What is a PyObject in Python?

Question

Short version

I recently came across some Python code in which the return type for a function was specified as PyObject in the document

Answer 1

A PyObject is in fact just a Python object at the C level. And since integers in Python are objects, they are also PyObjects. It doesn't matter whether it was written in Python or in C, it is a PyObject at the C level regardless.

Answer 2

Every value you can touch in Python is a PyObject in C. That includes lists, dictionaries, sockets, files, integers, strings, functions, classes, you name it. If you can touch it in Python, it’s a PyObject in C.