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  157. <section id="list-objects">
  158. <span id="listobjects"></span><h1>List Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#list-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
  159. <span class="target" id="index-0"></span><dl class="c type">
  160. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyListObject">
  161. <span class="k"><span class="pre">type</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyListObject</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyListObject" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  162. <dd><p>This subtype of <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></code></a> represents a Python list object.</p>
  163. </dd></dl>
  164. <dl class="c var">
  165. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_Type">
  166. <a class="reference internal" href="type.html#c.PyTypeObject" title="PyTypeObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyTypeObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_Type</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_Type" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  167. <dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>This instance of <a class="reference internal" href="type.html#c.PyTypeObject" title="PyTypeObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyTypeObject</span></code></a> represents the Python list type.
  168. This is the same object as <a class="reference internal" href="../library/stdtypes.html#list" title="list"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list</span></code></a> in the Python layer.</p>
  169. </dd></dl>
  170. <dl class="c function">
  171. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_Check">
  172. <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_Check</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">p</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_Check" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  173. <dd><p>Return true if <em>p</em> is a list object or an instance of a subtype of the list
  174. type. This function always succeeds.</p>
  175. </dd></dl>
  176. <dl class="c function">
  177. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_CheckExact">
  178. <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_CheckExact</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">p</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_CheckExact" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  179. <dd><p>Return true if <em>p</em> is a list object, but not an instance of a subtype of
  180. the list type. This function always succeeds.</p>
  181. </dd></dl>
  182. <dl class="c function">
  183. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_New">
  184. <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_New</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">len</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_New" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  185. <dd><em class="refcount">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a new list of length <em>len</em> on success, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure.</p>
  186. <div class="admonition note">
  187. <p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
  188. <p>If <em>len</em> is greater than zero, the returned list object’s items are
  189. set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>. Thus you cannot use abstract API functions such as
  190. <a class="reference internal" href="sequence.html#c.PySequence_SetItem" title="PySequence_SetItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PySequence_SetItem()</span></code></a> or expose the object to Python code before
  191. setting all items to a real object with <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyList_SetItem" title="PyList_SetItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyList_SetItem()</span></code></a>.</p>
  192. </div>
  193. </dd></dl>
  194. <dl class="c function">
  195. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_Size">
  196. <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_Size</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_Size" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  197. <dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p id="index-1">Return the length of the list object in <em>list</em>; this is equivalent to
  198. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">len(list)</span></code> on a list object.</p>
  199. </dd></dl>
  200. <dl class="c function">
  201. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_GET_SIZE">
  202. <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_GET_SIZE</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_GET_SIZE" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  203. <dd><p>Similar to <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyList_Size" title="PyList_Size"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyList_Size()</span></code></a>, but without error checking.</p>
  204. </dd></dl>
  205. <dl class="c function">
  206. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_GetItem">
  207. <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_GetItem</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">index</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_GetItem" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  208. <dd><em class="refcount">Return value: Borrowed reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return the object at position <em>index</em> in the list pointed to by <em>list</em>. The
  209. position must be non-negative; indexing from the end of the list is not
  210. supported. If <em>index</em> is out of bounds (&lt;0 or &gt;=len(list)),
  211. return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> and set an <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#IndexError" title="IndexError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">IndexError</span></code></a> exception.</p>
  212. </dd></dl>
  213. <dl class="c function">
  214. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_GET_ITEM">
  215. <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_GET_ITEM</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">i</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_GET_ITEM" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  216. <dd><em class="refcount">Return value: Borrowed reference.</em><p>Similar to <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyList_GetItem" title="PyList_GetItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyList_GetItem()</span></code></a>, but without error checking.</p>
  217. </dd></dl>
  218. <dl class="c function">
  219. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_SetItem">
  220. <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_SetItem</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">index</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">item</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_SetItem" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  221. <dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Set the item at index <em>index</em> in list to <em>item</em>. Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> on success.
