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A static type that defines no tp_new and whose base is object used to inherit object.__new__. Calling such a type created an instance whose class is the type but whose payload is a plain object:

>>> type(iter(lambda: 0, 1))()   # before: a callable_iterator with no iterator state
>>> import re; re.Pattern()      # before: succeeds
>>> import collections; type(collections.OrderedDict().keys())()

The reference interpreter rejects all of these with TypeError: cannot create '...' instances (type_ready_set_new). This PR makes PyType::set_new follow the same rule:

A static type with no tp_new of its own whose base is object gets DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION and keeps tp_new unset. Such types no longer expose an inherited __new__ in their dict.
Other types inherit the base's tp_new as before. A static type that inherits a non-NULL tp_new must have the same basicsize as that base, because the inherited function allocates the base payload; type initialization panics otherwise. Types flagged HEAPTYPE are exempt, like classes created at runtime.

Types that the reference interpreter does allow to be instantiated keep working:

_io._IOBase is a heap type there and inherits object.__new__; it is flagged HEAPTYPE here so it keeps doing so (object.__new__(C) for class C(_io._IOBase) still passes the staticbase check).
_asyncio.FutureIter, TaskStepMethWrapper, _testinternalcapi hamt, InstructionSequence and itertools._grouper get constructors of their own, matching what the reference interpreter accepts.

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cargo fmt --all -- --check, cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --features threading ... -D warnings, cargo test --workspace --features threading ..., (cd crates/capi && cargo test && cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings), (cd crates/wasm && cargo check --target wasm32-unknown-unknown): pass.
cargo run --release --features threading -- -m test on test_io, test_itertools, test_asyncio, test_descr, test_types, test_class, test_typing, test_collections, test_ordered_dict, test_re, test_exceptions, test_weakref, test_ctypes, test_inspect, test_builtin, test_functools, test_pickle, test_copy, test_pydoc, test_abc, test_dis, test_code, test_contextlib, test_unittest: all pass (2 Windows-only asyncio files skipped).
wasm32-wasip1 wasm-release build with the CI feature set: all 187 extra_tests/snippets that the wasm-wasi job runs pass under wasmer.
The expressions above, plus _io._IOBase(), type(len)(), type(iter([]))() and constructing itertools._grouper, print the same results on this build and on CPython 3.14.

Not covered: test_sqlite3 (no _sqlite3 in my build), Linux/Windows-only code paths.

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Bug Fixes
- Improved class instantiation behavior, including inherited constructors and types that cannot be instantiated.
New Features
- Added support for creating default instances of additional built-in objects.
- Improved construction of iterator-grouping objects by accepting their parent iterator and target key.

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Type slot initialization now distinguishes static and heap types. Several built-in classes gain constructors, including a parameterized constructor for PyItertoolsGrouper.

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Type allocation and `__new__` slot handling `crates/vm/src/builtins/type.rs`, `crates/vm/src/class.rs`, `crates/vm/src/stdlib/_io.rs`	Type slot initialization distinguishes static and heap types. Static types with a non-null inherited `tp_new` panic when their `basicsize` differs from the base. Class extension omits `__new__` when instantiation is disallowed. `_IOBase` gains the `HEAPTYPE` flag.
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Parameterized itertools grouper constructor `crates/vm/src/stdlib/itertools.rs`	`PyItertoolsGrouper` gains a constructor that accepts its parent `PyItertoolsGroupBy` object and target key.

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Directly constructed groupers cannot yield items. This narrow constructor issue remains open, but the change is otherwise mergeable with owner awareness.

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- Around line 720-729: Update PyItertoolsGrouper::py_new to allocate the
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          Decide tp_new inheritance of static types at type initialization

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A static type with no tp_new of its own whose base is object now gets
DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION instead of inheriting object's tp_new, following
type_ready_set_new. Such types no longer expose an inherited __new__.

A static type that inherits a non-NULL tp_new from its base must have the
same basicsize as that base; type initialization panics otherwise. Types
flagged HEAPTYPE are exempt, like classes created at runtime.

_IOBase is flagged HEAPTYPE so that it keeps inheriting object's tp_new.
FutureIter, TaskStepMethWrapper, hamt, InstructionSequence and
itertools._grouper get constructors of their own.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Assisted-by: Grok:grok-4.7

youknowone force-pushed the static-type-tp-new branch from 050ca71 to 81d6061 Compare

October 26, 2026 15:51

youknowone merged commit 2004256 into RustPython:main

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Oct 27, 2026

Add support for tp_new slot in the c-api #9407

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Integrate remaining Python 3.15 final runtime and libraries #8954

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Allocate through tp_alloc in object_new and align native constructors #9503

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