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<section id="mapping-protocol">
<span id="mapping"></span><h1>Mapping Protocol<a class="headerlink" href="#mapping-protocol" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>See also <a class="reference internal" href="object.html#c.PyObject_GetItem" title="PyObject_GetItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_GetItem()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="object.html#c.PyObject_SetItem" title="PyObject_SetItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_SetItem()</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="object.html#c.PyObject_DelItem" title="PyObject_DelItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_DelItem()</span></code></a>.</p>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_Check">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_Check</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_Check" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> if the object provides the mapping protocol or supports slicing,
and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> otherwise. Note that it returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> for Python classes with
a <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__getitem__" title="object.__getitem__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__getitem__()</span></code></a> method, since in general it is impossible to
determine what type of keys the class supports. This function always succeeds.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_Size">
<a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_Size</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_Size" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_Length">
<a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#c.Py_ssize_t" title="Py_ssize_t"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Py_ssize_t</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_Length</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_Length" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p id="index-0">Returns the number of keys in object <em>o</em> on success, and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> on failure.
This is equivalent to the Python expression <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">len(o)</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_GetItemString">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_GetItemString</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">key</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_GetItemString" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>This is the same as <a class="reference internal" href="object.html#c.PyObject_GetItem" title="PyObject_GetItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_GetItem()</span></code></a>, but <em>key</em> is
specified as a <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="p">*</span></span> UTF-8 encoded bytes string,
rather than a <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n">PyObject</span></a><span class="p">*</span></span>.</p>
</dd></dl>
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<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_GetOptionalItem">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_GetOptionalItem</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">key</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">result</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_GetOptionalItem" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a> since version 3.13.</em><p>Variant of <a class="reference internal" href="object.html#c.PyObject_GetItem" title="PyObject_GetItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_GetItem()</span></code></a> which doesnt raise
<a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#KeyError" title="KeyError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">KeyError</span></code></a> if the key is not found.</p>
<p>If the key is found, return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> and set <em>*result</em> to a new
<a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-strong-reference"><span class="xref std std-term">strong reference</span></a> to the corresponding value.
If the key is not found, return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> and set <em>*result</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>;
the <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#KeyError" title="KeyError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">KeyError</span></code></a> is silenced.
If an error other than <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#KeyError" title="KeyError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">KeyError</span></code></a> is raised, return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> and
set <em>*result</em> to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.13.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_GetOptionalItemString">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_GetOptionalItemString</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">key</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">result</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_GetOptionalItemString" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a> since version 3.13.</em><p>This is the same as <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyMapping_GetOptionalItem" title="PyMapping_GetOptionalItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyMapping_GetOptionalItem()</span></code></a>, but <em>key</em> is
specified as a <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="p">*</span></span> UTF-8 encoded bytes string,
rather than a <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n">PyObject</span></a><span class="p">*</span></span>.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.13.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_SetItemString">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_SetItemString</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">key</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">v</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_SetItemString" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>This is the same as <a class="reference internal" href="object.html#c.PyObject_SetItem" title="PyObject_SetItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_SetItem()</span></code></a>, but <em>key</em> is
specified as a <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="p">*</span></span> UTF-8 encoded bytes string,
rather than a <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n">PyObject</span></a><span class="p">*</span></span>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_DelItem">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_DelItem</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">key</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_DelItem" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><p>This is an alias of <a class="reference internal" href="object.html#c.PyObject_DelItem" title="PyObject_DelItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_DelItem()</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_DelItemString">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_DelItemString</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">key</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_DelItemString" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><p>This is the same as <a class="reference internal" href="object.html#c.PyObject_DelItem" title="PyObject_DelItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_DelItem()</span></code></a>, but <em>key</em> is
specified as a <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="p">*</span></span> UTF-8 encoded bytes string,
rather than a <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n">PyObject</span></a><span class="p">*</span></span>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_HasKeyWithError">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_HasKeyWithError</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">key</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_HasKeyWithError" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a> since version 3.13.</em><p>Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> if the mapping object has the key <em>key</em> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> otherwise.
