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# Code Objects

Code objects are a low-level detail of the CPython implementation. Each one represents a chunk of executable code that hasn’t yet been bound into a function.

type PyCodeObject

  The C structure of the objects used to describe code objects. The fields of this type are subject to change at any time.

PyTypeObject PyCode_Type

  This is an instance of `PyTypeObject` representing the Python `code` type.

int PyCode_Check(PyObject *co)

  Return true if co is a `code` object.

int PyCode_GetNumFree(PyObject *co)

  Return the number of free variables in co.

PyCodeObject *PyCode_New(int argcount, int nlocals, int stacksize, int flags, PyObject *code, PyObject *consts, PyObject *names, PyObject *varnames, PyObject *freevars, PyObject *cellvars, PyObject *filename, PyObject *name, int firstlineno, PyObject *lnotab)

  Return a new code object. If you need a dummy code object to create a frame, use `PyCode_NewEmpty()` instead. Calling `PyCode_New()` directly can bind you to a precise Python version since the definition of the bytecode changes often.

int PyCode_NewEmpty(const char *filename, const char *funcname, int firstlineno)

  Return a new empty code object with the specified filename, function name, and first line number. It is illegal to `exec` or `eval()` the resulting code object.