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| -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 |