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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst index bf13eed..2f02241 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ in any early abort case). Unless otherwise stated, buffers are not NUL-terminated. .. note:: + For all ``#`` variants of formats (``s#``, ``y#``, etc.), the type of the length argument (int or :c:type:`Py_ssize_t`) is controlled by defining the macro :c:macro:`PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN` before including diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst index 6439d7f..0587e15 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst @@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ code, or when embedding the Python interpreter: .. index:: module: _thread .. note:: + When only the main thread exists, no GIL operations are needed. This is a common situation (most Python programs do not use threads), and the lock operations slow the interpreter down a bit. Therefore, the lock is not |