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Types created through the C API can provide custom constructors. Constructors are preserved through inheritance, and supported C-level constructors are reported during type slot inspection.
Bug Fixes
Type creation now works when the selected metaclass has no constructor.
C-level constructors receive positional and keyword arguments correctly, and invalid keyword names raise a TypeError.
Constructor safety checks now correctly distinguish C-level constructors that share an implementation path.
The change adds C tp_new slot storage and dispatch, connects Rust constructors to C ABI entry points, and exposes tp_new through the C API. Heap types preserve or inherit C slot tables, and C keyword calls use shared argument conversion.
Changes: C tp_new slot support
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C slot contracts and storage crates/vm/src/types/c_slots.rs, crates/vm/src/types/slot.rs, crates/vm/src/types/mod.rs
The VM adds C tp_new slot types, per-type slot accessors, and static tables that pair Rust slots with C functions.
The VM converts arguments and results, dispatches tp_new callbacks, and resolves C twins for Rust slots. Generated constructors provide static C slot tables, and C keyword calls use shared argument conversion.
Heap type slot installation and inheritance crates/vm/src/builtins/type.rs, crates/vm/src/types/slot.rs
Heap types own C slot tables and preserve or inherit them with tp_new. Type construction and safety checks use the selected metaclass and underlying C callback identities.
C API tp_new registration and lookup crates/capi/src/object/pytype.rs
The C API accepts and reports tp_new callbacks and attaches collected C slots to created types. Two tests are no longer ignored.
RustPython/RustPython#9386: Changes PyType::set_new and tp_new inheritance, which share the type-construction contract touched here.
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Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 810e5
C extension constructor failures can panic, and some restricted metaclasses can create classes unexpectedly. Resolve these issues before merging.
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Review comments at @crates/capi/src/object/pytype.rs:
- Around line 177-181: Update the TpNew arm that stores into CSlots.new to
transmute pfunc to Option<CNewFunc> and store that option directly. This
preserves NULL as None, so set_c_slots does not treat a NULL tp_new slot as
present or install the trampoline.
Review comments at @crates/vm/src/builtins/type.rs:
- Around line 1673-1678: Update set_c_slots to preserve an inherited C tp_new
before replacing self.slots.c_slots: when the incoming c_slots.new is absent and
the existing new slot is c_new_trampoline, copy the inherited function from the
current C slots into the incoming table. Then derive has_new from the updated
table and keep the existing trampoline setup.
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crates/vm/src/builtins/type.rs
crates/vm/src/object/mod.rs
crates/vm/src/types/c_slots.rs
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Store pyresult_to_ret_ptr errors in the raised-exception slot.
When a C tp_new calls a Rust-backed base tp_new through its C slot, and that constructor returns Err, pyresult_to_ret_ptr stores the error with set_exception. That call writes the handled-exception (exc_info) stack, not the raised-exception slot. The NULL return then reaches ret_ptr_to_pyresult in c_new_trampoline. That function reads only the raised-exception slot, finds it empty, and panics with "Native function returned NULL, but there was no exception set". The original exception is lost.
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Review comment at @crates/vm/src/types/c_slots.rs around lines 143 - 151:
Update the error branch in pyresult_to_ret_ptr to store the exception in the
raised-exception slot, so callers receiving NULL can retrieve the original
exception through ret_ptr_to_pyresult.
Minor · Reject a winning metaclass without a new slot. · type.rs:2014-2018
A C-API caller can create a heap subtype of type with Py_TPFLAGS_DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION, then use it as the metaclass of a base type. When type.__new__ selects that metaclass, its new slot is absent. The current branch continues and can create the derived class. CPython raises TypeError instead.
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- if let Some(ref slot_new) = winner.slots.new.load() {- // Pass it to the winner- return slot_new(winner, args, vm);- }- winner+ let slot_new = winner.slots.new.load().ok_or_else(|| {+ vm.new_type_error(format!("cannot create '{}' instances", winner.slot_name()))+ })?;+ // Pass it to the winner+ return slot_new(winner, args, vm);
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Review comment at @crates/vm/src/builtins/type.rs around lines 2014 - 2018:
In the metaclass winner branch, reject a winning metaclass whose `new` slot is
absent instead of falling through and creating the derived class. Return a
`TypeError` with the expected “cannot create” message using
`winner.slot_name()`, and preserve the existing call to the slot when present.
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Review comments at @crates/vm/src/builtins/type.rs:
- Around line 2014-2018: In the metaclass winner branch, reject a winning
metaclass whose `new` slot is absent instead of falling through and creating the
derived class. Return a `TypeError` with the expected “cannot create” message
using `winner.slot_name()`, and preserve the existing call to the slot when
present.
Review comments at @crates/vm/src/types/c_slots.rs:
- Around line 143-151: Update the error branch in pyresult_to_ret_ptr to store
the exception in the raised-exception slot, so callers receiving NULL can
retrieve the original exception through ret_ptr_to_pyresult.
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Rebased and clean-up #8435 and enabled tests.
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