.. _reference:

.. warning::

    Please be advised that the reference documentation discussing pybind11
    internals is currently incomplete. Please refer to the previous sections
    and the pybind11 header files for the nitty gritty details.

Reference
#########

.. _macros:

Macros
======

.. doxygendefine:: PYBIND11_MODULE

.. _core_types:

Convenience classes for arbitrary Python types
==============================================

Common member functions
-----------------------

.. doxygenclass:: object_api
    :members:

Without reference counting
--------------------------

.. doxygenclass:: handle
    :members:

With reference counting
-----------------------

.. doxygenclass:: object
    :members:

.. doxygenfunction:: reinterpret_borrow

.. doxygenfunction:: reinterpret_steal

Convenience classes for specific Python types
=============================================

.. doxygenclass:: module
    :members:

.. doxygengroup:: pytypes
    :members:

.. _extras:

Passing extra arguments to ``def`` or ``class_``
================================================

.. doxygengroup:: annotations
    :members:

Embedding the interpreter
=========================

.. doxygendefine:: PYBIND11_EMBEDDED_MODULE

.. doxygenfunction:: initialize_interpreter

.. doxygenfunction:: finalize_interpreter

.. doxygenclass:: scoped_interpreter

Redirecting C++ streams
=======================

.. doxygenclass:: scoped_ostream_redirect

.. doxygenclass:: scoped_estream_redirect

.. doxygenfunction:: add_ostream_redirect

Python built-in functions
=========================

.. doxygengroup:: python_builtins
    :members:

Inheritance
===========

See :doc:`/classes` and :doc:`/advanced/classes` for more detail.

.. doxygendefine:: PYBIND11_OVERLOAD

.. doxygendefine:: PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE

.. doxygendefine:: PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_NAME

.. doxygendefine:: PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE_NAME

.. doxygenfunction:: get_overload

Exceptions
==========

.. doxygenclass:: error_already_set
    :members:

.. doxygenclass:: builtin_exception
    :members:


Literals
========

.. doxygennamespace:: literals