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<div class="section" id="sip-specification-files">
<h1>SIP Specification Files<a class="headerlink" href="#sip-specification-files" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>A SIP specification consists of some C/C++ type and function declarations and
some directives. The declarations may contain annotations which provide SIP
with additional information that cannot be expressed in C/C++. SIP does not
include a full C/C++ parser.</p>
<p>It is important to understand that a SIP specification describes the Python
API, i.e. the API available to the Python programmer when they <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">import</span></tt> the
generated module. It does not have to accurately represent the underlying
C/C++ library. There is nothing wrong with omitting functions that make
little sense in a Python context, or adding functions implemented with
handwritten code that have no C/C++ equivalent. It is even possible (and
sometimes necessary) to specify a different super-class hierarchy for a C++
class. All that matters is that the generated code compiles properly.</p>
<p>In most cases the Python API matches the C/C++ API. In some cases handwritten
code (see <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>) is used to map from one to the other
without SIP having to know the details itself. However, there are a few cases
where SIP generates a thin wrapper around a C++ method or constructor (see
<a class="reference external" href="c_api.html#ref-derived-classes"><em>Generated Derived Classes</em></a>) and needs to know the exact C++ signature. To deal
with these cases SIP allows two signatures to be specified. For example:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>class Klass
{
public:
// The Python signature is a tuple, but the underlying C++ signature
// is a 2 element array.
Klass(SIP_PYTUPLE) [(int *)];
%MethodCode
int iarr[2];
if (PyArg_ParseTuple(a0, "ii", &amp;iarr[0], &amp;iarr[1]))
{
// Note that we use the SIP generated derived class
// constructor.
Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
sipCpp = new sipKlass(iarr);
Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
}
%End
};</pre>
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<h2>Syntax Definition<a class="headerlink" href="#syntax-definition" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The following is a semi-formal description of the syntax of a specification
file.</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
<em>specification</em> ::= {<em>module-statement</em>}
<em>module-statement</em> ::= [<em>module-directive</em> | <em>statement</em>]
<em>module-directive</em> ::= [
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%API"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%API</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%CModule"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%CModule</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%CompositeModule"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%CompositeModule</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ConsolidatedModule"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ConsolidatedModule</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Copying"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Copying</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%DefaultEncoding"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%DefaultEncoding</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%DefaultMetatype"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%DefaultMetatype</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%DefaultSupertype"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%DefaultSupertype</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Doc"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Doc</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ExportedDoc"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ExportedDoc</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ExportedHeaderCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ExportedHeaderCode</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Feature"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Feature</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Import"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Import</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Include"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Include</span></tt></a> |
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<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Module"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Module</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ModuleCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ModuleCode</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ModuleHeaderCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ModuleHeaderCode</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%OptionalInclude"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%OptionalInclude</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Platforms"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Platforms</span></tt></a> |
