Fidget-Spinner · May 3, 2022 · May 2, 2022 · May 2, 2022 · May 3, 2022 · May 3, 2022
@@ -76,3 +76,16 @@ bound into a function.
    information is not available for any particular element.
 
    Returns ``1`` if the function succeeds and 0 otherwise.
+
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyCode_GetCode(PyObject *co)
+
+   Equivalent to the Python code ``getattr(co, 'co_code')``.
+   Returns a strong reference to a :c:type:`PyBytesObject` representing the
+   bytecode in a code object. On error, ``NULL`` is returned.
+
+   This `PyBytesObject` may be created on-demand by the interpreter and does not
+   necessarily represent the bytecode actually executed by CPython. The primary
+   use case for this function is debuggers and profilers.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.11
+
@@ -1408,6 +1408,10 @@ C API Changes
   To get a custom code object: create a code object using the compiler,
   then get a modified version with the ``replace`` method.
 
+* :c:type:`PyCodeObject` no longer has a ``co_code`` field.  Instead,
+  use ``PyObject_GetAttrString(code_object, 'co_code')`` or
+  :c:func:`PyCode_GetCode` to get the underlying bytes object.
+
 New Features
 ------------
 

diff --git a/Include/cpython/code.h b/Include/cpython/code.h
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyCode_GetExtra(PyObject *code, Py_ssize_t index,
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyCode_SetExtra(PyObject *code, Py_ssize_t index,
                                  void *extra);
 
+/* Equivalent to getattr(code, 'co_code') in Python.
+   Returns a strong reference to a bytes object. */
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyCode_GetCode(PyObject *code);
 
 typedef enum _PyCodeLocationInfoKind {
     /* short forms are 0 to 9 */

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2022-05-03-01-50-10.bpo-92154.IqMcAJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2022-05-03-01-50-10.bpo-92154.IqMcAJ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Added the :c:func:`PyCode_GetCode` function. This function does the
+equivalent of the Python code ``getattr(code_object, 'co_code')``.
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -5931,6 +5931,29 @@ get_feature_macros(PyObject *self, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(args))
     return result;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+test_code_api(PyObject *self, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(args))
+{
+    PyObject *co = (PyObject *)PyCode_NewEmpty("_testcapi", "dummy", 1);
+    if (co == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    PyObject *co_code = PyCode_GetCode(co);
+    if (co_code == NULL) {
+        Py_DECREF(co);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    assert(PyBytes_CheckExact(co_code));
+    if (PyObject_Length(co_code) == 0) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "empty co_code");
+        Py_DECREF(co);
+        Py_DECREF(co_code);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    Py_DECREF(co);
+    Py_DECREF(co_code);
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
 
 static PyObject *negative_dictoffset(PyObject *, PyObject *);
 static PyObject *test_buildvalue_issue38913(PyObject *, PyObject *);
@@ -6227,6 +6250,7 @@ static PyMethodDef TestMethods[] = {
     {"frame_getbuiltins", frame_getbuiltins, METH_O, NULL},
     {"frame_getlasti", frame_getlasti, METH_O, NULL},
     {"get_feature_macros", get_feature_macros, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
+    {"test_code_api", test_code_api, METH_NOARGS, NULL},
     {NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
 };
 

@@ -1370,6 +1370,15 @@ _PyCode_GetCode(PyCodeObject *co)
     return code;
 }
 
+PyObject *
+PyCode_GetCode(PyObject *co)
+{
+    if (!PyCode_Check(co)) {
+        PyErr_BadInternalCall();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return _PyCode_GetCode((PyCodeObject *)co);
+}
 
 /******************
  * PyCode_Type
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		@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
		Added the :c:func:`PyCode_GetCode` function. This function does the
		equivalent of the Python code ``getattr(code_object, 'co_code')``.