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- Updated Python C API pointer handling across object, collection, numeric, iterator, and other interfaces. Existing API behavior and results are intended to remain unchanged.
- Improved handling of optional and null pointers in several C API operations.

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bschoenmaeckers changed the title ~~Make unify PyObject dereferencing in c-api~~ Unify PyObject dereferencing in c-api

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crates/capi/src/abstract_.rs
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The C API now uses shared FfiPtrExt helpers to convert raw pointers into borrowed or owned Python objects, including optional pointers and typed casts. The changes cover many C API modules and make PyRef raw-pointer constructors public.

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C API pointer conversion

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Pointer conversion helpers and PyRef access `crates/capi/src/util.rs`, `crates/vm/src/object/core.rs`	`FfiPtrExt` adds owned, borrowed, optional, error, and typed-cast conversions, with null-pointer tests. `PyRef::from_non_null` and `PyRef::from_raw` become public.
Object, call, and iterator APIs `crates/capi/src/abstract_.rs`, `crates/capi/src/abstract_/iter.rs`, `crates/capi/src/object.rs`, `crates/capi/src/object/pytype.rs`, `crates/capi/src/boolobject.rs`	These APIs use the pointer helpers. Attribute-existence functions use `obj.has_attr`; several `PyTypeObject` parameters change from const to mutable pointers.
Mapping, sequence, and numeric APIs `crates/capi/src/abstract_/{mapping,sequence,number}.rs`	These APIs use borrowed-pointer helpers. Their existing operation dispatch and mapping error handling remain in place.
Container and scalar APIs `crates/capi/src/{dictobject,listobject,setobject,tupleobject,sliceobject,bytesobject,bytearrayobject,floatobject,longobject,unicodeobject,genericaliasobject}.rs`	Container and scalar APIs use borrowed, owned, optional, and typed pointer conversions. `PyDict_GetItem` treats its key as a binary `PyObject`.
Evaluation and runtime APIs `crates/capi/src/{ceval,codecs,complexobject,descrobject,import,moduleobject,memoryobject,objimpl,osmodule,pycapsule,pyframe,traceback,warnings,weakrefobject,iterobject}.rs`	These APIs use `FfiPtrExt` to convert incoming pointers, including nullable pointers and native return pointers.
Native ownership and exception APIs `crates/capi/src/{methodobject,pyerrors,refcount}.rs`	Native method returns use `assume_owned_or_err`. Reference-counting and exception APIs use the shared owned and borrowed conversions.

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Clarify the ownership contract for the public raw-pointer constructors before merging; callers otherwise risk dropping a reference they do not own.

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bschoenmaeckers force-pushed the a-api-ffi-helper branch 4 times, most recently from b975faf to c710ae8 Compare

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Rebased onto current main.

The first commit (codecs.c-api) was already in #8267, so it was skipped. Conflicts were resolved by keeping FfiPtrExt while preserving APIs that landed later (invoke_exception(&Py<PyType>), encode_unicode, no_memory_error, frame locals/globals/builtins).

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Follow-up: PyObject_HasAttr* now uses get_attribute_opt again. obj.has_attr raised AttributeError for missing names, which broke object::tests::hasattr (pyo3 maps that to PyObject_HasAttrWithError). crates/capi lib tests: 112 passed.

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Merging this PR will not alter performance

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Yes! Thank you for getting this over the finish.

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In `@crates/vm/src/object/core.rs`:
- Around line 2665-2666: Update the public safety contracts on
PyRef::from_non_null and PyRef::from_raw to require that the caller owns one
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crates/capi/src/abstract_.rs
crates/capi/src/abstract_/iter.rs
crates/capi/src/abstract_/mapping.rs
crates/capi/src/abstract_/number.rs
crates/capi/src/abstract_/sequence.rs
crates/capi/src/boolobject.rs
crates/capi/src/bytearrayobject.rs
crates/capi/src/bytesobject.rs
crates/capi/src/ceval.rs
crates/capi/src/codecs.rs
crates/capi/src/complexobject.rs
crates/capi/src/descrobject.rs
crates/capi/src/dictobject.rs
crates/capi/src/floatobject.rs
crates/capi/src/genericaliasobject.rs
crates/capi/src/import.rs
crates/capi/src/listobject.rs
crates/capi/src/longobject.rs
crates/capi/src/memoryobject.rs
crates/capi/src/methodobject.rs
crates/capi/src/moduleobject.rs
crates/capi/src/object.rs
crates/capi/src/object/pytype.rs
crates/capi/src/objimpl.rs
crates/capi/src/osmodule.rs
crates/capi/src/pycapsule.rs
crates/capi/src/pyerrors.rs
crates/capi/src/pyframe.rs
crates/capi/src/refcount.rs
crates/capi/src/setobject.rs
crates/capi/src/sliceobject.rs
crates/capi/src/traceback.rs
crates/capi/src/tupleobject.rs
crates/capi/src/unicodeobject.rs
crates/capi/src/util.rs
crates/capi/src/warnings.rs
crates/capi/src/weakrefobject.rs
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          Add FfiPtrExt for uniform pointer dereferences

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          Panic on NULL ptrs

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          capi: import type_name from core, not std

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          Use assume_owned_or_err in PyGetSetDef

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@youknowone This can be merged now. I've updated all recent functions as well.

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