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<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%UnitCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%UnitCode</span></tt></a> |
<em>mapped-type-template</em>]
<em>statement</em> :: [<em>class-statement</em> | <em>function</em> | <em>variable</em>]
<em>class-statement</em> :: [
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%If"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%If</span></tt></a> |
<em>class</em> |
<em>class-template</em> |
<em>enum</em> |
<em>namespace</em> |
<em>opaque-class</em> |
<em>operator</em> |
<em>struct</em> |
<em>typedef</em> |
<em>exception</em>]
<em>class</em> ::= <strong>class</strong> <em>name</em> [<strong>:</strong> <em>super-classes</em>] [<em>class-annotations</em>]
<strong>{</strong> {<em>class-line</em>} <strong>};</strong>
<em>super-classes</em> ::= <em>name</em> [<strong>,</strong> <em>super-classes</em>]
<em>class-line</em> ::= [
<em>class-statement</em> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%BIGetBufferCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%BIGetBufferCode</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%BIGetReadBufferCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%BIGetReadBufferCode</span></tt></a> |
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<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ConvertToSubClassCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ConvertToSubClassCode</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%ConvertToTypeCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%ConvertToTypeCode</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Docstring"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Docstring</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%GCClearCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%GCClearCode</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%GCTraverseCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%GCTraverseCode</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%PickleCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%PickleCode</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%TypeCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%TypeCode</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%TypeHeaderCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%TypeHeaderCode</span></tt></a> |
<em>constructor</em> |
<em>destructor</em> |
<em>method</em> |
<em>static-method</em> |
<em>virtual-method</em> |
<em>special-method</em> |
<em>operator</em> |
<em>virtual-operator</em> |
<em>class-variable</em> |
<strong>public:</strong> |
<strong>public Q_SLOTS:</strong> |
<strong>public slots:</strong> |
<strong>protected:</strong> |
<strong>protected Q_SLOTS:</strong> |
<strong>protected slots:</strong> |
<strong>private:</strong> |
<strong>private Q_SLOTS:</strong> |
<strong>private slots:</strong> |
<strong>Q_SIGNALS:</strong> |
<strong>signals:</strong>]
<em>constructor</em> ::= [<strong>explicit</strong>] <em>name</em> <strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong>
[<em>exceptions</em>] [<em>function-annotations</em>]
[<em>c++-constructor-signature</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Docstring"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Docstring</span></tt></a>]
[<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>]
<em>c++-constructor-signature</em> ::= <strong>[(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)]</strong>
<em>destructor</em> ::= [<strong>virtual</strong>] <strong>~</strong> <em>name</em> <strong>()</strong> [<em>exceptions</em>] [<strong>= 0</strong>]
[<em>function-annotations</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>]
[<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%VirtualCatcherCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%VirtualCatcherCode</span></tt></a>]
<em>method</em> ::= [<strong>Q_SIGNAL</strong>] [<strong>Q_SLOT</strong>] <em>type</em> <em>name</em> <strong>(</strong>
[<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> [<strong>const</strong>] [<em>exceptions</em>] [<strong>= 0</strong>]
[<em>function-annotations</em>] [<em>c++-signature</em>] <strong>;</strong>
[<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Docstring"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Docstring</span></tt></a>] [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>]
<em>c++-signature</em> ::= <strong>[</strong> <em>type</em> <strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)]</strong>
<em>static-method</em> ::= <strong>static</strong> <em>function</em>
<em>virtual-method</em> ::= [<strong>Q_SIGNAL</strong>] [<strong>Q_SLOT</strong>] <strong>virtual</strong> <em>type</em> <em>name</em>
<strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> [<strong>const</strong>] [<em>exceptions</em>] [<strong>= 0</strong>]
[<em>function-annotations</em>] [<em>c++-signature</em>] <strong>;</strong>
[<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>] [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%VirtualCatcherCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%VirtualCatcherCode</span></tt></a>]
<em>special-method</em> ::= <em>type</em> <em>special-method-name</em>
<strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> [<em>function-annotations</em>] <strong>;</strong>
[<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>]
<em>special-method-name</em> ::= [<strong>__abs__</strong> | <strong>__add__</strong> | <strong>__and__</strong> |
<strong>__bool__</strong> | <strong>__call__</strong> | <strong>__cmp__</strong> | <strong>__contains__</strong> |
<strong>__delitem__</strong> | <strong>__div__</strong> | <strong>__eq__</strong> | <strong>__float__</strong> |
<strong>__floordiv__</strong> | <strong>__ge__</strong> | <strong>__getitem__</strong> | <strong>__gt__</strong> |
<strong>__hash__</strong> | <strong>__iadd__</strong> | <strong>__iand__</strong> | <strong>__idiv__</strong> |
<strong>__ifloordiv__</strong> | <strong>__ilshift__</strong> | <strong>__imod__</strong> | <strong>__imul__</strong> |
<strong>__index__</strong> | <strong>__int__</strong> | <strong>__invert__</strong> | <strong>__ior__</strong> |
<strong>__irshift__</strong> | <strong>__isub__</strong> | <strong>__iter__</strong> | <strong>__itruediv__</strong> |
<strong>__ixor__</strong> | <strong>__le__</strong> | <strong>__len__</strong> | <strong>__long__</strong> |
<strong>__lshift__</strong> | <strong>__lt__</strong> | <strong>__mod__</strong> | <strong>__mul__</strong> |
<strong>__ne__</strong> | <strong>__neg__</strong> | <strong>__next__</strong> | <strong>__nonzero__</strong> |
<strong>__or__</strong> | <strong>__pos__</strong> | <strong>__repr__</strong> | <strong>__rshift__</strong> |
<strong>__setitem__</strong> | <strong>__str__</strong> | <strong>__sub__</strong> | <strong>__truediv__</strong> |
<strong>__xor__</strong>]
<em>operator</em> ::= <em>operator-type</em>
<strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> [<strong>const</strong>] [<em>exceptions</em>]
[<em>function-annotations</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>]
<em>virtual-operator</em> ::= <strong>virtual</strong> <em>operator-type</em>
<strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> [<strong>const</strong>] [<em>exceptions</em>] [<strong>= 0</strong>]
[<em>function-annotations</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>]
[<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%VirtualCatcherCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%VirtualCatcherCode</span></tt></a>]
<em>operatator-type</em> ::= [ <em>operator-function</em> | <em>operator-cast</em> ]
<em>operator-function</em> ::= <em>type</em> <strong>operator</strong> <em>operator-name</em>
<em>operator-cast</em> ::= <strong>operator</strong> <em>type</em>
<em>operator-name</em> ::= [<strong>+</strong> | <strong>-</strong> | <strong>*</strong> | <strong>/</strong> | <strong>%</strong> | <strong>&amp;</strong> |
<strong>|</strong> | <strong>^</strong> | <strong>&lt;&lt;</strong> | <strong>&gt;&gt;</strong> | <strong>+=</strong> | <strong>-=</strong> | <strong>*=</strong> |
<strong>/=</strong> | <strong>%=</strong> | <strong>&amp;=</strong> | <strong>|=</strong> | <strong>^=</strong> | <strong>&lt;&lt;=</strong> | <strong>&gt;&gt;=</strong> |
<strong>~</strong> | <strong>()</strong> | <strong>[]</strong> | <strong>&lt;</strong> | <strong>&lt;=</strong> | <strong>==</strong> | <strong>!=</strong> |
<strong>&gt;</strong> | <strong>&gt;&gt;=</strong> | <strong>=</strong>]
<em>class-variable</em> ::= [<strong>static</strong>] <em>variable</em>
<em>class-template</em> :: = <strong>template</strong> <strong>&lt;</strong> <em>type-list</em> <strong>&gt;</strong> <em>class</em>
<em>mapped-type-template</em> :: = <strong>template</strong> <strong>&lt;</strong> <em>type-list</em> <strong>&gt;</strong>
<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MappedType"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MappedType</span></tt></a>
<em>enum</em> ::= <strong>enum</strong> [<em>name</em>] [<em>enum-annotations</em>] <strong>{</strong> {<em>enum-line</em>} <strong>};</strong>
<em>enum-line</em> ::= [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%If"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%If</span></tt></a> | <em>name</em> [<em>enum-annotations</em>] <strong>,</strong>
<em>function</em> ::= <em>type</em> <em>name</em> <strong>(</strong> [<em>argument-list</em>] <strong>)</strong> [<em>exceptions</em>]
[<em>function-annotations</em>] <strong>;</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Docstring"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Docstring</span></tt></a>]
[<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%MethodCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%MethodCode</span></tt></a>]
<em>namespace</em> ::= <strong>namespace</strong> <em>name</em> <strong>{</strong> {<em>namespace-line</em>} <strong>};</strong>
<em>namespace-line</em> ::= [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%TypeHeaderCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%TypeHeaderCode</span></tt></a> | <em>statement</em>]
<em>opaque-class</em> ::= <strong>class</strong> <em>scoped-name</em> <strong>;</strong>
<em>struct</em> ::= <strong>struct</strong> <em>name</em> <strong>{</strong> {<em>class-line</em>} <strong>};</strong>
<em>typedef</em> ::= <strong>typedef</strong> [<em>typed-name</em> | <em>function-pointer</em>]
<em>typedef-annotations</em> <strong>;</strong>
