bpo-46541: Replace core use of _Py_IDENTIFIER() with statically initialized global objects. (gh-30928)

We're no longer using _Py_IDENTIFIER() (or _Py_static_string()) in any core CPython code.  It is still used in a number of non-builtin stdlib modules.

The replacement is: PyUnicodeObject (not pointer) fields under _PyRuntimeState, statically initialized as part of _PyRuntime.  A new _Py_GET_GLOBAL_IDENTIFIER() macro facilitates lookup of the fields (along with _Py_GET_GLOBAL_STRING() for non-identifier strings).

https://bugs.python.org/issue46541#msg411799 explains the rationale for this change.

The core of the change is in:

* (new) Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h - the declarations for the global strings, along with the macros
* Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init.h - added the static initializers for the global strings
* Include/internal/pycore_global_objects.h - where the struct in pycore_global_strings.h is hooked into _PyRuntimeState
* Tools/scripts/generate_global_objects.py - added generation of the global string declarations and static initializers

I've also added a --check flag to generate_global_objects.py (along with make check-global-objects) to check for unused global strings.  That check is added to the PR CI config.

The remainder of this change updates the core code to use _Py_GET_GLOBAL_IDENTIFIER() instead of _Py_IDENTIFIER() and the related _Py*Id functions (likewise for _Py_GET_GLOBAL_STRING() instead of _Py_static_string()).  This includes adding a few functions where there wasn't already an alternative to _Py*Id(), replacing the _Py_Identifier * parameter with PyObject *.

The following are not changed (yet):

* stop using _Py_IDENTIFIER() in the stdlib modules
* (maybe) get rid of _Py_IDENTIFIER(), etc. entirely -- this may not be doable as at least one package on PyPI using this (private) API
* (maybe) intern the strings during runtime init

https://bugs.python.org/issue46541

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Include/cpython/object.h b/Include/cpython/object.h
index 1554ac8..a3632cf 100644
--- a/Include/cpython/object.h
+++ b/Include/cpython/object.h
@@ -43,10 +43,16 @@ typedef struct _Py_Identifier {
     Py_ssize_t index;
 } _Py_Identifier;
 
+#if defined(NEEDS_PY_IDENTIFIER) || !defined(Py_BUILD_CORE)
+// For now we are keeping _Py_IDENTIFIER for continued use
+// in non-builtin extensions (and naughty PyPI modules).
+
 #define _Py_static_string_init(value) { .string = value, .index = -1 }
 #define _Py_static_string(varname, value)  static _Py_Identifier varname = _Py_static_string_init(value)
 #define _Py_IDENTIFIER(varname) _Py_static_string(PyId_##varname, #varname)
 
+#endif  /* NEEDS_PY_IDENTIFIER */
+
 typedef int (*getbufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *, int);
 typedef void (*releasebufferproc)(PyObject *, Py_buffer *);
 
@@ -249,7 +255,12 @@ typedef struct _heaptypeobject {
 PyAPI_FUNC(const char *) _PyType_Name(PyTypeObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyType_Lookup(PyTypeObject *, PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyType_LookupId(PyTypeObject *, _Py_Identifier *);
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_LookupSpecial(PyObject *, _Py_Identifier *);
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyObject_LookupSpecialId(PyObject *, _Py_Identifier *);
+#ifndef Py_BUILD_CORE
+// Backward compatibility for 3rd-party extensions
+// that may be using the old name.
+#define _PyObject_LookupSpecial _PyObject_LookupSpecialId
+#endif
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyTypeObject *) _PyType_CalculateMetaclass(PyTypeObject *, PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyType_GetDocFromInternalDoc(const char *, const char *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyType_GetTextSignatureFromInternalDoc(const char *, const char *);