HPyField¶
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void
HPyField_Store
(HPyContext *ctx, HPy target_object, HPyField *target_field, HPy h)¶
[source] HPyFields should be used ONLY in parts of memory which is known to the GC, e.g. memory allocated by HPy_New:
NEVER declare a local variable of type HPyField
NEVER use HPyField on a struct allocated by e.g. malloc()
CPython’s note: contrarily than PyObject*, you don’t need to manually manage refcounting when using HPyField: if you use HPyField_Store to overwrite an existing value, the old object will be automatically decrefed. This means that you CANNOT use HPyField_Store to write memory which contains uninitialized values, because it would try to decref a dangling pointer.
Note that HPy_New automatically zeroes the memory it allocates, so everything works well out of the box. In case you are using manually allocated memory, you should initialize the HPyField to HPyField_NULL.
Note the difference:
obj->f = HPyField_NULL
: this should be used only to initialize uninitialized memory. If you use it to overwrite a valid HPyField, you will cause a memory leak (at least on CPython)HPyField_Store(ctx, &obj->f, HPy_NULL): this does the right and decref the old value. However, you CANNOT use it if the memory is not initialized.
Note: target_object and source_object are there in case an implementation needs to add write and/or read barriers on the objects. They are ignored by CPython but e.g. PyPy needs a write barrier.