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The C and C++ Include Header Files
cat -n /usr/include/python3.14/cpython/weakrefobject.h
1 #ifndef Py_CPYTHON_WEAKREFOBJECT_H 2 # error "this header file must not be included directly" 3 #endif 4 5 /* PyWeakReference is the base struct for the Python ReferenceType, ProxyType, 6 * and CallableProxyType. 7 */ 8 struct _PyWeakReference { 9 PyObject_HEAD 10 11 /* The object to which this is a weak reference, or Py_None if none. 12 * Note that this is a stealth reference: wr_object's refcount is 13 * not incremented to reflect this pointer. 14 */ 15 PyObject *wr_object; 16 17 /* A callable to invoke when wr_object dies, or NULL if none. */ 18 PyObject *wr_callback; 19 20 /* A cache for wr_object's hash code. As usual for hashes, this is -1 21 * if the hash code isn't known yet. 22 */ 23 Py_hash_t hash; 24 25 /* If wr_object is weakly referenced, wr_object has a doubly-linked NULL- 26 * terminated list of weak references to it. These are the list pointers. 27 * If wr_object goes away, wr_object is set to Py_None, and these pointers 28 * have no meaning then. 29 */ 30 PyWeakReference *wr_prev; 31 PyWeakReference *wr_next; 32 vectorcallfunc vectorcall; 33 34 #ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED 35 /* Pointer to the lock used when clearing in free-threaded builds. 36 * Normally this can be derived from wr_object, but in some cases we need 37 * to lock after wr_object has been set to Py_None. 38 */ 39 PyMutex *weakrefs_lock; 40 #endif 41 }; 42 43 PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyWeakref_ClearRef(PyWeakReference *self); 44 45 #define _PyWeakref_CAST(op) \ 46 (assert(PyWeakref_Check(op)), _Py_CAST(PyWeakReference*, (op))) 47 48 // Test if a weak reference is dead. 49 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyWeakref_IsDead(PyObject *ref); 50 51 Py_DEPRECATED(3.13) static inline PyObject* PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(PyObject *ref_obj) 52 { 53 PyWeakReference *ref = _PyWeakref_CAST(ref_obj); 54 PyObject *obj = ref->wr_object; 55 // Explanation for the Py_REFCNT() check: when a weakref's target is part 56 // of a long chain of deallocations which triggers the trashcan mechanism, 57 // clearing the weakrefs can be delayed long after the target's refcount 58 // has dropped to zero. In the meantime, code accessing the weakref will 59 // be able to "see" the target object even though it is supposed to be 60 // unreachable. See issue gh-60806. 61 if (Py_REFCNT(obj) > 0) { 62 return obj; 63 } 64 return Py_None; 65 } 66 #define PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(ref) PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(_PyObject_CAST(ref))