<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>SIP Specification Files — SIP 4.10.5 Reference Guide</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="_static/default.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = { URL_ROOT: '#', VERSION: '4.10.5', COLLAPSE_MODINDEX: false, FILE_SUFFIX: '.html', HAS_SOURCE: true }; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/doctools.js"></script> <link rel="top" title="SIP 4.10.5 Reference Guide" href="index.html" /> <link rel="next" title="Directives" href="directives.html" /> <link rel="prev" title="The SIP Command Line" href="command_line.html" /> </head> <body> <div class="related"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="genindex.html" title="General Index" accesskey="I">index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="modindex.html" title="Global Module Index" accesskey="M">modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="directives.html" title="Directives" accesskey="N">next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="command_line.html" title="The SIP Command Line" accesskey="P">previous</a> |</li> <li><a href="index.html">SIP 4.10.5 Reference Guide</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="document"> <div class="documentwrapper"> <div class="bodywrapper"> <div class="body"> <div class="section" id="sip-specification-files"> <h1>SIP Specification Files<a class="headerlink" href="#sip-specification-files" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p>A SIP specification consists of some C/C++ type and function declarations and some directives. The declarations may contain annotations which provide SIP with additional information that cannot be expressed in C/C++. SIP does not include a full C/C++ parser.</p> <p>It is important to understand that a SIP specification describes the Python API, i.e. the API available to the Python programmer when they <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">import</span></tt> the generated module. It does not have to accurately represent the underlying C/C++ library. There is nothing wrong with omitting functions that make little sense in a Python context, or adding functions implemented with handwritten code that have no C/C++ equivalent. It is even possible (and sometimes necessary) to specify a different super-class hierarchy for a C++ class. All that matters is that the generated code compiles properly.</p> <p>In most cases the Python API matches the C/C++ API. In some cases handwritten code (see <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>) is used to map from one to the other without SIP having to know the details itself. However, there are a few cases where SIP generates a thin wrapper around a C++ method or constructor (see <a class="reference external" href="c_api.html#ref-derived-classes"><em>Generated Derived Classes</em></a>) and needs to know the exact C++ signature. To deal with these cases SIP allows two signatures to be specified. For example:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>class Klass { public: // The Python signature is a tuple, but the underlying C++ signature // is a 2 element array. Klass(SIP_PYTUPLE) [(int *)]; %MethodCode int iarr[2]; if (PyArg_ParseTuple(a0, "ii", &iarr[0], &iarr[1])) { // Note that we use the SIP generated derived class // constructor. Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS sipCpp = new sipKlass(iarr); Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS } %End };</pre> </div> <div class="section" id="syntax-definition"> <h2>Syntax Definition<a class="headerlink" href="#syntax-definition" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>The following is a semi-formal description of the syntax of a specification file.</p> <pre class="literal-block"> <em>specification</em> ::= {<em>module-statement</em>} <em>module-statement</em> ::= [<em>module-directive</em> | <em>statement</em>] <em>module-directive</em> ::= [ <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%API"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%API</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%CModule"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%CModule</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%CompositeModule"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%CompositeModule</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ConsolidatedModule"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ConsolidatedModule</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Copying"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Copying</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%DefaultEncoding"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%DefaultEncoding</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%DefaultMetatype"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%DefaultMetatype</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%DefaultSupertype"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%DefaultSupertype</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Doc"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Doc</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ExportedDoc"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ExportedDoc</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ExportedHeaderCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ExportedHeaderCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Feature"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Feature</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Import"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Import</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Include"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Include</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%InitialisationCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%InitialisationCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%License"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%License</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MappedType"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MappedType</