This is equivalent to the Python expression <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">key</span> <span class="pre">in</span> <span class="pre">o</span></code>.
On failure, return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.13.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_HasKeyStringWithError">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_HasKeyStringWithError</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">key</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_HasKeyStringWithError" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a> since version 3.13.</em><p>This is the same as <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyMapping_HasKeyWithError" title="PyMapping_HasKeyWithError"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyMapping_HasKeyWithError()</span></code></a>, but <em>key</em> is
specified as a <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="p">*</span></span> UTF-8 encoded bytes string,
rather than a <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n">PyObject</span></a><span class="p">*</span></span>.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.13.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_HasKey">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_HasKey</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span>, <a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">key</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_HasKey" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> if the mapping object has the key <em>key</em> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> otherwise.
This is equivalent to the Python expression <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">key</span> <span class="pre">in</span> <span class="pre">o</span></code>.
This function always succeeds.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Exceptions which occur when this calls <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__getitem__" title="object.__getitem__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__getitem__()</span></code></a>
method are silently ignored.
For proper error handling, use <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyMapping_HasKeyWithError" title="PyMapping_HasKeyWithError"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyMapping_HasKeyWithError()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyMapping_GetOptionalItem" title="PyMapping_GetOptionalItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyMapping_GetOptionalItem()</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="object.html#c.PyObject_GetItem" title="PyObject_GetItem"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyObject_GetItem()</span></code></a> instead.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_HasKeyString">
<span class="kt"><span class="pre">int</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_HasKeyString</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span>, <span class="k"><span class="pre">const</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt"><span class="pre">char</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">key</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_HasKeyString" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>This is the same as <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyMapping_HasKey" title="PyMapping_HasKey"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyMapping_HasKey()</span></code></a>, but <em>key</em> is
specified as a <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="p">*</span></span> UTF-8 encoded bytes string,
rather than a <span class="c-expr sig sig-inline c"><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n">PyObject</span></a><span class="p">*</span></span>.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Exceptions that occur when this calls <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__getitem__" title="object.__getitem__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__getitem__()</span></code></a>
method or while creating the temporary <a class="reference internal" href="../library/stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code></a>
object are silently ignored.
For proper error handling, use <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyMapping_HasKeyStringWithError" title="PyMapping_HasKeyStringWithError"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyMapping_HasKeyStringWithError()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyMapping_GetOptionalItemString" title="PyMapping_GetOptionalItemString"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyMapping_GetOptionalItemString()</span></code></a> or
<a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyMapping_GetItemString" title="PyMapping_GetItemString"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyMapping_GetItemString()</span></code></a> instead.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_Keys">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_Keys</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_Keys" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>On success, return a list of the keys in object <em>o</em>. On failure, return
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.7: </span>Previously, the function returned a list or a tuple.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_Values">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_Values</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_Values" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>On success, return a list of the values in object <em>o</em>. On failure, return
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.7: </span>Previously, the function returned a list or a tuple.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="c function">
<dt class="sig sig-object c" id="c.PyMapping_Items">
<a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyMapping_Items</span></span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><a class="reference internal" href="structures.html#c.PyObject" title="PyObject"><span class="n"><span class="pre">PyObject</span></span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">o</span></span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyMapping_Items" title="Link to this definition"></a><br /></dt>
<dd><em class="refcount return_new_ref">Return value: New reference.</em><em class="stableabi"> Part of the <a class="reference internal" href="stable.html#stable"><span class="std std-ref">Stable ABI</span></a>.</em><p>On success, return a list of the items in object <em>o</em>, where each item is a
tuple containing a key-value pair. On failure, return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NULL</span></code>.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.7: </span>Previously, the function returned a list or a tuple.</p>
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