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Rebased and clean-up #8435 and enabled tests.

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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.

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          capi: limit type slots to PyType_GetSlot and tp_new

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          Print PyType_GetSlot when requesting unknown slot

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bschoenmaeckers changed the title ~~C api type slots~~ Add support for tp_new slot in the c-api

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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

Layer / File(s)	Summary
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.
C/Rust callback conversion `crates/vm/src/types/c_slots.rs`, `crates/derive-impl/src/pyclass.rs`, `crates/capi/src/methodobject.rs`	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.

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  participant CExtension
  participant PyType_FromSlots
  participant PyType
  participant c_new_trampoline
  participant CNewFunc
  CExtension->>PyType_FromSlots: provide TpNew callback
  PyType_FromSlots->>PyType: attach C slot table
  PyType->>c_new_trampoline: dispatch tp_new
  c_new_trampoline->>CNewFunc: pass subtype and arguments
  CNewFunc-->>c_new_trampoline: return PyObject pointer

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RustPython/RustPython#9386: Changes PyType::set_new and tp_new inheritance, which share the type-construction contract touched here.

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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.

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- 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
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Major · Store pyresult_to_ret_ptr errors in the raised-exception slot. · c_slots.rs:143-151

crates/vm/src/types/c_slots.rs:143-151
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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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 pub(crate) fn pyresult_to_ret_ptr(vm: &VirtualMachine, result: PyResult) -> *mut PyObject {
     match result {
         Ok(obj) => obj.into_raw().as_ptr(),
         Err(exc) => {
-            vm.set_exception(Some(exc));
+            vm.set_raised_exception(Some(exc));
             core::ptr::null_mut()
         }
     }
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Minor · Reject a winning metaclass without a new slot. · type.rs:2014-2018

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Reject a winning metaclass without a new slot.

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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- Around line 2014-2018: In the metaclass winner branch, reject a winning
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