cleanup: deprecate PyTypeObject trait

Architecture.md

@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ to ensure Rust's borrow rules.
 See [the documentation](https://docs.rs/pyo3/latest/pyo3/pycell/struct.PyCell.html) for more.
 
 `PyCell<T>` requires that `T` implements `PyClass`.
-This trait is somewhat complex and derives many traits, but the most important one is `PyTypeObject`
+This trait is somewhat complex and derives many traits, but the most important one is `PyTypeInfo`
 in [`src/type_object.rs`].
-`PyTypeObject` is also implemented for built-in types.
+`PyTypeInfo` is also implemented for built-in types.
 In Python, all objects have their types, and types are also objects of `type`.
 For example, you can see `type({})` shows `dict` and `type(type({}))` shows `type` in Python REPL.
-`T: PyTypeObject` implies that `T` has a corresponding type object.
+`T: PyTypeInfo` implies that `T` has a corresponding type object.
 
 ## 4. Protocol methods
 

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ PyO3 versions, please see the [migration guide](https://pyo3.rs/latest/migration
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Move `PyTypeObject::type_object` method to `PyTypeInfo` trait, and deprecate `PyTypeObject` trait. [#2284](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/2284)
+
 ## [0.16.3] - 2022-04-05
 
 ### Packaging

guide/src/class.md

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ enum MyEnum {
 
 Because Python objects are freely shared between threads by the Python interpreter, all types annotated with `#[pyclass]` must implement `Send` (unless annotated with [`#[pyclass(unsendable)]`](#customizing-the-class)).
 
-The above example generates implementations for [`PyTypeInfo`], [`PyTypeObject`], and [`PyClass`] for `MyClass` and `MyEnum`. To see these generated implementations, refer to the [implementation details](#implementation-details) at the end of this chapter.
+The above example generates implementations for [`PyTypeInfo`] and [`PyClass`] for `MyClass` and `MyEnum`. To see these generated implementations, refer to the [implementation details](#implementation-details) at the end of this chapter.
 
 ## Constructor
 
@@ -999,7 +999,6 @@ impl pyo3::impl_::pyclass::PyClassImpl for MyClass {
 
 [`GILGuard`]: {{#PYO3_DOCS_URL}}/pyo3/struct.GILGuard.html
 [`PyTypeInfo`]: {{#PYO3_DOCS_URL}}/pyo3/type_object/trait.PyTypeInfo.html
-[`PyTypeObject`]: {{#PYO3_DOCS_URL}}/pyo3/type_object/trait.PyTypeObject.html
 
 [`PyCell`]: {{#PYO3_DOCS_URL}}/pyo3/pycell/struct.PyCell.html
 [`PyClass`]: {{#PYO3_DOCS_URL}}/pyo3/pyclass/trait.PyClass.html

guide/src/class/numeric.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Before proceeding, we should think about how we want to handle overflows. There
  be reinventing the wheel.
 - We can raise exceptions whenever `Number` overflows, but that makes the API painful to use.
 - We can wrap around the boundary of `i32`. This is the approach we'll take here. To do that we'll just forward to `i32`'s
- `wrapping_*` methods. 
+ `wrapping_*` methods.
 
 ### Fixing our constructor
 
@@ -336,39 +336,39 @@ fn my_module(_py: Python<'_>, m: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {
 # def hash_djb2(s: str):
 #     n = Number(0)
 #     five = Number(5)
-#     
+#
 #     for x in s:
 #         n = Number(ord(x)) + ((n << five) - n)
 #     return n
-# 
+#
 # assert hash_djb2('l50_50') == Number(-1152549421)
 # assert hash_djb2('logo') == Number(3327403)
 # assert hash_djb2('horizon') == Number(1097468315)
-# 
-# 
+#
+#
 # assert Number(2) + Number(2) == Number(4)
 # assert Number(2) + Number(2) != Number(5)
-# 
+#
 # assert Number(13) - Number(7) == Number(6)
 # assert Number(13) - Number(-7) == Number(20)
-# 
+#
 # assert Number(13) / Number(7) == Number(1)
 # assert Number(13) // Number(7) == Number(1)
-# 
+#
 # assert Number(13) * Number(7) == Number(13*7)
-# 
+#
 # assert Number(13) > Number(7)
 # assert Number(13) < Number(20)
 # assert Number(13) == Number(13)
 # assert Number(13) >= Number(7)
 # assert Number(13) <= Number(20)
 # assert Number(13) == Number(13)
-# 
-# 
+#
+#
 # assert (True if Number(1) else False)
 # assert (False if Number(0) else True)
-# 
-# 
+#
+#
 # assert int(Number(13)) == 13
 # assert float(Number(13)) == 13
 # assert Number.__doc__ == "Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Signed The Overfloweth? I thought not.\nIt's not a story C would tell you. It's a Rust legend."
@@ -383,14 +383,14 @@ fn my_module(_py: Python<'_>, m: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {
 # assert Number(1337).__repr__() == 'Number(1337)'
 "#;
 