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Module"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Module</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ModuleCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ModuleCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ModuleHeaderCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ModuleHeaderCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%OptionalInclude"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%OptionalInclude</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Platforms"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Platforms</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%PreInitialisationCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%PreInitialisationCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%PostInitialisationCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%PostInitialisationCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Timeline"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Timeline</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%UnitCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%UnitCode</span></tt></a> | <em>mapped-type-template</em>] <em>statement</em> :: [<em>class-statement</em> | <em>function</em> | <em>variable</em>] <em>class-statement</em> :: [ <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%If"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%If</span></tt></a> | <em>class</em> | <em>class-template</em> | <em>enum</em> | <em>namespace</em> | <em>opaque-class</em> | <em>operator</em> | <em>struct</em> | <em>typedef</em> | <em>exception</em>] <em>class</em> ::= <strong>class</strong> <em>name</em> [<strong>:</strong> <em>super-classes</em>] [<em>class-annotations</em>] <strong>{</strong> {<em>class-line</em>} <strong>};</strong> <em>super-classes</em> ::= <em>name</em> [<strong>,</strong> <em>super-classes</em>] <em>class-line</em> ::= [ <em>class-statement</em> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%BIGetBufferCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%BIGetBufferCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%BIGetReadBufferCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%BIGetReadBufferCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%BIGetWriteBufferCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%BIGetWriteBufferCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%BIGetSegCountCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%BIGetSegCountCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%BIGetCharBufferCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%BIGetCharBufferCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%BIReleaseBufferCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%BIReleaseBufferCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ConvertToSubClassCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ConvertToSubClassCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ConvertToTypeCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ConvertToTypeCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Docstring"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Docstring</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%GCClearCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%GCClearCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%GCTraverseCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%GCTraverseCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%PickleCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%PickleCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%TypeCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%TypeCode</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%TypeHeaderCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%TypeHeaderCode</span></tt></a> | <em>constructor</em> | <em>destructor</em> | <em>method</em> | <em>static-method</em> | <em>virtual-method</em> | <em>special-method</em> | <em>operator</em> | <em>virtual-operator</em> | <em>class-variable</em> | <strong>public:</strong> | <strong>public slots:</strong> | <strong>public slots:</strong> | <strong>protected:</strong> | <strong>protected slots:</strong> | <strong>protected slots:</strong> | <strong>private:</strong> | <strong>private slots:</strong> | <strong>private slots:</strong> | <strong>signals:</strong> | <strong>signals:</strong>] <em>constructor</em> ::= [<strong>explicit</strong>] <em>name</em> <strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> [<em>exceptions</em>] [<em>function-annotations</em>] [<em>c++-constructor-signature</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Docstring"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Docstring</span></tt></a>] [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>] <em>c++-constructor-signature</em> ::= <strong>[(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)]</strong> <em>destructor</em> ::= [<strong>virtual</strong>] <strong>~</strong> <em>name</em> <strong>()</strong> [<em>exceptions</em>] [<strong>= 0</strong>] [<em>function-annotations</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>] [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%VirtualCatcherCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%VirtualCatcherCode</span></tt></a>] <em>method</em> ::= [<strong>TQ_SIGNAL</strong>] [<strong>TQ_SLOT</strong>] <em>type</em> <em>name</em> <strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> [<strong>const</strong>] [<em>exceptions</em>] [<strong>= 0</strong>] [<em>function-annotations</em>] [<em>c++-signature</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Docstring"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Docstring</span></tt></a>] [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>] <em>c++-signature</em> ::= <strong>[</strong> <em>type</em> <strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)]</strong> <em>static-method</em> ::= <strong>static</strong> <em>function</em> <em>virtual-method</em> ::= [<strong>TQ_SIGNAL</strong>] [<strong>TQ_SLOT</strong>] <strong>virtual</strong> <em>type</em> <em>name</em> <strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> [<strong>const</strong>] [<em>exceptions</em>] [<strong>= 