attr.h

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/*
    pybind11/attr.h: Infrastructure for processing custom
    type and function attributes
 
    Copyright (c) 2016 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel.jakob@epfl.ch>
 
    All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
    BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
*/
 
#pragma once
 
#include "cast.h"
 
PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_BEGIN(PYBIND11_NAMESPACE)
 
/// \addtogroup annotations
/// @{
 
/// Annotation for methods
struct is_method { handle class_; is_method(const handle &c) : class_(c) { } };
 
/// Annotation for operators
struct is_operator { };
 
/// Annotation for classes that cannot be subclassed
struct is_final { };
 
/// Annotation for parent scope
struct scope { handle value; scope(const handle &s) : value(s) { } };
 
/// Annotation for documentation
struct doc { const char *value; doc(const char *value) : value(value) { } };
 
/// Annotation for function names
struct name { const char *value; name(const char *value) : value(value) { } };
 
/// Annotation indicating that a function is an overload associated with a given "sibling"
struct sibling { handle value; sibling(const handle &value) : value(value.ptr()) { } };
 
/// Annotation indicating that a class derives from another given type
template <typename T> struct base {
 
    PYBIND11_DEPRECATED("base<T>() was deprecated in favor of specifying 'T' as a template argument to class_")
    base() { } // NOLINT(modernize-use-equals-default): breaks MSVC 2015 when adding an attribute
};
 
/// Keep patient alive while nurse lives
template <size_t Nurse, size_t Patient> struct keep_alive { };
 
/// Annotation indicating that a class is involved in a multiple inheritance relationship
struct multiple_inheritance { };
 
/// Annotation which enables dynamic attributes, i.e. adds `__dict__` to a class
struct dynamic_attr { };
 
/// Annotation which enables the buffer protocol for a type
struct buffer_protocol { };
 
/// Annotation which requests that a special metaclass is created for a type
struct metaclass {
    handle value;
 
    PYBIND11_DEPRECATED("py::metaclass() is no longer required. It's turned on by default now.")
    metaclass() { } // NOLINT(modernize-use-equals-default): breaks MSVC 2015 when adding an attribute
 
    /// Override pybind11's default metaclass
    explicit metaclass(handle value) : value(value) { }
};
 
/// Annotation that marks a class as local to the module:
struct module_local { const bool value; constexpr module_local(bool v = true) : value(v) { } };
 
/// Annotation to mark enums as an arithmetic type
struct arithmetic { };
 
/// Mark a function for addition at the beginning of the existing overload chain instead of the end
struct prepend { };
 
/** \rst
    A call policy which places one or more guard variables (``Ts...``) around the function call.
 
    For example, this definition:
 
    .. code-block:: cpp
 
        m.def("foo", foo, py::call_guard<T>());
 
    is equivalent to the following pseudocode:
 
    .. code-block:: cpp
 
        m.def("foo", [](args...) {
            T scope_guard;
            return foo(args...); // forwarded arguments
        });
 \endrst */
template <typename... Ts> struct call_guard;
 
template <> struct call_guard<> { using type = detail::void_type; };
 
template <typename T>
struct call_guard<T> {
    static_assert(std::is_default_constructible<T>::value,
                  "The guard type must be default constructible");
 
    using type = T;
};
 
template <typename T, typename... Ts>
struct call_guard<T, Ts...> {
    struct type {
        T guard{}; // Compose multiple guard types with left-to-right default-constructor order
        typename call_guard<Ts...>::type next{};
    };
};
 
/// @} annotations
 
PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_BEGIN(detail)
/* Forward declarations */
enum op_id : int;
enum op_type : int;
struct undefined_t;
template <op_id id, op_type ot, typename L = undefined_t, typename R = undefined_t> struct op_;
inline void keep_alive_impl(size_t Nurse, size_t Patient, function_call &call, handle ret);
 
/// Internal data structure which holds metadata about a keyword argument
struct argument_record {
    const char *name;  ///< Argument name
    const char *descr; ///< Human-readable version of the argument value
    handle value;      ///< Associated Python object
    bool convert : 1;  ///< True if the argument is allowed to convert when loading
    bool none : 1;     ///< True if None is allowed when loading
 
    argument_record(const char *name, const char *descr, handle value, bool convert, bool none)
        : name(name), descr(descr), value(value), convert(convert), none(none) { }
};
 