<em>variable</em>::= <em>typed-name</em> [<em>variable-annotations</em>] <strong>;</strong>
[<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%AccessCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%AccessCode</span></tt></a>] [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%GetCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%GetCode</span></tt></a>]
[<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%SetCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%SetCode</span></tt></a>]
<em>exception</em> ::= <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%Exception"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Exception</span></tt></a> <em>exception-name</em> [<em>exception-base</em>]
<strong>{</strong> [<a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%TypeHeaderCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%TypeHeaderCode</span></tt></a>] <a class="reference external" href="directives.html#directive-%RaiseCode"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">%RaiseCode</span></tt></a> <strong>};</strong>
<em>exception-name</em> ::= <em>scoped-name</em>
<em>exception-base</em> ::= <strong>(</strong> [<em>exception-name</em> | <em>python-exception</em>] <strong>)</strong>
<em>python-exception</em> ::= [<strong>SIP_Exception</strong> | <strong>SIP_StopIteration</strong> |
<strong>SIP_StandardError</strong> | <strong>SIP_ArithmeticError</strong> |
<strong>SIP_LookupError</strong> | <strong>SIP_AssertionError</strong> |
<strong>SIP_AttributeError</strong> | <strong>SIP_EOFError</strong> |
<strong>SIP_FloatingPointError</strong> | <strong>SIP_EnvironmentError</strong> |
<strong>SIP_IOError</strong> | <strong>SIP_OSError</strong> | <strong>SIP_ImportError</strong> |
<strong>SIP_IndexError</strong> | <strong>SIP_KeyError</strong> | <strong>SIP_KeyboardInterrupt</strong> |
<strong>SIP_MemoryError</strong> | <strong>SIP_NameError</strong> | <strong>SIP_OverflowError</strong> |
<strong>SIP_RuntimeError</strong> | <strong>SIP_NotImplementedError</strong> |
<strong>SIP_SyntaxError</strong> | <strong>SIP_IndentationError</strong> | <strong>SIP_TabError</strong> |
<strong>SIP_ReferenceError</strong> | <strong>SIP_SystemError</strong> | <strong>SIP_SystemExit</strong> |
<strong>SIP_TypeError</strong> | <strong>SIP_UnboundLocalError</strong> |
<strong>SIP_UnicodeError</strong> | <strong>SIP_UnicodeEncodeError</strong> |
<strong>SIP_UnicodeDecodeError</strong> | <strong>SIP_UnicodeTranslateError</strong> |
<strong>SIP_ValueError</strong> | <strong>SIP_ZeroDivisionError</strong> |
<strong>SIP_WindowsError</strong> | <strong>SIP_VMSError</strong>]
<em>exceptions</em> ::= <strong>throw (</strong> [<em>exception-list</em>] <strong>)</strong>
<em>exception-list</em> ::= <em>scoped-name</em> [<strong>,</strong> <em>exception-list</em>]
<em>argument-list</em> ::= <em>argument</em> [<strong>,</strong> <em>argument-list</em>] [<strong>,</strong> <strong>...</strong>]
<em>argument</em> ::= [
<em>type</em> [<em>name</em>] [<em>argument-annotations</em>] [<em>default-value</em>] |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_ANYSLOT"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_ANYSLOT</span></tt></a> [<em>default-value</em>] |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_QOBJECT"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_QOBJECT</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_RXOBJ_CON"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_RXOBJ_CON</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_RXOBJ_DIS"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_RXOBJ_DIS</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_SIGNAL"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_SIGNAL</span></tt></a> [<em>default-value</em>] |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_SLOT"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_SLOT</span></tt></a> [<em>default-value</em>] |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_SLOT_CON"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_SLOT_CON</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_SLOT_DIS"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_SLOT_DIS</span></tt></a>]
<em>default-value</em> ::= <strong>=</strong> <em>expression</em>
<em>expression</em> ::= [<em>value</em> | <em>value</em> <em>binary-operator</em> <em>expression</em>]
<em>value</em> ::= [<em>unary-operator</em>] <em>simple-value</em>
<em>simple-value</em> ::= [<em>scoped-name</em> | <em>function-call</em> | <em>real-value</em> |
<em>integer-value</em> | <em>boolean-value</em> | <em>string-value</em> |
<em>character-value</em>]
<em>typed-name</em>::= <em>type</em> <em>name</em>
<em>function-pointer</em>::= <em>type</em> <strong>(*</strong> <em>name</em> <strong>)(</strong> [<em>type-list</em>] <strong>)</strong>
<em>type-list</em> ::= <em>type</em> [<strong>,</strong> <em>type-list</em>]
<em>function-call</em> ::= <em>scoped-name</em> <strong>(</strong> [<em>value-list</em>] <strong>)</strong>
<em>value-list</em> ::= <em>value</em> [<strong>,</strong> <em>value-list</em>]
<em>real-value</em> ::= a floating point number
<em>integer-value</em> ::= a number
<em>boolean-value</em> ::= [<strong>true</strong> | <strong>false</strong>]