0</strong>] [<em>function-annotations</em>] [<em>c++-signature</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>] [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%VirtualCatcherCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%VirtualCatcherCode</span></tt></a>] <em>special-method</em> ::= <em>type</em> <em>special-method-name</em> <strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> [<em>function-annotations</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>] <em>special-method-name</em> ::= [<strong>__abs__</strong> | <strong>__add__</strong> | <strong>__and__</strong> | <strong>__bool__</strong> | <strong>__call__</strong> | <strong>__cmp__</strong> | <strong>__contains__</strong> | <strong>__delitem__</strong> | <strong>__div__</strong> | <strong>__eq__</strong> | <strong>__float__</strong> | <strong>__floordiv__</strong> | <strong>__ge__</strong> | <strong>__getitem__</strong> | <strong>__gt__</strong> | <strong>__hash__</strong> | <strong>__iadd__</strong> | <strong>__iand__</strong> | <strong>__idiv__</strong> | <strong>__ifloordiv__</strong> | <strong>__ilshift__</strong> | <strong>__imod__</strong> | <strong>__imul__</strong> | <strong>__index__</strong> | <strong>__int__</strong> | <strong>__invert__</strong> | <strong>__ior__</strong> | <strong>__irshift__</strong> | <strong>__isub__</strong> | <strong>__iter__</strong> | <strong>__itruediv__</strong> | <strong>__ixor__</strong> | <strong>__le__</strong> | <strong>__len__</strong> | <strong>__long__</strong> | <strong>__lshift__</strong> | <strong>__lt__</strong> | <strong>__mod__</strong> | <strong>__mul__</strong> | <strong>__ne__</strong> | <strong>__neg__</strong> | <strong>__next__</strong> | <strong>__nonzero__</strong> | <strong>__or__</strong> | <strong>__pos__</strong> | <strong>__repr__</strong> | <strong>__rshift__</strong> | <strong>__setitem__</strong> | <strong>__str__</strong> | <strong>__sub__</strong> | <strong>__truediv__</strong> | <strong>__xor__</strong>] <em>operator</em> ::= <em>operator-type</em> <strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> [<strong>const</strong>] [<em>exceptions</em>] [<em>function-annotations</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>] <em>virtual-operator</em> ::= <strong>virtual</strong> <em>operator-type</em> <strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> [<strong>const</strong>] [<em>exceptions</em>] [<strong>= 0</strong>] [<em>function-annotations</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>] [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%VirtualCatcherCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%VirtualCatcherCode</span></tt></a>] <em>operatator-type</em> ::= [ <em>operator-function</em> | <em>operator-cast</em> ] <em>operator-function</em> ::= <em>type</em> <strong>operator</strong> <em>operator-name</em> <em>operator-cast</em> ::= <strong>operator</strong> <em>type</em> <em>operator-name</em> ::= [<strong>+</strong> | <strong>-</strong> | <strong>*</strong> | <strong>/</strong> | <strong>%</strong> | <strong>&</strong> | <strong>|</strong> | <strong>^</strong> | <strong><<</strong> | <strong>>></strong> | <strong>+=</strong> | <strong>-=</strong> | <strong>*=</strong> | <strong>/=</strong> | <strong>%=</strong> | <strong>&=</strong> | <strong>|=</strong> | <strong>^=</strong> | <strong><<=</strong> | <strong>>>=</strong> | <strong>~</strong> | <strong>()</strong> | <strong>[]</strong> | <strong><</strong> | <strong><=</strong> | <strong>==</strong> | <strong>!=</strong> | <strong>></strong> | <strong>>>=</strong> | <strong>=</strong>] <em>class-variable</em> ::= [<strong>static</strong>] <em>variable</em> <em>class-template</em> :: = <strong>template</strong> <strong><</strong> <em>type-list</em> <strong>></strong> <em>class</em> <em>mapped-type-template</em> :: = <strong>template</strong> <strong><</strong> <em>type-list</em> <strong>></strong> <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MappedType"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MappedType</span></tt></a> <em>enum</em> ::= <strong>enum</strong> [<em>name</em>] [<em>enum-annotations</em>] <strong>{</strong> {<em>enum-line</em>} <strong>};</strong> <em>enum-line</em> ::= [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%If"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%If</span></tt></a> | <em>name</em> [<em>enum-annotations</em>] <strong>,</strong> <em>function</em> ::= <em>type</em> <em>name</em> <strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> [<em>exceptions</em>] [<em>function-annotations</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Docstring"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Docstring</span></tt></a>] [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>] <em>namespace</em> ::= <strong>namespace</strong> <em>name</em> <strong>{</strong> {<em>namespace-line</em>} <strong>};</strong> <em>namespace-line</em> ::= [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%TypeHeaderCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%TypeHeaderCode</span></tt></a> | <em>statement</em>] <em>opaque-class</em> ::= <strong>class</strong> <em>scoped-name</em> <strong>;</strong> <em>struct</em> ::= <strong>struct</strong> <em>name</em> <strong>{</strong> {<em>class-line</em>} <strong>};</strong> <em>typedef</em> ::= <strong>typedef</strong> [<em>typed-name</em> | <em>function-pointer</em>] <em>typedef-annotations</em> <strong>;</strong> <em>variable</em>::= <em>typed-name</em> [<em>variable-annotations</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%AccessCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%AccessCode</span></tt></a>] [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%GetCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%GetCode</span></tt></a>] [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%SetCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%SetCode</span></tt></a>] <em>exception</em> ::= <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Exception"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Exception</span></tt></a> <em>exception-name</