-# 
-# use pyo3::type_object::PyTypeObject;
-# 
+#
+# use pyo3::PyTypeInfo;
+#
 # fn main() -> PyResult<()> {
 #     Python::with_gil(|py| -> PyResult<()> {
 #         let globals = PyModule::import(py, "__main__")?.dict();
 #         globals.set_item("Number", Number::type_object(py))?;
-# 
+#
 #         py.run(SCRIPT, Some(globals), None)?;
 #         Ok(())
 #     })
@@ -446,4 +446,4 @@ fn wrap(obj: &PyAny) -> Result<i32, PyErr> {
 [`PyErr::take`]: https://docs.rs/pyo3/latest/pyo3/prelude/struct.PyErr.html#method.take
 [`Python`]: https://docs.rs/pyo3/latest/pyo3/struct.Python.html
 [`FromPyObject`]: https://docs.rs/pyo3/latest/pyo3/conversion/trait.FromPyObject.html
-[`pyo3::ffi::PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask`]: https://docs.rs/pyo3/latest/pyo3/ffi/fn.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask.html
+[`pyo3::ffi::PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask`]: https://docs.rs/pyo3/latest/pyo3/ffi/fn.PyLong_AsUnsignedLongMask.html

guide/src/migration.md

@@ -3,6 +3,39 @@
 This guide can help you upgrade code through breaking changes from one PyO3 version to the next.
 For a detailed list of all changes, see the [CHANGELOG](changelog.md).
 
+## from 0.16.* to 0.17
+
+### `PyTypeObject` trait has been deprecated
+
+The `PyTypeObject` trait already was near-useless; almost all functionality was already on the `PyTypeInfo` trait, which `PyTypeObject` had a blanket implementation based upon. In PyO3 0.17 the final method, `PyTypeObject::type_object` was moved to `PyTypeInfo::type_object`.
+
+To migrate, update trait bounds and imports from `PyTypeObject` to `PyTypeInfo`.
+
+Before:
+
+```rust,ignore
+use pyo3::Python;
+use pyo3::type_object::PyTypeObject;
+use pyo3::types::PyType;
+
+fn get_type_object<T: PyTypeObject>(py: Python<'_>) -> &PyType {
+    T::type_object(py)
+}
+```
+
+After
+
+```rust
+use pyo3::{Python, PyTypeInfo};
+use pyo3::types::PyType;
+
+fn get_type_object<T: PyTypeInfo>(py: Python<'_>) -> &PyType {
+    T::type_object(py)
+}
+
+# Python::with_gil(|py| { get_type_object::<pyo3::types::PyList>(py); });
+```
+
 ## from 0.15.* to 0.16
 
 ### Drop support for older technologies

src/err/err_state.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use crate::{
     exceptions::{PyBaseException, PyTypeError},
     ffi,
-    type_object::PyTypeObject,
     types::{PyTraceback, PyType},
-    AsPyPointer, IntoPy, IntoPyPointer, Py, PyObject, Python,
+    AsPyPointer, IntoPy, IntoPyPointer, Py, PyObject, PyTypeInfo, Python,
 };
 
