gh-108494: Argument Clinic: Document how to generate code that uses the limited C API #108584
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I converted locally multiple C extensions to the limited C API. Since the limited C API is now automatically enabled by "#define Py_LIMITED_API", in fact, the |
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Please do not remove the |
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I don't have a strong opinion either way. I don't see any harm in keeping it, if Serhiy prefers to |
Yeah, of course you can have both; Argument Clinic can try to autodetect it, and you can override it using the CLI. |
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I updated the PR:
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If you need it, sure, I can keep it. It's just that for my needs, I didn't use it anymore. I was easier to remove it rather document it :-D |
I'm not sure that this PR title. Usage of the Limited C API is already determined automatically in the main branch, I did it in a previous change. This PR is more about documenting my recent AC work. |
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You could left it undocumented if only I use it. 😄 |
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I prefer to document it. Maybe I can add a note: "option reserved to Serhiy's private usage" 🤣 |
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I changed it again ;) |
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Sure, without the code changes, and only the documentation change remaining, it makes sense to title it as a documentation change ;) |
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Merged, thanks. |
* main: pythongh-108520: Fix bad fork detection in nested multiprocessing use case (python#108568) pythongh-108590: Revert pythongh-108657 (commit 400a1ce) (python#108686) pythongh-108494: Argument Clinic: Document how to generate code that uses the limited C API (python#108584) Document Python build requirements (python#108646) pythongh-101100: Fix Sphinx warnings in the Logging Cookbook (python#108678) Fix typo in multiprocessing docs (python#108666) pythongh-108669: unittest: Fix documentation for TestResult.collectedDurations (python#108670) pythongh-108590: Fix sqlite3.iterdump for invalid Unicode in TEXT columns (python#108657) Revert "pythongh-103224: Use the realpath of the Python executable in `test_venv` (pythonGH-103243)" (pythonGH-108667) pythongh-106320: Remove private _Py_ForgetReference() (python#108664) Mention Ellipsis pickling in the docs (python#103660) Revert "Use non alternate name for Kyiv (pythonGH-108533)" (pythonGH-108649) pythongh-108278: Deprecate passing the first param of sqlite3.Connection callback APIs by keyword (python#108632) pythongh-108455: peg_generator: install two stubs packages before running mypy (python#108637) pythongh-107801: Improve the accuracy of io.IOBase.seek docs (python#108268)
… that uses the limited C API (python/cpython#108584) Co-authored-by: Alex Waygood <Alex.Waygood@Gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Erlend E. Aasland <erlend.aasland@protonmail.com>
… that uses the limited C API (python/cpython#108584) Co-authored-by: Alex Waygood <Alex.Waygood@Gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Erlend E. Aasland <erlend.aasland@protonmail.com>
Remove also the --limited command line option. Now the limited C API is only used if the source code contains "#define Py_LIMITED_API".
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