em> [<em>exception-base</em>] <strong>{</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%TypeHeaderCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%TypeHeaderCode</span></tt></a>] <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%RaiseCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%RaiseCode</span></tt></a> <strong>};</strong> <em>exception-name</em> ::= <em>scoped-name</em> <em>exception-base</em> ::= <strong>(</strong> [<em>exception-name</em> | <em>python-exception</em>] <strong>)</strong> <em>python-exception</em> ::= [<strong>SIP_Exception</strong> | <strong>SIP_StopIteration</strong> | <strong>SIP_StandardError</strong> | <strong>SIP_ArithmeticError</strong> | <strong>SIP_LookupError</strong> | <strong>SIP_AssertionError</strong> | <strong>SIP_AttributeError</strong> | <strong>SIP_EOFError</strong> | <strong>SIP_FloatingPointError</strong> | <strong>SIP_EnvironmentError</strong> | <strong>SIP_IOError</strong> | <strong>SIP_OSError</strong> | <strong>SIP_ImportError</strong> | <strong>SIP_IndexError</strong> | <strong>SIP_KeyError</strong> | <strong>SIP_KeyboardInterrupt</strong> | <strong>SIP_MemoryError</strong> | <strong>SIP_NameError</strong> | <strong>SIP_OverflowError</strong> | <strong>SIP_RuntimeError</strong> | <strong>SIP_NotImplementedError</strong> | <strong>SIP_SyntaxError</strong> | <strong>SIP_IndentationError</strong> | <strong>SIP_TabError</strong> | <strong>SIP_ReferenceError</strong> | <strong>SIP_SystemError</strong> | <strong>SIP_SystemExit</strong> | <strong>SIP_TypeError</strong> | <strong>SIP_UnboundLocalError</strong> | <strong>SIP_UnicodeError</strong> | <strong>SIP_UnicodeEncodeError</strong> | <strong>SIP_UnicodeDecodeError</strong> | <strong>SIP_UnicodeTranslateError</strong> | <strong>SIP_ValueError</strong> | <strong>SIP_ZeroDivisionError</strong> | <strong>SIP_WindowsError</strong> | <strong>SIP_VMSError</strong>] <em>exceptions</em> ::= <strong>throw (</strong> [<em>exception-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> <em>exception-list</em> ::= <em>scoped-name</em> [<strong>,</strong> <em>exception-list</em>] <em>argument-list</em> ::= <em>argument</em> [<strong>,</strong> <em>argument-list</em>] [<strong>,</strong> <strong>...</strong>] <em>argument</em> ::= [ <em>type</em> [<em>name</em>] [<em>argument-annotations</em>] [<em>default-value</em>] | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_ANYSLOT"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_ANYSLOT</span></tt></a> [<em>default-value</em>] | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_TQOBJECT"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_TQOBJECT</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_RXOBJ_CON"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_RXOBJ_CON</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_RXOBJ_DIS"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_RXOBJ_DIS</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_SIGNAL"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_SIGNAL</span></tt></a> [<em>default-value</em>] | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_SLOT"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_SLOT</span></tt></a> [<em>default-value</em>] | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_SLOT_CON"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_SLOT_CON</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_SLOT_DIS"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_SLOT_DIS</span></tt></a>] <em>default-value</em> ::= <strong>=</strong> <em>expression</em> <em>expression</em> ::= [<em>value</em> | <em>value</em> <em>binary-operator</em> <em>expression</em>] <em>value</em> ::= [<em>unary-operator</em>] <em>simple-value</em> <em>simple-value</em> ::= [<em>scoped-name</em> | <em>function-call</em> | <em>real-value</em> | <em>integer-value</em> | <em>boolean-value</em> | <em>string-value</em> | <em>character-value</em>] <em>typed-name</em>::= <em>type</em> <em>name</em> <em>function-pointer</em>::= <em>type</em> <strong>(*</strong> <em>name</em> <strong>)(</strong> [<em>type-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> <em>type-list</em> ::= <em>type</em> [<strong>,</strong> <em>type-list</em>] <em>function-call</em> ::= <em>scoped-name</em> <strong>(</strong> [<em>value-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> <em>value-list</em> ::= <em>value</em> [<strong>,</strong> <em>value-list</em>] <em>real-value</em> ::= a floating point number <em>integer-value</em> ::= a number <em>boolean-value</em> ::= [<strong>true</strong> | <strong>false</strong>] <em>string-value</em> ::= <strong>“</strong> {<em>character</em>} <strong>“</strong> <em>character-value</em> ::= <strong>‘</strong> <em>character</em> <strong>‘</strong> <em>unary-operator</em> ::= [<strong>!</strong> | <strong>~</strong> | <strong>-</strong> | <strong>+</strong>] <em>binary-operator</em> ::= [<strong>-</strong> | <strong>+</strong> | <strong>*</strong> | <strong>/</strong> | <strong>&</strong> | <strong>|</strong>] <em>argument-annotations</em> ::= see <a class="reference external" href="annotations.html#ref-arg-annos"><em>Argument Annotations</em></a> <em>class-annotations</em> ::= see <a class="reference external" href="annotations.html#ref-class-annos"><em>Class Annotations</em></a> <em>enum-annotations</em> ::= see <a class="reference external" href="annotations.html#ref-enum-annos"><em>Enum Annotations</em></a> <em>function-annotations</em> ::= see <a class="reference external" href="annotations.html#ref-function-annos"><em>Function Annotations</em></a> <em>typedef-annotations</em> ::= see <a class="reference external" href="annotations.html#ref-typedef-annos"><em>Typedef Annotations</em></a> <em>variable-annotations</em> ::= see <a class="reference external" href="annotations.html#ref-variable-annos"><em>Variable Annotations</em></a> <em>type</em> ::= [<strong>const</strong>] <em>base-type</em> {<strong>*</strong>} [<strong>&</strong>] <em>type-list</em> ::= <em>type</em> [<strong>,</strong> <em>type-list</em>] <em>base-type</em> ::= [<em>scoped-name</em> | <em>template</em> | <strong>struct</strong> <em>scoped-name</em> | <strong>char</strong> | <strong>signed