Object

class Object(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: Sequence

Abstract base class for syntactical objects.

An Object consists of a tuple of arguments args together with a dictionary of annotations annotations.

Parameters:

• args – Arguments

• kwargs – Annotations.

Returns:

Object.

Testing and checking

Object.test(arg)	Tests whether arg is an instance of this class.
Object.check(arg[, func_name, arg_name, ...])	Checks whether arg is an instance of this class.

See more object methods for variants of the above.

Unfolding and unpacking

Object.unfold(arg)	Unfolds arg's arguments.
Object.unfold_unsafe(arg)	Unfolds arg's arguments (unsafe version).
Object.unpack(arg)	Unpacks arg's arguments.
Object.unpack_unsafe(arg)	Unpacks arg's arguments (unsafe version).

See more object methods for variants of the above.

Arguments and annotations

Object.args	Object arguments.
Object.get_args()	Gets object arguments.
Object.annotations	Object annotations.
Object.get_annotations()	Gets object annotations.

Comparison

Object.compare(other)	Compares object to other.
Object.equal(other[, deep])	Tests whether object is equal to other.
Object.deepequal(other)	Tests whether object is deep-equal to other.

Copying

Object.copy(*args, **kwargs)	Makes a shallow copy of object.
Object.with_args(*args)	Shallow-copies object overwriting its arguments.
Object.with_annotations(**kwargs)	Shallow-copies object overwriting its annotations.
Object.deepcopy()	Makes a deep copy of object.

Debugging

Object.hexdigest	Object hexadecimal digest.
Object.get_hexdigest()	Gets object hexadecimal digest.
Object.dump()	Gets a raw string representation of object.