 #[derive(Clone)]

src/err/mod.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2017-present PyO3 Project and Contributors
 
 use crate::panic::PanicException;
-use crate::type_object::PyTypeObject;
+use crate::type_object::PyTypeInfo;
 use crate::types::{PyTraceback, PyType};
 use crate::{
     exceptions::{self, PyBaseException},
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl PyErr {
     #[inline]
     pub fn new<T, A>(args: A) -> PyErr
     where
-        T: PyTypeObject,
+        T: PyTypeInfo,
         A: PyErrArguments + Send + Sync + 'static,
     {
         PyErr::from_state(PyErrState::LazyTypeAndValue {
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ impl PyErr {
     #[inline]
     pub fn is_instance_of<T>(&self, py: Python<'_>) -> bool
     where
-        T: PyTypeObject,
+        T: PyTypeInfo,
     {
         self.is_instance(py, T::type_object(py))
     }

src/exceptions.rs

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ macro_rules! create_exception {
     };
 }
 
-/// `impl $crate::type_object::PyTypeObject for $name` where `$name` is an
+/// `impl PyTypeInfo for $name` where `$name` is an
 /// exception newly defined in Rust code.
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[macro_export]

src/impl_/extract_argument.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use crate::{
     exceptions::PyTypeError,
     ffi,
-    type_object::PyTypeObject,
     types::{PyDict, PyString, PyTuple},
-    FromPyObject, PyAny, PyErr, PyResult, Python,
+    FromPyObject, PyAny, PyErr, PyResult, PyTypeInfo, Python,
 };
 
 /// The standard implementation of how PyO3 extracts a `#[pyfunction]` or `#[pymethod]` function argument.

src/impl_/pyclass.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
     impl_::freelist::FreeList,
     pycell::PyCellLayout,
     pyclass_init::PyObjectInit,
-    type_object::{PyLayout, PyTypeObject},
+    type_object::PyLayout,
     Py, PyAny, PyCell, PyClass, PyErr, PyMethodDefType, PyNativeType, PyResult, PyTypeInfo, Python,
 };
 use std::{
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ pub trait PyClassImpl: Sized {
     type Layout: PyLayout<Self>;
 
     /// Base class
-    type BaseType: PyTypeInfo + PyTypeObject + PyClassBaseType;
+    type BaseType: PyTypeInfo + PyClassBaseType;
 
     /// This handles following two situations:
     /// 1. In case `T` is `Send`, stub `ThreadChecker` is used and does nothing.

src/marker.rs

@@ -122,10 +122,11 @@
 use crate::err::{self, PyDowncastError, PyErr, PyResult};
 use crate::gil::{self, GILGuard, GILPool};
 use crate::impl_::not_send::NotSend;
-use crate::type_object::{PyTypeInfo, PyTypeObject};
 use crate::types::{PyAny, PyDict, PyModule, PyType};
 use crate::version::PythonVersionInfo;
-use crate::{ffi, AsPyPointer, FromPyPointer, IntoPyPointer, PyNativeType, PyObject, PyTryFrom};
+use crate::{
+    ffi, AsPyPointer, FromPyPointer, IntoPyPointer, PyNativeType, PyObject, PyTryFrom, PyTypeInfo,
+};
 use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::os::raw::c_int;
@@ -583,7 +584,7 @@ impl<'py> Python<'py> {
     /// Gets the Python type object for type `T`.
     pub fn get_type<T>(self) -> &'py PyType
     where
-        T: PyTypeObject,
+        T: PyTypeInfo,
     {
         T::type_object(self)
     }

src/type_object.rs

@@ -51,9 +51,14 @@ pub unsafe trait PyTypeInfo: Sized {
     /// Utility type to make Py::as_ref work.
     type AsRefTarget: PyNativeType;
 
-    /// PyTypeObject instance for this type.
+    /// Returns the PyTypeObject instance for this type.
     fn type_object_raw(py: Python<'_>) -> *mut ffi::PyTypeObject;
 
