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<section id="integer-objects">
<span id="longobjects"></span><h1>Integer Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#integer-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p id="index-0">All integers are implemented as “long” integer objects of arbitrary size.</p>
<p>On error, most <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_As*</span></code> APIs return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(return</span> <span class="pre">type)-1</span></code> which cannot be
distinguished from a number. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
<dl class="c type">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLongObject">
<span class="k"><span class="pre">type</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Limited API</span></a> (as an opaque struct).</em><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 integer object.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c var">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_Type">
<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">PyLong_Type</span></span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_Type" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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 integer type.
This is the same object as <a class="reference internal" href="../library/functions.html#int" title="int"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code></a> in the Python layer.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_Check">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_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.PyLong_Check" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<dd><p>Return true if its argument is a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> or a subtype of
<a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>. This function always succeeds.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_CheckExact">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_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.PyLong_CheckExact" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<dd><p>Return true if its argument is a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, but not a subtype of
<a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>. This function always succeeds.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromLong">
<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">PyLong_FromLong</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromLong" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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 <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from <em>v</em>, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure.</p>
<p>The current implementation keeps an array of integer objects for all integers
between <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-5</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">256</span></code>. When you create an int in that range you actually
just get back a reference to the existing object.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromUnsignedLong">
<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">PyLong_FromUnsignedLong</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">unsigned</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromUnsignedLong" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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 <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>, or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromSsize_t">
<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">PyLong_FromSsize_t</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">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromSsize_t" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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 <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from a C <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></code></a>, or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromSize_t">
<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">PyLong_FromSize_t</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="n"><span class="pre">size_t</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromSize_t" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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 <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from a C <code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">size_t</span></code>, or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromLongLong">
<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">PyLong_FromLongLong</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromLongLong" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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 <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>
on failure.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong">
<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">PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">unsigned</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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 <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>,
or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromDouble">
<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">PyLong_FromDouble</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">double</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromDouble" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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 <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> object from the integer part of <em>v</em>, or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on failure.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromString">
<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">PyLong_FromString</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">str</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">pend</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">base</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromString" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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 <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> based on the string value in <em>str</em>, which
is interpreted according to the radix in <em>base</em>. If <em>pend</em> is non-<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>,
<em>*pend</em> will point to the first character in <em>str</em> which follows the
representation of the number. If <em>base</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code>, <em>str</em> is interpreted using
the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/lexical_analysis.html#integers"><span class="std std-ref">Integer literals</span></a> definition; in this case, leading zeros in a
non-zero decimal number raises a <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a>. If <em>base</em> is not <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code>,
it must be between <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">2</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">36</span></code>, inclusive. Leading spaces and single
underscores after a base specifier and between digits are ignored. If there
are no digits, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> will be raised.</p>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="admonition-title">See also</p>
<p>Python methods <a class="reference internal" href="../library/stdtypes.html#int.to_bytes" title="int.to_bytes"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int.to_bytes()</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../library/stdtypes.html#int.from_bytes" title="int.from_bytes"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int.from_bytes()</span></code></a>
to convert a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a> to/from an array of bytes in base
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">256</span></code>. You can call those from C using <a class="reference internal" href="call.html#c.PyObject_CallMethod" title="PyObject_CallMethod"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_CallMethod()</span></code></a>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromUnicodeObject">
<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">PyLong_FromUnicodeObject</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">u</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><span class="pre">base</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_FromUnicodeObject" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: New reference.</em><p>Convert a sequence of Unicode digits in the string <em>u</em> to a Python integer
value.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.3.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_FromVoidPtr">
<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">PyLong_FromVoidPtr</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">void</span></span><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.PyLong_FromVoidPtr" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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>Create a Python integer from the pointer <em>p</em>. The pointer value can be
retrieved from the resulting value using <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLong_AsVoidPtr" title="PyLong_AsVoidPtr"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsVoidPtr()</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsLong">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsLong</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">obj</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsLong" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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 a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>obj</em>. If <em>obj</em> is not an
instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, first call its <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code> method
(if present) to convert it to a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>obj</em> is out of range for a
<span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span></span>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Use <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code> if available.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This function will no longer use <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsLongAndOverflow">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsLongAndOverflow</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">obj</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">overflow</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsLongAndOverflow" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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>Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>obj</em>. If <em>obj</em> is not an
instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, first call its <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code>
method (if present) to convert it to a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>If the value of <em>obj</em> is greater than <code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LONG_MAX</span></code> or less than
<code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LONG_MIN</span></code>, set <em>*overflow</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>, respectively, and
