Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into list_reverse

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/py/objtype.c b/py/objtype.c
index 83ae48d2d1..aeeaebb95d 100644
--- a/py/objtype.c
+++ b/py/objtype.c
@@ -4,17 +4,30 @@
 #include "nlr.h"
 #include "misc.h"
 #include "mpconfig.h"
+#include "mpqstr.h"
 #include "obj.h"
 
-void type_print(void (*print)(void *env, const char *fmt, ...), void *env, mp_obj_t self_in) {
-    print(env, "<a type>");
+static void type_print(void (*print)(void *env, const char *fmt, ...), void *env, mp_obj_t self_in) {
+    mp_obj_type_t *self = self_in;
+    print(env, "<class '%s'>", self->name);
+}
+
+static mp_obj_t type_call_n(mp_obj_t self_in, int n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
+    mp_obj_type_t *self = self_in;
+    if (self->make_new != NULL) {
+        // TODO we need to init the object if it's an instance of a type
+        return self->make_new(self, n_args, args);
+    } else {
+        nlr_jump(mp_obj_new_exception_msg_1_arg(MP_QSTR_TypeError, "cannot create '%s' instances", self->name));
+    }
 }
 
 const mp_obj_type_t mp_const_type = {
     { &mp_const_type },
-    "<a type>",
+    "type",
     type_print, // print
-    NULL, // call_n
+    NULL, // make_new
+    type_call_n, // call_n
     NULL, // unary_op
     NULL, // binary_op
     NULL, // getiter