8 Python supports *weak references* as first-class objects. There are two
9 specific object types which directly implement weak references. The first is a
10 simple reference object, and the second acts as a proxy for the original object
14 .. cfunction:: int PyWeakref_Check(ob)
16 Return true if *ob* is either a reference or proxy object.
21 .. cfunction:: int PyWeakref_CheckRef(ob)
23 Return true if *ob* is a reference object.
28 .. cfunction:: int PyWeakref_CheckProxy(ob)
30 Return true if *ob* is a proxy object.
35 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyWeakref_NewRef(PyObject *ob, PyObject *callback)
37 Return a weak reference object for the object *ob*. This will always return
38 a new reference, but is not guaranteed to create a new object; an existing
39 reference object may be returned. The second parameter, *callback*, can be a
40 callable object that receives notification when *ob* is garbage collected; it
41 should accept a single parameter, which will be the weak reference object
42 itself. *callback* may also be ``None`` or *NULL*. If *ob* is not a
43 weakly-referencable object, or if *callback* is not callable, ``None``, or
44 *NULL*, this will return *NULL* and raise :exc:`TypeError`.
49 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyWeakref_NewProxy(PyObject *ob, PyObject *callback)
51 Return a weak reference proxy object for the object *ob*. This will always
52 return a new reference, but is not guaranteed to create a new object; an
53 existing proxy object may be returned. The second parameter, *callback*, can
54 be a callable object that receives notification when *ob* is garbage
55 collected; it should accept a single parameter, which will be the weak
56 reference object itself. *callback* may also be ``None`` or *NULL*. If *ob*
57 is not a weakly-referencable object, or if *callback* is not callable,
58 ``None``, or *NULL*, this will return *NULL* and raise :exc:`TypeError`.
63 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyWeakref_GetObject(PyObject *ref)
65 Return the referenced object from a weak reference, *ref*. If the referent is
66 no longer live, returns ``None``.
71 .. cfunction:: PyObject* PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(PyObject *ref)
73 Similar to :cfunc:`PyWeakref_GetObject`, but implemented as a macro that does no