Python/C API Reference Manual¶
This manual documents the API used by C and C++ programmers who want to writeextension modules or embed Python. It is a companion toExtending and Embedding the Python Interpreter,which describes the general principles of extension writing but does notdocument the API functions in detail.
- Introduction
- Stable Application Binary Interface
- The Very High Level Layer
- Reference Counting
- Exception Handling
- Utilities
- Abstract Objects Layer
- Concrete Objects Layer
- Initialization, Finalization, and Threads
- Python Initialization Configuration
- Memory Management
- Object Implementation Support
- API and ABI Versioning