gh-111489: Add PyTuple_FromArray() function

Author: vstinner

Doc/c-api/tuple.rst

@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ Tuple Objects
    or ``NULL`` with an exception set on failure.
 
 
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyTuple_FromArray(PyObject *const *array, Py_ssize_t size)
+
+   Create a tuple of *size* items and copy references from *array* to the new
+   tuple.
+
+   * Return a new reference on success.
+   * Set an exception and return ``NULL`` on error.
+
+   .. versionadded:: next
+
+
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyTuple_Pack(Py_ssize_t n, ...)
 
    Return a new tuple object of size *n*,

Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst

@@ -852,6 +852,9 @@ New features
 
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`129813`.)
 
+* Add :c:func:`PyTuple_FromArray` to create a :class:`tuple` from an array.
+  (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`111489`.)
+
 
 Porting to Python 3.15
 ----------------------

Include/cpython/tupleobject.h

@@ -38,3 +38,7 @@ PyTuple_SET_ITEM(PyObject *op, Py_ssize_t index, PyObject *value) {
 }
 #define PyTuple_SET_ITEM(op, index, value) \
     PyTuple_SET_ITEM(_PyObject_CAST(op), (index), _PyObject_CAST(value))
+
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyTuple_FromArray(
+    PyObject *const *array,
+    Py_ssize_t size);

Include/internal/pycore_tuple.h

@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ extern PyStatus _PyTuple_InitGlobalObjects(PyInterpreterState *);
 
 #define _PyTuple_ITEMS(op) _Py_RVALUE(_PyTuple_CAST(op)->ob_item)
 
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *)_PyTuple_FromArray(PyObject *const *, Py_ssize_t);
+// Alias for backward compatibility
+#define _PyTuple_FromArray PyTuple_FromArray
+
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *)_PyTuple_FromStackRefStealOnSuccess(const union _PyStackRef *, Py_ssize_t);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *)_PyTuple_FromArraySteal(PyObject *const *, Py_ssize_t);
 

Lib/test/test_capi/test_tuple.py

@@ -279,6 +279,14 @@ def my_iter():
         self.assertEqual(tuple(my_iter()), (TAG, *range(10)))
         self.assertEqual(tuples, [])
 
+    def test_tuple_fromarray(self):
+        # Test PyTuple_FromArray()
+        tuple_fromarray = _testcapi.tuple_fromarray
+
+        tup = tuple(object() for _ in range(5))
+        copy = tuple_fromarray(tup)
+        self.assertEqual(copy, tup)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()

Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2025-10-07-12-51-32.gh-issue-111489.LCKKlg.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Add :c:func:`PyTuple_FromArray` to create a :class:`tuple` from an array.
+Patch by Victor Stinner.

Modules/_testcapi/tuple.c

@@ -104,12 +104,54 @@ _check_tuple_item_is_NULL(PyObject *Py_UNUSED(module), PyObject *args)
 }
 
 
+static PyObject *
+tuple_fromarray(PyObject* Py_UNUSED(module), PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *src;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", &PyTuple_Type, &src)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    Py_ssize_t size = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(src);
+    PyObject **array = PyMem_Malloc(size * sizeof(PyObject**));
+    if (array == NULL) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+        array[i] = Py_NewRef(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(src, i));
+    }
+
+    PyObject *tuple = PyTuple_FromArray(array, size);
+    if (tuple == NULL) {
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+        // check that the array is not modified
+        assert(array[i] == PyTuple_GET_ITEM(src, i));
+
+        // check that the array was copied properly
+        assert(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(tuple, i) == array[i]);
+    }
+
+done:
+    for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+        Py_DECREF(array[i]);
+    }
+    PyMem_Free(array);
+
+    return tuple;
+}
+
+
 static PyMethodDef test_methods[] = {
     {"tuple_get_size", tuple_get_size, METH_O},
     {"tuple_get_item", tuple_get_item, METH_VARARGS},
     {"tuple_set_item", tuple_set_item, METH_VARARGS},
     {"_tuple_resize", _tuple_resize, METH_VARARGS},
     {"_check_tuple_item_is_NULL", _check_tuple_item_is_NULL, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"tuple_fromarray", tuple_fromarray, METH_VARARGS},
     {NULL},
 };
 

Objects/tupleobject.c

@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ tuple_item(PyObject *op, Py_ssize_t i)
 }
 
 PyObject *
-_PyTuple_FromArray(PyObject *const *src, Py_ssize_t n)
+PyTuple_FromArray(PyObject *const *src, Py_ssize_t n)
 {
     if (n == 0) {
         return tuple_get_empty();