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| author | Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca> | 2001-08-30 15:38:01 (GMT) |
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| committer | Neil Schemenauer <nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca> | 2001-08-30 15:38:01 (GMT) |
| commit | 4042c69b5e718d48e31e38e702cf959ee08c2b2b (patch) | |
| tree | 824c421d71599d61896d9455146fffd5c7d4cc49 | |
| parent | 55cdc88c09e89ca1585b63135f333ce07274487f (diff) | |
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Add news about GC API change. Explain how to upgrade extension modules.
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 19 |
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@@ -22,9 +22,22 @@ Build API -+ XXX Say something about Neil's GC rework, and that extensions that - don't upgrade to the new scheme will still compile but not actually - participate in GC. ++ The GC API has been changed. Extensions that use the old API will still + compile but will not participate in GC. To upgrade an extension + module: + + - rename Py_TPFLAGS_GC to PyTPFLAGS_HAVE_GC + + - use PyObject_GC_New or PyObject_GC_NewVar to allocate objects and + PyObject_GC_Del to deallocate them + + - rename PyObject_GC_Init to PyObject_GC_Track and PyObject_GC_Fini + to PyObject_GC_UnTrack + + - remove PyGC_HEAD_SIZE from object size calculations + + - remove calls to PyObject_AS_GC and PyObject_FROM_GC + New platforms |