<em>string-value</em> ::= <strong>&#8220;</strong> {<em>character</em>} <strong>&#8220;</strong>
<em>character-value</em> ::= <strong>&#8216;</strong> <em>character</em> <strong>&#8216;</strong>
<em>unary-operator</em> ::= [<strong>!</strong> | <strong>~</strong> | <strong>-</strong> | <strong>+</strong>]
<em>binary-operator</em> ::= [<strong>-</strong> | <strong>+</strong> | <strong>*</strong> | <strong>/</strong> | <strong>&amp;</strong> | <strong>|</strong>]
<em>argument-annotations</em> ::= see <a class="reference external" href="annotations.html#ref-arg-annos"><em>Argument Annotations</em></a>
<em>class-annotations</em> ::= see <a class="reference external" href="annotations.html#ref-class-annos"><em>Class Annotations</em></a>
<em>enum-annotations</em> ::= see <a class="reference external" href="annotations.html#ref-enum-annos"><em>Enum Annotations</em></a>
<em>function-annotations</em> ::= see <a class="reference external" href="annotations.html#ref-function-annos"><em>Function Annotations</em></a>
<em>typedef-annotations</em> ::= see <a class="reference external" href="annotations.html#ref-typedef-annos"><em>Typedef Annotations</em></a>
<em>variable-annotations</em> ::= see <a class="reference external" href="annotations.html#ref-variable-annos"><em>Variable Annotations</em></a>
<em>type</em> ::= [<strong>const</strong>] <em>base-type</em> {<strong>*</strong>} [<strong>&amp;</strong>]
<em>type-list</em> ::= <em>type</em> [<strong>,</strong> <em>type-list</em>]
<em>base-type</em> ::= [<em>scoped-name</em> | <em>template</em> | <strong>struct</strong> <em>scoped-name</em> |
<strong>char</strong> | <strong>signed char</strong> | <strong>unsigned char</strong> | <strong>wchar_t</strong> |
<strong>int</strong> | <strong>unsigned</strong> | <strong>unsigned int</strong> |
<strong>short</strong> | <strong>unsigned short</strong> |
<strong>long</strong> | <strong>unsigned long</strong> |
<strong>long long</strong> | <strong>unsigned long long</strong> |
<strong>float</strong> | <strong>double</strong> |
<strong>bool</strong> |
<strong>void</strong> |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYCALLABLE"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYCALLABLE</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYDICT"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYDICT</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYLIST"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYLIST</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYOBJECT"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYOBJECT</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYSLICE"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYSLICE</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYTUPLE"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYTUPLE</span></tt></a> |
<a class="reference internal" href="#stype-SIP_PYTYPE"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">SIP_PYTYPE</span></tt></a>]
<em>scoped-name</em> ::= <em>name</em> [<strong>::</strong> <em>scoped-name</em>]
<em>template</em> ::= <em>scoped-name</em> <strong>&lt;</strong> <em>type-list</em> <strong>&gt;</strong>
<em>dotted-name</em> ::= <em>name</em> [<strong>.</strong> <em>dotted-name</em>]
<em>name</em> ::= _A-Za-z {_A-Za-z0-9}
</pre>
<p>Here is a short list of differences between C++ and the subset supported by
SIP that might trip you up.</p>
<blockquote>
<ul class="simple">
<li>SIP does not support the use of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">[]</span></tt> in types. Use pointers instead.</li>
<li>A global <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">operator</span></tt> can only be defined if its first argument is a
class or a named enum that has been wrapped in the same module.</li>
<li>Variables declared outside of a class are effectively read-only.</li>
<li>A class&#8217;s list of super-classes doesn&#8217;t not include any access specifier
(e.g. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">public</span></tt>).</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</div>
<div class="section" id="variable-numbers-of-arguments">
<h2>Variable Numbers of Arguments<a class="headerlink" href="#variable-numbers-of-arguments" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>SIP supports the use of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">...</span></tt> as the last part of a function signature. Any
remaining arguments are collected as a Python tuple.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="additional-sip-types">
<h2>Additional SIP Types<a class="headerlink" href="#additional-sip-types" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>SIP supports a number of additional data types that can be used in Python
signatures.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_ANYSLOT">
<tt class="descname">SIP_ANYSLOT</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_ANYSLOT" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is both a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> and a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is used as the type
of the member instead of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement the
connection or disconnection of an explicitly generated signal to a slot.
