[Python-Dev] PEP 590: vectorcall without tp_call (original) (raw)

Jeroen Demeyer J.Demeyer at UGent.be
Wed May 29 08:25:25 EDT 2019


Hello,

I have one implementation question about vectorcall which is not specified in PEP 590: what should happen if a type implements vectorcall (i.e. _Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL is set) but doesn't set tp_call (i.e. tp_call == NULL)? I see the following possibilities:

  1. Ignore this problem/assume that it won't happen. This would be bad, since callable(obj) would be False even though obj() would succeed.

  2. Raise SystemError.

  3. Automatically set tp_call to PyVectorcall_Call.

I would vote for 3 since it's the most user-friendly option. There is also no way how it could be wrong: it ensures that tp_call and vectorcall are consistent.

Any opinions?

Jeroen.



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