return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>; otherwise, set <em>*overflow</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code>. If any other exception
occurs set <em>*overflow</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> and return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> as usual.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Use <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code> if available.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This function will no longer use <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsLongLong">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsLongLong</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">obj</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsLongLong" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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-2">Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>obj</em>. If <em>obj</em> is not an
instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, first call its <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code> method
(if present) to convert it to a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>obj</em> is out of range for a
<span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Use <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code> if available.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This function will no longer use <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsLongLongAndOverflow">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsLongLongAndOverflow</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">obj</span></span>, <span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">overflow</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsLongLongAndOverflow" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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>Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>obj</em>. If <em>obj</em> is not an
instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, first call its <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code> method
(if present) to convert it to a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>If the value of <em>obj</em> is greater than <code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LLONG_MAX</span></code> or less than
<code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LLONG_MIN</span></code>, set <em>*overflow</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>, respectively,
and return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>; otherwise, set <em>*overflow</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code>. If any other
exception occurs set <em>*overflow</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> and return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> as usual.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.2.</span></p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Use <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code> if available.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This function will no longer use <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsSsize_t">
<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">PyLong_AsSsize_t</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">pylong</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsSsize_t" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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-3">Return a C <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></code></a> representation of <em>pylong</em>. <em>pylong</em> must
be an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>pylong</em> is out of range for a
<a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLong">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">unsigned</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsUnsignedLong</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">pylong</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLong" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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-4">Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>pylong</em>. <em>pylong</em>
must be an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>pylong</em> is out of range for a
<span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(unsigned</span> <span class="pre">long)-1</span></code> on error.
Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsSize_t">
<span class="n"><span class="pre">size_t</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsSize_t</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">pylong</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsSize_t" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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-5">Return a C <code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">size_t</span></code> representation of <em>pylong</em>. <em>pylong</em> must be
an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>pylong</em> is out of range for a
<code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">size_t</span></code>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(size_t)-1</span></code> on error.
Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">unsigned</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong</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">pylong</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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-6">Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>pylong</em>. <em>pylong</em>
must be an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>pylong</em> is out of range for an
<span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(unsigned</span> <span class="pre">long</span> <span class="pre">long)-1</span></code> on error.
Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.1: </span>A negative <em>pylong</em> now raises <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a>, not <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#TypeError" title="TypeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></code></a>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">unsigned</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask</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">obj</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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>Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>obj</em>. If <em>obj</em> is not
an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, first call its <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code>
method (if present) to convert it to a <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>If the value of <em>obj</em> is out of range for an <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>,
return the reduction of that value modulo <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ULONG_MAX</span> <span class="pre">+</span> <span class="pre">1</span></code>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(unsigned</span> <span class="pre">long)-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to
disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Use <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code> if available.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This function will no longer use <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code>.</p>
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</dd></dl>
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLongMask">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">unsigned</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">long</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLongMask</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">obj</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLongMask" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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>Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span> representation of <em>obj</em>. If <em>obj</em>
is not an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>, first call its
<code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code> method (if present) to convert it to a
<a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>If the value of <em>obj</em> is out of range for an <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">unsigned</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">long</span></span>,
return the reduction of that value modulo <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ULLONG_MAX</span> <span class="pre">+</span> <span class="pre">1</span></code>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(unsigned</span> <span class="pre">long</span> <span class="pre">long)-1</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a>
to disambiguate.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Use <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__index__()</span></code> if available.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This function will no longer use <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__int__()</span></code>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsDouble">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">double</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsDouble</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">pylong</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsDouble" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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>Return a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">double</span></span> representation of <em>pylong</em>. <em>pylong</em> must be
an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLongObject" title="PyLongObject"><code class="xref c c-type docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLongObject</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Raise <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> if the value of <em>pylong</em> is out of range for a
<span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">double</span></span>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1.0</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyLong_AsVoidPtr">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">void</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyLong_AsVoidPtr</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">pylong</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyLong_AsVoidPtr" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a><br /></dt>
<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>Convert a Python integer <em>pylong</em> to a C <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">void</span></span> pointer.
If <em>pylong</em> cannot be converted, an <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#OverflowError" title="OverflowError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OverflowError</span></code></a> will be raised. This
is only assured to produce a usable <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="kt">void</span></span> pointer for values created
with <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyLong_FromVoidPtr" title="PyLong_FromVoidPtr"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyLong_FromVoidPtr()</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code> on error. Use <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#c.PyErr_Occurred" title="PyErr_Occurred"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyErr_Occurred()</span></code></a> to disambiguate.</p>
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