.. _reference:

.. warning::

Please be advised that the reference documentation discussing pybind11
internals is currently incomplete. Please refer to the previous sections
and the pybind11 header files for the nitty gritty details.

Reference #########

.. _macros:

Macros

.. doxygendefine:: PYBIND11_MODULE

.. _core_types:

Convenience classes for arbitrary Python types

Common member functions

.. doxygenclass:: object_api :members:

Without reference counting

.. doxygenclass:: handle :members:

With reference counting

.. doxygenclass:: object :members:

.. doxygenfunction:: reinterpret_borrow

.. doxygenfunction:: reinterpret_steal

Convenience classes for specific Python types

.. doxygenclass:: module_ :members:

.. doxygengroup:: pytypes :members:

Convenience functions converting to Python types

.. doxygenfunction:: make_tuple(Args&&...)

.. doxygenfunction:: make_iterator(Iterator, Sentinel, Extra &&...) .. doxygenfunction:: make_iterator(Type &, Extra&&...)

.. doxygenfunction:: make_key_iterator(Iterator, Sentinel, Extra &&...) .. doxygenfunction:: make_key_iterator(Type &, Extra&&...)

.. doxygenfunction:: make_value_iterator(Iterator, Sentinel, Extra &&...) .. doxygenfunction:: make_value_iterator(Type &, Extra&&...)

.. _extras:

Passing extra arguments to `def` or `py::class_`

.. doxygengroup:: annotations :members:

Embedding the interpreter

.. doxygendefine:: PYBIND11_EMBEDDED_MODULE

.. doxygenfunction:: initialize_interpreter

.. doxygenfunction:: finalize_interpreter

.. doxygenclass:: scoped_interpreter

Redirecting C++ streams

.. doxygenclass:: scoped_ostream_redirect

.. doxygenclass:: scoped_estream_redirect

.. doxygenfunction:: add_ostream_redirect

Python built-in functions

.. doxygengroup:: python_builtins :members:

Inheritance

See :doc:/classes and :doc:/advanced/classes for more detail.

.. doxygendefine:: PYBIND11_OVERRIDE

.. doxygendefine:: PYBIND11_OVERRIDE_PURE

.. doxygendefine:: PYBIND11_OVERRIDE_NAME

.. doxygendefine:: PYBIND11_OVERRIDE_PURE_NAME

.. doxygenfunction:: get_override

Exceptions

.. doxygenclass:: error_already_set :members:

.. doxygenclass:: builtin_exception :members:

Literals

.. doxygennamespace:: literals

Reference