char</strong> | <strong>unsigned char</strong> | <strong>wchar_t</strong> | <strong>int</strong> | <strong>unsigned</strong> | <strong>unsigned int</strong> | <strong>short</strong> | <strong>unsigned short</strong> | <strong>long</strong> | <strong>unsigned long</strong> | <strong>long long</strong> | <strong>unsigned long long</strong> | <strong>float</strong> | <strong>double</strong> | <strong>bool</strong> | <strong>void</strong> | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYCALLABLE"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYCALLABLE</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYDICT"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYDICT</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYLIST"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYLIST</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYOBJECT"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYOBJECT</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYSLICE"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYSLICE</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYTUPLE"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYTUPLE</span></tt></a> | <a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYTYPE"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYTYPE</span></tt></a>] <em>scoped-name</em> ::= <em>name</em> [<strong>::</strong> <em>scoped-name</em>] <em>template</em> ::= <em>scoped-name</em> <strong><</strong> <em>type-list</em> <strong>></strong> <em>dotted-name</em> ::= <em>name</em> [<strong>.</strong> <em>dotted-name</em>] <em>name</em> ::= _A-Za-z {_A-Za-z0-9} </pre> <p>Here is a short list of differences between C++ and the subset supported by SIP that might trip you up.</p> <blockquote> <ul class="simple"> <li>SIP does not support the use of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">[]</span></tt> in types. Use pointers instead.</li> <li>A global <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">operator</span></tt> can only be defined if its first argument is a class or a named enum that has been wrapped in the same module.</li> <li>Variables declared outside of a class are effectively read-only.</li> <li>A class’s list of super-classes doesn’t not include any access specifier (e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">public</span></tt>).</li> </ul> </blockquote> </div> <div class="section" id="variable-numbers-of-arguments"> <h2>Variable Numbers of Arguments<a class="headerlink" href="#variable-numbers-of-arguments" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>SIP supports the use of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">...</span></tt> as the last part of a function signature. Any remaining arguments are collected as a Python tuple.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="additional-sip-types"> <h2>Additional SIP Types<a class="headerlink" href="#additional-sip-types" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>SIP supports a number of additional data types that can be used in Python signatures.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_ANYSLOT"> <tt class="descname">SIP_ANYSLOT</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_ANYSLOT" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is both a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> and a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is used as the type of the member instead of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement the connection or disconnection of an explicitly generated signal to a slot. Handwritten code must be provided to interpret the conversion correctly.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_PYCALLABLE"> <tt class="descname">SIP_PYCALLABLE</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYCALLABLE" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a Python callable object.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_PYDICT"> <tt class="descname">SIP_PYDICT</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYDICT" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a Python dictionary object.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_PYLIST"> <tt class="descname">SIP_PYLIST</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYLIST" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a Python list object.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_PYOBJECT"> <tt class="descname">SIP_PYOBJECT</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYOBJECT" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> of any Python type.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_PYSLICE"> <tt class="descname">SIP_PYSLICE</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYSLICE" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a Python slice object.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_PYTUPLE"> <tt class="descname">SIP_PYTUPLE</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYTUPLE" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a Python tuple object.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_PYTYPE"> <tt class="descname">SIP_PYTYPE</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYTYPE" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a Python type object.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_TQOBJECT"> <tt class="descname">SIP_TQOBJECT</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_TQOBJECT" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TQObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a C++ instance of a class derived from TQt’s <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TQObject</span></tt> class.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_RXOBJ_CON"> <tt class="descname">SIP_RXOBJ_CON</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_RXOBJ_CON" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TQObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a C++ instance of a class derived from TQt’s <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TQObject</span></tt> class. It is used as the type of the receiver instead of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">TQObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement a connection to a slot.