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| author | Paul Ganssle <pganssle@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-04-27 18:14:35 (GMT) |
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| committer | Victor Stinner <vstinner@redhat.com> | 2019-04-27 18:14:35 (GMT) |
| commit | 5c403b203510549a3f89d138d3265c5cc0cc12af (patch) | |
| tree | 34b0c18f6a695abfb9581279946ae066ed298500 /Misc | |
| parent | 55d035113dfb1bd90495c8571758f504ae8d4802 (diff) | |
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bpo-36722: Style and grammar edits for ABI news entries (GH-12979)
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| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-04-09-18-19-43.bpo-36465.-w6vx6.rst | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-04-25-01-51-52.bpo-21536.ACQkiC.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt | 2 |
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-04-09-18-19-43.bpo-36465.-w6vx6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-04-09-18-19-43.bpo-36465.-w6vx6.rst index 52de1ef..8969d3c 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-04-09-18-19-43.bpo-36465.-w6vx6.rst +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-04-09-18-19-43.bpo-36465.-w6vx6.rst @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ -Release build and debug build are now ABI compatible: the ``Py_DEBUG`` define -no longer implies ``Py_TRACE_REFS`` define which introduces the only ABI -incompatibility. A new ``./configure --with-trace-refs`` build option is now -required to get ``Py_TRACE_REFS`` define which adds :func:`sys.getobjects` -function and ``PYTHONDUMPREFS`` environment variable. +Release builds and debug builds are now ABI compatible: defining the +``Py_DEBUG`` macro no longer implies the ``Py_TRACE_REFS`` macro, which +introduces the only ABI incompatibility. The ``Py_TRACE_REFS`` macro, which +adds the :func:`sys.getobjects` function and the :envvar:`PYTHONDUMPREFS` +environment variable, can be set using the new ``./configure --with-trace-refs`` +build option. diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-04-25-01-51-52.bpo-21536.ACQkiC.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-04-25-01-51-52.bpo-21536.ACQkiC.rst index 5e1e717..8cfad76 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-04-25-01-51-52.bpo-21536.ACQkiC.rst +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2019-04-25-01-51-52.bpo-21536.ACQkiC.rst @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ On Unix, C extensions are no longer linked to libpython. -It is now possible to load a C extension built using a shared library Python -with a statically linked Python. +It is now possible for a statically linked Python to load a C extension built +using a shared library Python. When Python is embedded, ``libpython`` must not be loaded with ``RTLD_LOCAL``, but ``RTLD_GLOBAL`` instead. Previously, using ``RTLD_LOCAL``, it was already -not possible to load C extensions which were not linked to ``libpython``, like -C extensions of the standard library built by the ``*shared*`` section of +not possible to load C extensions which were not linked to ``libpython``, such +as C extensions of the standard library built by the ``*shared*`` section of ``Modules/Setup``. distutils, python-config and python-config.py have been modified. diff --git a/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt b/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt index 193de57..d1a0321 100644 --- a/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt +++ b/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ This file describes some special Python build types enabled via compile-time -preprocessor defines. +preprocessor directives. IMPORTANT: if you want to build a debug-enabled Python, it is recommended that you use ``./configure --with-pydebug``, rather than the options listed here. |