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| author | Antoine Pitrou <antoine@python.org> | 2019-05-29 20:12:38 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-05-29 20:12:38 (GMT) |
| commit | ada319bb6d0ebcc68d3e0ef2b4279ea061877ac8 (patch) | |
| tree | e908340371be04bce6b7676fd5f034aff3591a4a /Doc/c-api | |
| parent | 43fdbd2729cb7cdbb5afb5d16352f6604859e564 (diff) | |
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bpo-32388: Remove cross-version binary compatibility requirement in tp_flags (GH-4944)
It is now allowed to add new fields at the end of the PyTypeObject struct without having to allocate a dedicated compatibility flag in tp_flags.
This will reduce the risk of running out of bits in the 32-bit tp_flags value.
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst index aa66784..e2f8f54 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst @@ -1099,6 +1099,11 @@ and :c:type:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.) .. versionadded:: 3.4 + .. deprecated:: 3.8 + This flag isn't necessary anymore, as the interpreter assumes the + :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_finalize` slot is always present in the + type structure. + .. c:member:: const char* PyTypeObject.tp_doc |