDecoder()
    • PyCodec_StreamReader()
    • PyCodec_StreamWriter()
  • Registry API for Unicode encoding error handlers
    • PyCodec_RegisterError()
    • PyCodec_LookupError()
    • PyCodec_StrictErrors()
    • PyCodec_IgnoreErrors()
    • PyCodec_ReplaceErrors()
    • PyCodec_XMLCharRefReplaceErrors()
    • PyCodec_BackslashReplaceErrors()
    • PyCodec_NameReplaceErrors()