[Python-Dev] Finding the module from PyTypeObject?

Armin Rigo arigo at tunes.org
Wed Sep 29 22:17:02 CEST 2004


Hello Nick,

On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 01:24:23PM -0400, Nick Bastin wrote:
> Ok, maybe more appropriately, what do people think of adding a 
> PyType_GetModule (PyTypeObject *) which basically functions like 
> type_module(PyTypeObject *, void *) (in Objects/typeobject.c) to the 
> public C API, rather than having to dig around in the object 
> themselves?

It looks overkill, when you can do instead:

  PyObject* module_name = PyObject_GetAttrString(type, "__module__");


Armin


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