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[Python-Dev] Where are the list and array.array implementations in CPython source?

Martin Panter vadmium+py at gmail.com
Mon Sep 5 20:10:26 EDT 2016 
On 5 September 2016 at 23:45, Jonathan Goble <jcgoble3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd like to study the CPython implementations of lists and array.array
> instances for a personal project of mine, but I've very unfamiliar
> with the Python source code as it pertains to internals like this.
> Which files would I need to look at to do this,

Built-in objects are usually in the Objects/ directory, with a
corresponding include file in the Include/ directory:
https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/default/Objects/listobject.c
https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/default/Include/listobject.h

Modules implemented in C are usually in the Modules/ directory:
https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/default/Modules/arraymodule.c

> and are there a few
> particular functions/structures I should pay attention to? I'm just
> looking for a brief pointer in the right direction here, not a full
> explanation of how it works -- I'll get that from studying the source
> code. :-)
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