/// Internal data structure which holds metadata about a bound function (signature, overloads, etc.)
struct function_record {
    function_record()
        : is_constructor(false), is_new_style_constructor(false), is_stateless(false),
          is_operator(false), is_method(false), has_args(false),
          has_kwargs(false), has_kw_only_args(false), prepend(false) { }
 
    /// Function name
    char *name = nullptr; /* why no C++ strings? They generate heavier code.. */
 
    // User-specified documentation string
    char *doc = nullptr;
 
    /// Human-readable version of the function signature
    char *signature = nullptr;
 
    /// List of registered keyword arguments
    std::vector<argument_record> args;
 
    /// Pointer to lambda function which converts arguments and performs the actual call
    handle (*impl) (function_call &) = nullptr;
 
    /// Storage for the wrapped function pointer and captured data, if any
    void *data[3] = { };
 
    /// Pointer to custom destructor for 'data' (if needed)
    void (*free_data) (function_record *ptr) = nullptr;
 
    /// Return value policy associated with this function
    return_value_policy policy = return_value_policy::automatic;
 
    /// True if name == '__init__'
    bool is_constructor : 1;
 
    /// True if this is a new-style `__init__` defined in `detail/init.h`
    bool is_new_style_constructor : 1;
 
    /// True if this is a stateless function pointer
    bool is_stateless : 1;
 
    /// True if this is an operator (__add__), etc.
    bool is_operator : 1;
 
    /// True if this is a method
    bool is_method : 1;
 
    /// True if the function has a '*args' argument
    bool has_args : 1;
 
    /// True if the function has a '**kwargs' argument
    bool has_kwargs : 1;
 
    /// True once a 'py::kw_only' is encountered (any following args are keyword-only)
    bool has_kw_only_args : 1;
 
    /// True if this function is to be inserted at the beginning of the overload resolution chain
    bool prepend : 1;
 
    /// Number of arguments (including py::args and/or py::kwargs, if present)
    std::uint16_t nargs;
 
    /// Number of trailing arguments (counted in `nargs`) that are keyword-only
    std::uint16_t nargs_kw_only = 0;
 
    /// Number of leading arguments (counted in `nargs`) that are positional-only
    std::uint16_t nargs_pos_only = 0;
 
    /// Python method object
    PyMethodDef *def = nullptr;
 
    /// Python handle to the parent scope (a class or a module)
    handle scope;
 
    /// Python handle to the sibling function representing an overload chain
    handle sibling;
 
    /// Pointer to next overload
    function_record *next = nullptr;
};
 
/// Special data structure which (temporarily) holds metadata about a bound class
struct type_record {
    PYBIND11_NOINLINE type_record()
        : multiple_inheritance(false), dynamic_attr(false), buffer_protocol(false),
          default_holder(true), module_local(false), is_final(false) { }
 
    /// Handle to the parent scope
    handle scope;
 
    /// Name of the class
    const char *name = nullptr;
 
    // Pointer to RTTI type_info data structure
    const std::type_info *type = nullptr;
 
    /// How large is the underlying C++ type?
    size_t type_size = 0;
 
    /// What is the alignment of the underlying C++ type?
    size_t type_align = 0;
 
    /// How large is the type's holder?
    size_t holder_size = 0;
 
    /// The global operator new can be overridden with a class-specific variant
    void *(*operator_new)(size_t) = nullptr;
 
    /// Function pointer to class_<..>::init_instance
    void (*init_instance)(instance *, const void *) = nullptr;
 
    /// Function pointer to class_<..>::dealloc
    void (*dealloc)(detail::value_and_holder &) = nullptr;
 
    /// List of base classes of the newly created type
    list bases;
 
    /// Optional docstring
    const char *doc = nullptr;
 
    /// Custom metaclass (optional)
    handle metaclass;
 
    /// Multiple inheritance marker
    bool multiple_inheritance : 1;
 
