pocketpy/docs/C-API/introduction.md

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All public functions in the C API are prefixed with py_ in pocketpy.h.

PY_RAISE macro

Mark a function that can raise an exception on failure.

• If the function returns bool, then false means an exception is raised.
• If the function returns int, then -1 means an exception is raised.

PY_RETURN macro

Mark a function that can store a value in py_retval() on success.