Handwritten code must be provided to interpret the conversion correctly.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_PYCALLABLE">
<tt class="descname">SIP_PYCALLABLE</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYCALLABLE" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a Python callable object.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_PYDICT">
<tt class="descname">SIP_PYDICT</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYDICT" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a Python dictionary object.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_PYLIST">
<tt class="descname">SIP_PYLIST</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYLIST" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a Python list object.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_PYOBJECT">
<tt class="descname">SIP_PYOBJECT</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYOBJECT" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> of any Python type.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_PYSLICE">
<tt class="descname">SIP_PYSLICE</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYSLICE" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a Python slice object.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_PYTUPLE">
<tt class="descname">SIP_PYTUPLE</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYTUPLE" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a Python tuple object.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_PYTYPE">
<tt class="descname">SIP_PYTYPE</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_PYTYPE" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a Python type object.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_QOBJECT">
<tt class="descname">SIP_QOBJECT</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_QOBJECT" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a C++ instance of a class derived from Qt&#8217;s
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QObject</span></tt> class.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_RXOBJ_CON">
<tt class="descname">SIP_RXOBJ_CON</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_RXOBJ_CON" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a C++ instance of a class derived from Qt&#8217;s
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QObject</span></tt> class. It is used as the type of the receiver instead of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span>
<span class="pre">QObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement a connection to a slot.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_RXOBJ_DIS">
<tt class="descname">SIP_RXOBJ_DIS</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_RXOBJ_DIS" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is a C++ instance of a class derived from Qt&#8217;s
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QObject</span></tt> class. It is used as the type of the receiver instead of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span>
<span class="pre">QObject</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement a disconnection from a slot.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_SIGNAL">
<tt class="descname">SIP_SIGNAL</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_SIGNAL" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is used as the type of the signal instead of
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement the connection or disconnection
of an explicitly generated signal to a slot.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_SLOT">
<tt class="descname">SIP_SLOT</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_SLOT" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is used as the type of the member instead of
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement the connection or disconnection
of an explicitly generated signal to a slot.</p>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_SLOT_CON">
<tt class="descname">SIP_SLOT_CON</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_SLOT_CON" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is used as the type of the member instead of
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement the connection of an internally
generated signal to a slot. The type includes a comma separated list of types
that is the C++ signature of of the signal.</p>
<p>To take an example, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">QAccel::connectItem()</span></tt> connects an internally generated
signal to a slot. The signal is emitted when the keyboard accelerator is
activated and it has a single integer argument that is the ID of the
accelerator. The C++ signature is:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>bool connectItem(int id, const QObject *receiver, const char *member);</pre>
</div>
<p>The corresponding SIP specification is:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>bool connectItem(int, SIP_RXOBJ_CON, SIP_SLOT_CON(int));</pre>
</div>
<dl class="sip-type">
<dt id="stype-SIP_SLOT_DIS">
<tt class="descname">SIP_SLOT_DIS</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#stype-SIP_SLOT_DIS" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<p>This is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> that is used as the type of the member instead of
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">const</span> <span class="pre">char</span> <span class="pre">*</span></tt> in functions that implement the disconnection of an
internally generated signal to a slot. The type includes a comma separated
list of types that is the C++ signature of of the signal.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="classic-division-and-true-division">
<h2>Classic Division and True Division<a class="headerlink" href="#classic-division-and-true-division" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>SIP supports the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__div__</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__truediv__</span></tt> special methods (and the
corresponding inplace versions) for both Python v2 and v3.</p>
<p>For Python v2 the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__div__</span></tt> method will be used for both classic and true
division if a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__truediv__</span></tt> method is not defined.</p>
<p>For Python v3 the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__div__</span></tt> method will be used for true division if a
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__truediv__</span></tt> method is not defined.</p>
<p>For all versions of Python, if both methods are defined then <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__div__</span></tt>
should be defined first.</p>
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