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<span id="weakrefobjects"></span><h1>Weak Reference Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#weak-reference-objects" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>Python supports <em>weak references</em> as first-class objects. There are two
specific object types which directly implement weak references. The first is a
simple reference object, and the second acts as a proxy for the original object
as much as it can.</p>
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<dt id="c.PyWeakref_Check">
int <code class="descname">PyWeakref_Check</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span>ob<span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyWeakref_Check" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Return true if <em>ob</em> is either a reference or proxy object.</p>
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<dt id="c.PyWeakref_CheckRef">
int <code class="descname">PyWeakref_CheckRef</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span>ob<span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyWeakref_CheckRef" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Return true if <em>ob</em> is a reference object.</p>
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<dt id="c.PyWeakref_CheckProxy">
int <code class="descname">PyWeakref_CheckProxy</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span>ob<span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#c.PyWeakref_CheckProxy" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
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<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: New reference.</em><p>Return a weak reference object for the object <em>ob</em>. This will always return
a new reference, but is not guaranteed to create a new object; an existing
reference object may be returned. The second parameter, <em>callback</em>, can be a
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<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: New reference.</em><p>Return a weak reference proxy object for the object <em>ob</em>. This will always
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<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: Borrowed reference.</em><p>Return the referenced object from a weak reference, <em>ref</em>. If the referent is
no longer live, returns <code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Py_None</span></code>.</p>
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<dd><em class="refcount">Return value: Borrowed reference.</em><p>Similar to <a class="reference internal" href="#c.PyWeakref_GetObject" title="PyWeakref_GetObject"><code class="xref c c-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PyWeakref_GetObject()</span></code></a>, but implemented as a macro that does no
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