{- arch-tag: Python types
Copyright (C) 2005 John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>

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-}

{- |
   Module     : Python.Types
   Copyright  : Copyright (C) 2005 John Goerzen
   License    : GNU GPL, version 2 or above

   Maintainer : John Goerzen,
   Maintainer : jgoerzen\@complete.org
   Stability  : provisional
   Portability: portable

Interfaces to low-level Python types.  You should probably not use this module
directly.  You probably want "Python.Objects" instead.

You'll only need this module directly if you are importing new functions
from the Python C API.

Written by John Goerzen, jgoerzen\@complete.org
-}

module Python.Types (
                     PyObject(..),
                     CPyObject,
                     PyException(..),
                     StartFrom(..)
                    )
where

import Foreign
import Foreign.C
import Foreign.C.Types
import Data.Typeable

type CPyObject = ()

-- | The type of Python objects.
newtype PyObject = PyObject (ForeignPtr CPyObject)
    deriving (Eq, Show)

-- | The type of Python exceptions.
data PyException = PyException {excType :: PyObject, -- ^ Exception type
                                excValue :: PyObject, -- ^ Exception value
                                excTraceBack :: PyObject, -- ^ Traceback
                                excFormatted :: String -- ^ Formatted for display
                               }
instance Show PyException where
    show x = excFormatted x

pyExceptionTc :: TyCon
pyExceptionTc = mkTyCon "MissingPy.Python.Types.PyException"

instance Typeable PyException where
    typeOf _ = mkTyConApp pyExceptionTc []

{- | How to interpret a snippet of Python code. -}
data StartFrom = Py_eval_input
               | Py_file_input
               | Py_single_input