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_RXOBJ_DIS"> <tt class="descname">SIP_RXOBJ_DIS</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_RXOBJ_DIS" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TQObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a C++ instance of a class derived from TQt’s <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TQObject</span></tt> class. It is used as the type of the receiver instead of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">TQObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement a disconnection from a slot.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_SIGNAL"> <tt class="descname">SIP_SIGNAL</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_SIGNAL" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is used as the type of the signal instead of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement the connection or disconnection of an explicitly generated signal to a slot.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_SLOT"> <tt class="descname">SIP_SLOT</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_SLOT" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is used as the type of the member instead of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement the connection or disconnection of an explicitly generated signal to a slot.</p> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_SLOT_CON"> <tt class="descname">SIP_SLOT_CON</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_SLOT_CON" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is used as the type of the member instead of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement the connection of an internally generated signal to a slot. The type includes a comma separated list of types that is the C++ signature of of the signal.</p> <p>To take an example, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TQAccel::connectItem()</span></tt> connects an internally generated signal to a slot. The signal is emitted when the keyboard accelerator is activated and it has a single integer argument that is the ID of the accelerator. The C++ signature is:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>bool connectItem(int id, const TQObject *receiver, const char *member);</pre> </div> <p>The corresponding SIP specification is:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>bool connectItem(int, SIP_RXOBJ_CON, SIP_SLOT_CON(int));</pre> </div> <dl class="sip-type"> <dt id="stype-SIP_SLOT_DIS"> <tt class="descname">SIP_SLOT_DIS</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_SLOT_DIS" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is used as the type of the member instead of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement the disconnection of an internally generated signal to a slot. The type includes a comma separated list of types that is the C++ signature of of the signal.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="classic-division-and-true-division"> <h2>Classic Division and True Division<a class="headerlink" href="#classic-division-and-true-division" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>SIP supports the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__div__</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__truediv__</span></tt> special methods (and the corresponding inplace versions) for both Python v2 and v3.</p> <p>For Python v2 the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__div__</span></tt> method will be used for both classic and true division if a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__truediv__</span></tt> method is not defined.</p> <p>For Python v3 the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__div__</span></tt> method will be used for true division if a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__truediv__</span></tt> method is not defined.</p> <p>For all versions of Python, if both methods are defined then <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__div__</span></tt> should be defined first.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="index.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference external" href="#">SIP Specification Files</a><ul> <li><a class="reference external" href="#syntax-definition">Syntax Definition</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="#variable-numbers-of-arguments">Variable Numbers of Arguments</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="#additional-sip-types">Additional SIP Types</a></li> <li><a class="reference external" href="#classic-division-and-true-division">Classic Division and True Division</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4>Previous topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="command_line.html" title="previous chapter">The SIP Command Line</a></p> <h4>Next topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="directives.html" title="next chapter">Directives</a></p> <div id="searchbox" style="display: none"> <h3>Quick search</h3> <form class="search" action="search.html" method="get"> <input type="text" name="q" size="18" /> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> </form> <p class="searchtip" style="font-size: 90%"> Enter search terms or a module, class or function name. </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript">$('#searchbox').show(0);</script> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div class="related"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="genindex.html" title="General Index" >index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="modindex.html" title="Global Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="directives.html" title="Directives" >next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="command_line.html" title="The SIP Command Line" >previous</a> |</li> <li><a href="index.html">SIP 4.10.5 Reference Guide</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer"> © Copyright 2010 Riverbank Computing Limited. 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