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3.26 <tt class="module">new</tt> --
Creation of runtime internal objects</A>
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The <tt class="module">new</tt> module allows an interface to the interpreter object
creation functions. This is for use primarily in marshal-type functions,
when a new object needs to be created ``magically'' and not by using the
regular creation functions. This module provides a low-level interface
to the interpreter, so care must be exercised when using this module.
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The <tt class="module">new</tt> module defines the following functions:
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-641"><tt class="function">instance</tt></a></b>(<var>class</var><big>[</big><var>, dict</var><big>]</big>)
<dd>
This function creates an instance of <var>class</var> with dictionary
<var>dict</var> without calling the <tt class="method">__init__()</tt> constructor. If
<var>dict</var> is omitted or <code>None</code>, a new, empty dictionary is
created for the new instance. Note that there are no guarantees that
the object will be in a consistent state.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-642"><tt class="function">instancemethod</tt></a></b>(<var>function, instance, class</var>)
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This function will return a method object, bound to <var>instance</var>, or
unbound if <var>instance</var> is <code>None</code>. <var>function</var> must be
callable, and <var>instance</var> must be an instance object or
<code>None</code>.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-643"><tt class="function">function</tt></a></b>(<var>code, globals</var><big>[</big><var>, name</var><big>[</big><var>, argdefs</var><big>]</big><big>]</big>)
<dd>
Returns a (Python) function with the given code and globals. If
<var>name</var> is given, it must be a string or <code>None</code>. If it is a
string, the function will have the given name, otherwise the function
name will be taken from <code><var>code</var>.co_name</code>. If
<var>argdefs</var> is given, it must be a tuple and will be used to
determine the default values of parameters.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-644"><tt class="function">code</tt></a></b>(<var>argcount, nlocals, stacksize, flags, codestring,
constants, names, varnames, filename, name, firstlineno,
lnotab</var>)
<dd>
This function is an interface to the <tt class="cfunction">PyCode_New()</tt> C
function.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-645"><tt class="function">module</tt></a></b>(<var>name</var>)
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This function returns a new module object with name <var>name</var>.
<var>name</var> must be a string.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-646"><tt class="function">classobj</tt></a></b>(<var>name, baseclasses, dict</var>)
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This function returns a new class object, with name <var>name</var>, derived
from <var>baseclasses</var> (which should be a tuple of classes) and with
namespace <var>dict</var>.
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