    /// Does the class manage a __dict__?
    bool dynamic_attr : 1;
 
    /// Does the class implement the buffer protocol?
    bool buffer_protocol : 1;
 
    /// Is the default (unique_ptr) holder type used?
    bool default_holder : 1;
 
    /// Is the class definition local to the module shared object?
    bool module_local : 1;
 
    /// Is the class inheritable from python classes?
    bool is_final : 1;
 
    PYBIND11_NOINLINE void add_base(const std::type_info &base, void *(*caster)(void *)) {
        auto base_info = detail::get_type_info(base, false);
        if (!base_info) {
            std::string tname(base.name());
            detail::clean_type_id(tname);
            pybind11_fail("generic_type: type \"" + std::string(name) +
                          "\" referenced unknown base type \"" + tname + "\"");
        }
 
        if (default_holder != base_info->default_holder) {
            std::string tname(base.name());
            detail::clean_type_id(tname);
            pybind11_fail("generic_type: type \"" + std::string(name) + "\" " +
                    (default_holder ? "does not have" : "has") +
                    " a non-default holder type while its base \"" + tname + "\" " +
                    (base_info->default_holder ? "does not" : "does"));
        }
 
        bases.append((PyObject *) base_info->type);
 
        if (base_info->type->tp_dictoffset != 0)
            dynamic_attr = true;
 
        if (caster)
            base_info->implicit_casts.emplace_back(type, caster);
    }
};
 
inline function_call::function_call(const function_record &f, handle p) :
        func(f), parent(p) {
    args.reserve(f.nargs);
    args_convert.reserve(f.nargs);
}
 
/// Tag for a new-style `__init__` defined in `detail/init.h`
struct is_new_style_constructor { };
 
/**
 * Partial template specializations to process custom attributes provided to
 * cpp_function_ and class_. These are either used to initialize the respective
 * fields in the type_record and function_record data structures or executed at
 * runtime to deal with custom call policies (e.g. keep_alive).
 */
template <typename T, typename SFINAE = void> struct process_attribute;
 
template <typename T> struct process_attribute_default {
    /// Default implementation: do nothing
    static void init(const T &, function_record *) { }
    static void init(const T &, type_record *) { }
    static void precall(function_call &) { }
    static void postcall(function_call &, handle) { }
};
 
/// Process an attribute specifying the function's name
template <> struct process_attribute<name> : process_attribute_default<name> {
    static void init(const name &n, function_record *r) { r->name = const_cast<char *>(n.value); }
};
 
/// Process an attribute specifying the function's docstring
template <> struct process_attribute<doc> : process_attribute_default<doc> {
    static void init(const doc &n, function_record *r) { r->doc = const_cast<char *>(n.value); }
};
 
/// Process an attribute specifying the function's docstring (provided as a C-style string)
template <> struct process_attribute<const char *> : process_attribute_default<const char *> {
    static void init(const char *d, function_record *r) { r->doc = const_cast<char *>(d); }
    static void init(const char *d, type_record *r) { r->doc = const_cast<char *>(d); }
};
template <> struct process_attribute<char *> : process_attribute<const char *> { };
 
/// Process an attribute indicating the function's return value policy
template <> struct process_attribute<return_value_policy> : process_attribute_default<return_value_policy> {
    static void init(const return_value_policy &p, function_record *r) { r->policy = p; }
};
 
/// Process an attribute which indicates that this is an overloaded function associated with a given sibling
template <> struct process_attribute<sibling> : process_attribute_default<sibling> {
    static void init(const sibling &s, function_record *r) { r->sibling = s.value; }
};
 
/// Process an attribute which indicates that this function is a method
template <> struct process_attribute<is_method> : process_attribute_default<is_method> {
    static void init(const is_method &s, function_record *r) { r->is_method = true; r->scope = s.class_; }
};
 
/// Process an attribute which indicates the parent scope of a method
template <> struct process_attribute<scope> : process_attribute_default<scope> {
    static void init(const scope &s, function_record *r) { r->scope = s.value; }
};
 
