Add interface to call a Python function (or other callable) object

from C.

diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 2ab77c09db5da6a120418f6b10c3a7ee55708f57..6aedc47a3e06826765b083a15fe3a4af0fdd19ff 100644 (file)
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -1132,6 +1132,19 @@ not(v)
        return w;
 }
 
+/* External interface to call any callable object. The arg may be NULL. */
+
+object *
+call_object(func, arg)
+       object *func;
+       object *arg;
+{
+       if (is_instancemethodobject(func) || is_funcobject(func))
+               return call_function(func, arg);
+       else
+               return call_builtin(func, arg);
+}
+
 static object *
 call_builtin(func, arg)
        object *func;