struct PyMethodDef { const char *ml_name; /* The name of the built-in function/method */ PyCFunction ml_meth; /* The C function that implements it */ int ml_flags; /* Combination of METH_xxx flags, which mostly describe the args expected by the C func */ const char *ml_doc; /* The __doc__ attribute, or NULL */ }; typedef struct PyMethodDef PyMethodDef;
/* Flag passed to newmethodobject */ /* #define METH_OLDARGS 0x0000 -- unsupported now */ #define METH_VARARGS 0x0001 #define METH_KEYWORDS 0x0002 /* METH_NOARGS and METH_O must not be combined with the flags above. */ #define METH_NOARGS 0x0004 #define METH_O 0x0008
/* METH_CLASS and METH_STATIC are a little different; these control the construction of methods for a class. These cannot be used for functions in modules. */ #define METH_CLASS 0x0010 #define METH_STATIC 0x0020
/* METH_COEXIST allows a method to be entered even though a slot has already filled the entry. When defined, the flag allows a separate method, "__contains__" for example, to coexist with a defined slot like sq_contains. */
/* This bit is preserved for Stackless Python */ #ifdef STACKLESS #define METH_STACKLESS 0x0100 #else #define METH_STACKLESS 0x0000 #endif
#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API typedef struct { PyObject_HEAD PyMethodDef *m_ml; /* Description of the C function to call */ PyObject *m_self; /* Passed as 'self' arg to the C func, can be NULL */ PyObject *m_module; /* The __module__ attribute, can be anything */ PyObject *m_weakreflist; /* List of weak references */ vectorcallfunc vectorcall; } PyCFunctionObject;