/// Process an attribute which indicates that this function is an operator
template <> struct process_attribute<is_operator> : process_attribute_default<is_operator> {
    static void init(const is_operator &, function_record *r) { r->is_operator = true; }
};
 
template <> struct process_attribute<is_new_style_constructor> : process_attribute_default<is_new_style_constructor> {
    static void init(const is_new_style_constructor &, function_record *r) { r->is_new_style_constructor = true; }
};
 
inline void process_kw_only_arg(const arg &a, function_record *r) {
    if (!a.name || strlen(a.name) == 0)
        pybind11_fail("arg(): cannot specify an unnamed argument after an kw_only() annotation");
    ++r->nargs_kw_only;
}
 
/// Process a keyword argument attribute (*without* a default value)
template <> struct process_attribute<arg> : process_attribute_default<arg> {
    static void init(const arg &a, function_record *r) {
        if (r->is_method && r->args.empty())
            r->args.emplace_back("self", nullptr, handle(), true /*convert*/, false /*none not allowed*/);
        r->args.emplace_back(a.name, nullptr, handle(), !a.flag_noconvert, a.flag_none);
 
        if (r->has_kw_only_args) process_kw_only_arg(a, r);
    }
};
 
/// Process a keyword argument attribute (*with* a default value)
template <> struct process_attribute<arg_v> : process_attribute_default<arg_v> {
    static void init(const arg_v &a, function_record *r) {
        if (r->is_method && r->args.empty())
            r->args.emplace_back("self", nullptr /*descr*/, handle() /*parent*/, true /*convert*/, false /*none not allowed*/);
 
        if (!a.value) {
#if !defined(NDEBUG)
            std::string descr("'");
            if (a.name) descr += std::string(a.name) + ": ";
            descr += a.type + "'";
            if (r->is_method) {
                if (r->name)
                    descr += " in method '" + (std::string) str(r->scope) + "." + (std::string) r->name + "'";
                else
                    descr += " in method of '" + (std::string) str(r->scope) + "'";
            } else if (r->name) {
                descr += " in function '" + (std::string) r->name + "'";
            }
            pybind11_fail("arg(): could not convert default argument "
                          + descr + " into a Python object (type not registered yet?)");
#else
            pybind11_fail("arg(): could not convert default argument "
                          "into a Python object (type not registered yet?). "
                          "Compile in debug mode for more information.");
#endif
        }
        r->args.emplace_back(a.name, a.descr, a.value.inc_ref(), !a.flag_noconvert, a.flag_none);
 
        if (r->has_kw_only_args) process_kw_only_arg(a, r);
    }
};
 
/// Process a keyword-only-arguments-follow pseudo argument
template <> struct process_attribute<kw_only> : process_attribute_default<kw_only> {
    static void init(const kw_only &, function_record *r) {
        r->has_kw_only_args = true;
    }
};
 
/// Process a positional-only-argument maker
template <> struct process_attribute<pos_only> : process_attribute_default<pos_only> {
    static void init(const pos_only &, function_record *r) {
        r->nargs_pos_only = static_cast<std::uint16_t>(r->args.size());
    }
};
 
/// Process a parent class attribute.  Single inheritance only (class_ itself already guarantees that)
template <typename T>
struct process_attribute<T, enable_if_t<is_pyobject<T>::value>> : process_attribute_default<handle> {
    static void init(const handle &h, type_record *r) { r->bases.append(h); }
};
 
/// Process a parent class attribute (deprecated, does not support multiple inheritance)
template <typename T>
struct process_attribute<base<T>> : process_attribute_default<base<T>> {
    static void init(const base<T> &, type_record *r) { r->add_base(typeid(T), nullptr); }
};
 
