[Python-Dev] PyObject_SetAttr - is it the only way types should set attributes?
Guido van Rossum
guido@python.org
Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:14:10 -0400
> C code can manipulate __dict__, too, right? It's a pretty common
> idiom to get a module dictionary and use PyDict_SetItem().
Yes -- always using the PyModule_GetDict() API.
> I'm also curious about the new type-class unification stuff. Is it
> possible to modify a C object via something like a C struct and have
> that change be visible as a modified attrbute at the Python level?
Can you clarify this question? I feel I should be qualified to answer
this but I don't understand the question... Maybe an example would
help?
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)