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[python.git] / Modules / future_builtins.c
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2 /* future_builtins module */
4 /* This module provides functions that will be builtins in Python 3.0,
5 but that conflict with builtins that already exist in Python
6 2.x. */
9 #include "Python.h"
11 PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
12 "This module provides functions that will be builtins in Python 3.0,\n\
13 but that conflict with builtins that already exist in Python 2.x.\n\
14 \n\
15 Functions:\n\
16 \n\
17 hex(arg) -- Returns the hexadecimal representation of an integer\n\
18 oct(arg) -- Returns the octal representation of an integer\n\
19 \n\
20 The typical usage of this module is to replace existing builtins in a\n\
21 module's namespace:\n \n\
22 from future_builtins import hex, oct\n");
24 static PyObject *
25 builtin_hex(PyObject *self, PyObject *v)
27 return PyNumber_ToBase(v, 16);
30 PyDoc_STRVAR(hex_doc,
31 "hex(number) -> string\n\
32 \n\
33 Return the hexadecimal representation of an integer or long integer.");
36 static PyObject *
37 builtin_oct(PyObject *self, PyObject *v)
39 return PyNumber_ToBase(v, 8);
42 PyDoc_STRVAR(oct_doc,
43 "oct(number) -> string\n\
44 \n\
45 Return the octal representation of an integer or long integer.");
48 static PyObject *
49 builtin_ascii(PyObject *self, PyObject *v)
51 return PyObject_Repr(v);
54 PyDoc_STRVAR(ascii_doc,
55 "ascii(object) -> string\n\
56 \n\
57 Return the same as repr(). In Python 3.x, the repr() result will\n\
58 contain printable characters unescaped, while the ascii() result\n\
59 will have such characters backslash-escaped.");
61 /* List of functions exported by this module */
63 static PyMethodDef module_functions[] = {
64 {"hex", builtin_hex, METH_O, hex_doc},
65 {"oct", builtin_oct, METH_O, oct_doc},
66 {"ascii", builtin_ascii, METH_O, ascii_doc},
67 {NULL, NULL} /* Sentinel */
71 /* Initialize this module. */
73 PyMODINIT_FUNC
74 initfuture_builtins(void)
76 PyObject *m, *itertools, *iter_func;
77 char *it_funcs[] = {"imap", "ifilter", "izip", NULL};
78 char **cur_func;
80 m = Py_InitModule3("future_builtins", module_functions, module_doc);
81 if (m == NULL)
82 return;
84 itertools = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("itertools");
85 if (itertools == NULL)
86 return;
88 /* If anything in the following loop fails, we fall through. */
89 for (cur_func = it_funcs; *cur_func; ++cur_func){
90 iter_func = PyObject_GetAttrString(itertools, *cur_func);
91 if (iter_func == NULL ||
92 PyModule_AddObject(m, *cur_func+1, iter_func) < 0)
93 break;
95 Py_DECREF(itertools);
96 /* any other initialization needed */