  222. If <em>index</em> is out of bounds, return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> and set an <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#IndexError" title="IndexError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">IndexError</span></code></a>
  223. exception.</p>
  224. <div class="admonition note">
  225. <p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
  226. <p>This function “steals” a reference to <em>item</em> and discards a reference to
  227. an item already in the list at the affected position.</p>
  228. </div>
  229. </dd></dl>
  230. <dl class="c function">
  231. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_SET_ITEM">
  232. <span class="kt"><span class="pre">void</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_SET_ITEM</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">i</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_SET_ITEM" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  233. <dd><p>Macro form of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyList_SetItem" title="PyList_SetItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyList_SetItem()</span></code></a> without error checking. This is
  234. normally only used to fill in new lists where there is no previous content.</p>
  235. <div class="admonition note">
  236. <p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
  237. <p>This macro “steals” a reference to <em>item</em>, and, unlike
  238. <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyList_SetItem" title="PyList_SetItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyList_SetItem()</span></code></a>, does <em>not</em> discard a reference to any item that
  239. is being replaced; any reference in <em>list</em> at position <em>i</em> will be
  240. leaked.</p>
  241. </div>
  242. </dd></dl>
  243. <dl class="c function">
  244. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_Insert">
  245. <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_Insert</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">index</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">item</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_Insert" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  246. <dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Insert the item <em>item</em> into list <em>list</em> in front of index <em>index</em>. Return
  247. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> if successful; return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> and set an exception if unsuccessful.
  248. Analogous to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list.insert(index,</span> <span class="pre">item)</span></code>.</p>
  249. </dd></dl>
  250. <dl class="c function">
  251. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_Append">
  252. <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_Append</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">item</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_Append" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  253. <dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Append the object <em>item</em> at the end of list <em>list</em>. Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> if
  254. successful; return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> and set an exception if unsuccessful. Analogous
  255. to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list.append(item)</span></code>.</p>
  256. </dd></dl>
  257. <dl class="c function">
  258. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_GetSlice">
  259. <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_GetSlice</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">low</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">high</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_GetSlice" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  260. <dd><em class="refcount">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return a list of the objects in <em>list</em> containing the objects <em>between</em> <em>low</em>
  261. and <em>high</em>. Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> and set an exception if unsuccessful. Analogous
  262. to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list[low:high]</span></code>. Indexing from the end of the list is not supported.</p>
  263. </dd></dl>
  264. <dl class="c function">
  265. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_SetSlice">
  266. <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_SetSlice</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">low</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">high</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">itemlist</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_SetSlice" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  267. <dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Set the slice of <em>list</em> between <em>low</em> and <em>high</em> to the contents of
  268. <em>itemlist</em>. Analogous to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list[low:high]</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">itemlist</span></code>. The <em>itemlist</em> may
  269. be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>, indicating the assignment of an empty list (slice deletion).
  270. Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> on success, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on failure. Indexing from the end of the
  271. list is not supported.</p>
  272. </dd></dl>
  273. <dl class="c function">
  274. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_Sort">
  275. <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_Sort</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_Sort" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  276. <dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Sort the items of <em>list</em> in place. Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> on success, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on
  277. failure. This is equivalent to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list.sort()</span></code>.</p>
  278. </dd></dl>
  279. <dl class="c function">
  280. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_Reverse">
  281. <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_Reverse</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_Reverse" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  282. <dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Reverse the items of <em>list</em> in place. Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> on success, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on
  283. failure. This is the equivalent of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list.reverse()</span></code>.</p>
  284. </dd></dl>
  285. <dl class="c function">
  286. <dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyList_AsTuple">
  287. <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyList_AsTuple</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">list</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyList_AsTuple" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
  288. <dd><em class="refcount">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p id="index-2">Return a new tuple object containing the contents of <em>list</em>; equivalent to
  289. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tuple(list)</span></code>.</p>
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