ctypes-callable 1.0.0

Implements ``callable`` using ctypes (useful on Python 3.0 and 3.1)

Implements callable using ctypes (useful on Python 3.0 and 3.1)

Most Python versions have a native builtin function called callable which checks if the argument is a callable object.

Python 3 initially removed the builtin function (but kept the internal C function), before adding it back in Python 3.2 because no alternative is truly equivalent in all cases.

This module provides a function named callable which is equivalent to the native callable, by directly accessing the underlying CPython API through the ctypes module.

This isn’t very useful by itself for most Python versions, but it is an essential building block for enabling code relying on callable to work on Python 3.0 and 3.1.

Versioning

This library’s version numbers follow the SemVer 2.0.0 specification.

The current version number is available in the variable __version__ as is normal for Python modules.

Installation

pip install ctypes-callable

Usage

The use-case for using this module is if:

1. You are using an early CPython 3 release missing callable.

2. You cannot upgrade to a newer CPython 3 for some reason.

3. You want to use code which uses the callable builtin.

To do this, run this before any code that uses callable (for example, usercustomize or sitecustomize might be good places):

import ctypes_callable
import builtins
builtins.callable = ctypes_callable.callable

Portability

This module relies on accessing the Python C API through ctypes, which means it will fail on import on Jython, IronPython, PyPy, MicroPython, PyPy.js, Brython, Transcrypt, and probably every other implementation besides CPython.

If you’re looking for something that’s basically this, but won’t break upon import on other Python implementations, you can use the ``polyfill-callable` module <https://github.com/mentalisttraceur/python-polyfill-callable>`_ instead.