/// Process a multiple inheritance attribute
template <>
struct process_attribute<multiple_inheritance> : process_attribute_default<multiple_inheritance> {
    static void init(const multiple_inheritance &, type_record *r) { r->multiple_inheritance = true; }
};
 
template <>
struct process_attribute<dynamic_attr> : process_attribute_default<dynamic_attr> {
    static void init(const dynamic_attr &, type_record *r) { r->dynamic_attr = true; }
};
 
template <>
struct process_attribute<is_final> : process_attribute_default<is_final> {
    static void init(const is_final &, type_record *r) { r->is_final = true; }
};
 
template <>
struct process_attribute<buffer_protocol> : process_attribute_default<buffer_protocol> {
    static void init(const buffer_protocol &, type_record *r) { r->buffer_protocol = true; }
};
 
template <>
struct process_attribute<metaclass> : process_attribute_default<metaclass> {
    static void init(const metaclass &m, type_record *r) { r->metaclass = m.value; }
};
 
template <>
struct process_attribute<module_local> : process_attribute_default<module_local> {
    static void init(const module_local &l, type_record *r) { r->module_local = l.value; }
};
 
/// Process a 'prepend' attribute, putting this at the beginning of the overload chain
template <>
struct process_attribute<prepend> : process_attribute_default<prepend> {
    static void init(const prepend &, function_record *r) { r->prepend = true; }
};
 
/// Process an 'arithmetic' attribute for enums (does nothing here)
template <>
struct process_attribute<arithmetic> : process_attribute_default<arithmetic> {};
 
template <typename... Ts>
struct process_attribute<call_guard<Ts...>> : process_attribute_default<call_guard<Ts...>> { };
 
/**
 * Process a keep_alive call policy -- invokes keep_alive_impl during the
 * pre-call handler if both Nurse, Patient != 0 and use the post-call handler
 * otherwise
 */
template <size_t Nurse, size_t Patient> struct process_attribute<keep_alive<Nurse, Patient>> : public process_attribute_default<keep_alive<Nurse, Patient>> {
    template <size_t N = Nurse, size_t P = Patient, enable_if_t<N != 0 && P != 0, int> = 0>
    static void precall(function_call &call) { keep_alive_impl(Nurse, Patient, call, handle()); }
    template <size_t N = Nurse, size_t P = Patient, enable_if_t<N != 0 && P != 0, int> = 0>
    static void postcall(function_call &, handle) { }
    template <size_t N = Nurse, size_t P = Patient, enable_if_t<N == 0 || P == 0, int> = 0>
    static void precall(function_call &) { }
    template <size_t N = Nurse, size_t P = Patient, enable_if_t<N == 0 || P == 0, int> = 0>
    static void postcall(function_call &call, handle ret) { keep_alive_impl(Nurse, Patient, call, ret); }
};
 
/// Recursively iterate over variadic template arguments
template <typename... Args> struct process_attributes {
    static void init(const Args&... args, function_record *r) {
        int unused[] = { 0, (process_attribute<typename std::decay<Args>::type>::init(args, r), 0) ... };
        ignore_unused(unused);
    }
    static void init(const Args&... args, type_record *r) {
        int unused[] = { 0, (process_attribute<typename std::decay<Args>::type>::init(args, r), 0) ... };
        ignore_unused(unused);
    }
    static void precall(function_call &call) {
        int unused[] = { 0, (process_attribute<typename std::decay<Args>::type>::precall(call), 0) ... };
        ignore_unused(unused);
    }
    static void postcall(function_call &call, handle fn_ret) {
        int unused[] = { 0, (process_attribute<typename std::decay<Args>::type>::postcall(call, fn_ret), 0) ... };
        ignore_unused(unused);
    }
};
 
template <typename T>
using is_call_guard = is_instantiation<call_guard, T>;
 
/// Extract the ``type`` from the first `call_guard` in `Extras...` (or `void_type` if none found)
template <typename... Extra>
using extract_guard_t = typename exactly_one_t<is_call_guard, call_guard<>, Extra...>::type;
 
/// Check the number of named arguments at compile time
template <typename... Extra,
          size_t named = constexpr_sum(std::is_base_of<arg, Extra>::value...),
          size_t self  = constexpr_sum(std::is_same<is_method, Extra>::value...)>
constexpr bool expected_num_args(size_t nargs, bool has_args, bool has_kwargs) {
    return named == 0 || (self + named + size_t(has_args) + size_t(has_kwargs)) == nargs;
}
 
PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_END(detail)
PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_END(PYBIND11_NAMESPACE)