""" From https://docs.python.org/3.9/c-api/file.html These APIs are a minimal emulation of the Python 2 C API for built-in file objects, which used to rely on the buffered I/O (FILE*) support from the C standard library. In Python 3, files and streams use the new io module, which defines several layers over the low-level unbuffered I/O of the operating system. The functions described below are convenience C wrappers over these new APIs, and meant mostly for internal error reporting in the interpreter; third-party code is advised to access the io APIs instead. """ cdef extern from "Python.h": ########################################################################### # File Objects ########################################################################### object PyFile_FromFd(int fd, const char *name, const char *mode, int buffering, const char *encoding, const char *errors, const char *newline, int closefd) # Return value: New reference. # Create a Python file object from the file descriptor of an already # opened file fd. The arguments name, encoding, errors and newline can be # NULL to use the defaults; buffering can be -1 to use the default. name # is ignored and kept for backward compatibility. Return NULL on failure. # For a more comprehensive description of the arguments, please refer to # the io.open() function documentation. # Warning: Since Python streams have their own buffering layer, mixing # them with OS-level file descriptors can produce various issues (such as # unexpected ordering of data). # Changed in version 3.2: Ignore name attribute. object PyFile_GetLine(object p, int n) # Return value: New reference. # Equivalent to p.readline([n]), this function reads one line from the # object p. p may be a file object or any object with a readline() # method. If n is 0, exactly one line is read, regardless of the length of # the line. If n is greater than 0, no more than n bytes will be read from # the file; a partial line can be returned. In both cases, an empty string # is returned if the end of the file is reached immediately. If n is less # than 0, however, one line is read regardless of length, but EOFError is # raised if the end of the file is reached immediately. int PyFile_WriteObject(object obj, object p, int flags) except? -1 # Write object obj to file object p. The only supported flag for flags # is Py_PRINT_RAW; if given, the str() of the object is written instead of # the repr(). Return 0 on success or -1 on failure; the appropriate # exception will be set. int PyFile_WriteString(const char *s, object p) except? -1 # Write string s to file object p. Return 0 on success or -1 on failure; # the appropriate exception will be set. enum: Py_PRINT_RAW