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-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/init.rst32
-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/memory.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/sys.rst18
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 0f75973..6056424 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -323,6 +323,11 @@ Process-wide parameters
single: main()
triple: stdin; stdout; sdterr
+ This API is kept for backward compatibility: setting
+ :c:member:`PyConfig.stdio_encoding` and :c:member:`PyConfig.stdio_errors`
+ should be used instead, see :ref:`Python Initialization Configuration
+ <init-config>`.
+
This function should be called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize`, if it is
called at all. It specifies which encoding and error handling to use
with standard IO, with the same meanings as in :func:`str.encode`.
@@ -345,6 +350,8 @@ Process-wide parameters
.. versionadded:: 3.4
+ .. deprecated:: 3.11
+
.. c:function:: void Py_SetProgramName(const wchar_t *name)
@@ -353,6 +360,10 @@ Process-wide parameters
single: main()
single: Py_GetPath()
+ This API is kept for backward compatibility: setting
+ :c:member:`PyConfig.program_name` should be used instead, see :ref:`Python
+ Initialization Configuration <init-config>`.
+
This function should be called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize` is called for
the first time, if it is called at all. It tells the interpreter the value
of the ``argv[0]`` argument to the :c:func:`main` function of the program
@@ -367,6 +378,8 @@ Process-wide parameters
Use :c:func:`Py_DecodeLocale` to decode a bytes string to get a
:c:type:`wchar_*` string.
+ .. deprecated:: 3.11
+
.. c:function:: wchar* Py_GetProgramName()
@@ -495,6 +508,11 @@ Process-wide parameters
single: path (in module sys)
single: Py_GetPath()
+ This API is kept for backward compatibility: setting
+ :c:member:`PyConfig.module_search_paths` and
+ :c:member:`PyConfig.module_search_paths_set` should be used instead, see
+ :ref:`Python Initialization Configuration <init-config>`.
+
Set the default module search path. If this function is called before
:c:func:`Py_Initialize`, then :c:func:`Py_GetPath` won't attempt to compute a
default search path but uses the one provided instead. This is useful if
@@ -518,6 +536,8 @@ Process-wide parameters
The program full path is now used for :data:`sys.executable`, instead
of the program name.
+ .. deprecated:: 3.11
+
.. c:function:: const char* Py_GetVersion()
@@ -617,6 +637,9 @@ Process-wide parameters
Use :c:func:`Py_DecodeLocale` to decode a bytes string to get a
:c:type:`wchar_*` string.
+ See also :c:member:`PyConfig.orig_argv` and :c:member:`PyConfig.argv`
+ members of the :ref:`Python Initialization Configuration <init-config>`.
+
.. note::
It is recommended that applications embedding the Python interpreter
for purposes other than executing a single script pass ``0`` as *updatepath*,
@@ -644,11 +667,18 @@ Process-wide parameters
Use :c:func:`Py_DecodeLocale` to decode a bytes string to get a
:c:type:`wchar_*` string.
+ See also :c:member:`PyConfig.orig_argv` and :c:member:`PyConfig.argv`
+ members of the :ref:`Python Initialization Configuration <init-config>`.
+
.. versionchanged:: 3.4 The *updatepath* value depends on :option:`-I`.
.. c:function:: void Py_SetPythonHome(const wchar_t *home)
+ This API is kept for backward compatibility: setting
+ :c:member:`PyConfig.home` should be used instead, see :ref:`Python
+ Initialization Configuration <init-config>`.
+
Set the default "home" directory, that is, the location of the standard
Python libraries. See :envvar:`PYTHONHOME` for the meaning of the
argument string.
@@ -661,6 +691,8 @@ Process-wide parameters
Use :c:func:`Py_DecodeLocale` to decode a bytes string to get a
:c:type:`wchar_*` string.
+ .. deprecated:: 3.11
+
.. c:function:: w_char* Py_GetPythonHome()
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/memory.rst b/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
index efddc6f..3cc9dff 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
@@ -476,6 +476,8 @@ Customize Memory Allocators
the :c:func:`PyMem_SetupDebugHooks` function must be called to reinstall the
debug hooks on top on the new allocator.
+ See also :c:member:`PyPreConfig.allocator` and :ref:`Preinitialize Python
+ with PyPreConfig <c-preinit>`.
.. c:function:: void PyMem_SetupDebugHooks(void)
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/sys.rst b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
index 97717f5..cca8b7b 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
@@ -237,11 +237,21 @@ accessible to C code. They all work with the current interpreter thread's
.. c:function:: void PySys_AddWarnOption(const wchar_t *s)
+ This API is kept for backward compatibility: setting
+ :c:member:`PyConfig.warnoptions` should be used instead, see :ref:`Python
+ Initialization Configuration <init-config>`.
+
Append *s* to :data:`sys.warnoptions`. This function must be called prior
to :c:func:`Py_Initialize` in order to affect the warnings filter list.
+ .. deprecated:: 3.11
+
.. c:function:: void PySys_AddWarnOptionUnicode(PyObject *unicode)
+ This API is kept for backward compatibility: setting
+ :c:member:`PyConfig.warnoptions` should be used instead, see :ref:`Python
+ Initialization Configuration <init-config>`.
+
Append *unicode* to :data:`sys.warnoptions`.
Note: this function is not currently usable from outside the CPython
@@ -250,6 +260,8 @@ accessible to C code. They all work with the current interpreter thread's
called until enough of the runtime has been initialized to permit the
creation of Unicode objects.
+ .. deprecated:: 3.11
+
.. c:function:: void PySys_SetPath(const wchar_t *path)
Set :data:`sys.path` to a list object of paths found in *path* which should
@@ -294,12 +306,18 @@ accessible to C code. They all work with the current interpreter thread's
.. c:function:: void PySys_AddXOption(const wchar_t *s)
+ This API is kept for backward compatibility: setting
+ :c:member:`PyConfig.xoptions` should be used instead, see :ref:`Python
+ Initialization Configuration <init-config>`.
+
Parse *s* as a set of :option:`-X` options and add them to the current
options mapping as returned by :c:func:`PySys_GetXOptions`. This function
may be called prior to :c:func:`Py_Initialize`.
.. versionadded:: 3.2
+ .. deprecated:: 3.11
+
.. c:function:: PyObject *PySys_GetXOptions()
Return the current dictionary of :option:`-X` options, similarly to