+    /// Returns the safe abstraction over the type object.
+    fn type_object(py: Python<'_>) -> &PyType {
+        unsafe { py.from_borrowed_ptr(Self::type_object_raw(py) as _) }
+    }
+
     /// Checks if `object` is an instance of this type or a subclass of this type.
     fn is_type_of(object: &PyAny) -> bool {
         unsafe { ffi::PyObject_TypeCheck(object.as_ptr(), Self::type_object_raw(object.py())) != 0 }
@@ -65,27 +70,19 @@ pub unsafe trait PyTypeInfo: Sized {
     }
 }
 
-/// Python object types that have a corresponding type object.
+/// Legacy trait which previously held the `type_object` method now found on `PyTypeInfo`.
 ///
 /// # Safety
 ///
-/// This trait is marked unsafe because not fulfilling the contract for type_object
-/// leads to UB.
-///
-/// See also [PyTypeInfo::type_object_raw](trait.PyTypeInfo.html#tymethod.type_object_raw).
-pub unsafe trait PyTypeObject {
-    /// Returns the safe abstraction over the type object.
-    fn type_object(py: Python<'_>) -> &PyType;
-}
+/// This trait used to have stringent safety requirements, but they are now irrelevant as it is deprecated.
+#[deprecated(
+    since = "0.17.0",
+    note = "PyTypeObject::type_object was moved to PyTypeInfo::type_object"
+)]
+pub unsafe trait PyTypeObject: PyTypeInfo {}
 
-unsafe impl<T> PyTypeObject for T
-where
-    T: PyTypeInfo,
-{
-    fn type_object(py: Python<'_>) -> &PyType {
-        unsafe { py.from_borrowed_ptr(Self::type_object_raw(py) as _) }
-    }
-}
+#[allow(deprecated)]
+unsafe impl<T: PyTypeInfo> PyTypeObject for T {}
 
 /// Lazy type object for PyClass.
 #[doc(hidden)]
@@ -232,3 +229,25 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn get_tp_free(tp: *mut ffi::PyTypeObject) -> ffi::freefunc {
         std::mem::transmute(ptr)
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
+    fn test_deprecated_type_object() {
+        // Even though PyTypeObject is deprecated, simple usages of it as a trait bound should continue to work.
+        use crate::Python;
+        use super::PyTypeObject;
+        use crate::types::{PyList, PyType};
+
+        fn get_type_object<T: PyTypeObject>(py: Python<'_>) -> &PyType {
+            T::type_object(py)
+        }
+
+        Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            assert!(
+                get_type_object::<PyList>(py).is(<PyList as crate::PyTypeInfo>::type_object(py)))
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}

src/types/any.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::conversion::{
 };
 use crate::err::{PyDowncastError, PyErr, PyResult};
 use crate::exceptions::PyTypeError;
-use crate::type_object::PyTypeObject;
+use crate::type_object::PyTypeInfo;
 use crate::types::{PyDict, PyIterator, PyList, PyString, PyTuple, PyType};
 use crate::{err, ffi, Py, PyNativeType, PyObject, Python};
 use std::cell::UnsafeCell;
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ impl PyAny {
     ///
     /// This is equivalent to the Python expression `isinstance(self, T)`,
     /// if the type `T` is known at compile time.
-    pub fn is_instance_of<T: PyTypeObject>(&self) -> PyResult<bool> {
+    pub fn is_instance_of<T: PyTypeInfo>(&self) -> PyResult<bool> {
         self.is_instance(T::type_object(self.py()))
     }
 
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ impl PyAny {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::{
-        type_object::PyTypeObject,
+        type_object::PyTypeInfo,
         types::{IntoPyDict, PyList, PyLong, PyModule},
         Python, ToPyObject,
     };

src/types/module.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use crate::err::{PyErr, PyResult};
 use crate::exceptions;
 use crate::ffi;
 use crate::pyclass::PyClass;
-use crate::type_object::PyTypeObject;
 use crate::types::{PyAny, PyCFunction, PyDict, PyList, PyString};
 use crate::{AsPyPointer, IntoPy, PyObject, Python};
 use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ impl PyModule {
     where
         T: PyClass,
     {
-        self.add(T::NAME, <T as PyTypeObject>::type_object(self.py()))
+        self.add(T::NAME, T::type_object(self.py()))
     }
 
     /// Adds a function or a (sub)module to a module, using the functions name as name.