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-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/arg.rst3
-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/init.rst33
-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/intro.rst11
-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/sys.rst14
4 files changed, 37 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
index 983d113..d9f0f43 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
@@ -206,8 +206,7 @@ Unless otherwise stated, buffers are not NUL-terminated.
:c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple` will use this location as the buffer and interpret the
initial value of *\*buffer_length* as the buffer size. It will then copy the
encoded data into the buffer and NUL-terminate it. If the buffer is not large
- enough, a :exc:`TypeError` will be set.
- Note: starting from Python 3.6 a :exc:`ValueError` will be set.
+ enough, a :exc:`ValueError` will be set.
In both cases, *\*buffer_length* is set to the length of the encoded data
without the trailing NUL byte.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 81823bf..465147c 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Initializing and finalizing the interpreter
triple: module; search; path
single: PySys_SetArgv()
single: PySys_SetArgvEx()
- single: Py_Finalize()
+ single: Py_FinalizeEx()
Initialize the Python interpreter. In an application embedding Python, this
should be called before using any other Python/C API functions; with the
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Initializing and finalizing the interpreter
modules :mod:`builtins`, :mod:`__main__` and :mod:`sys`. It also initializes
the module search path (``sys.path``). It does not set ``sys.argv``; use
:c:func:`PySys_SetArgvEx` for that. This is a no-op when called for a second time
- (without calling :c:func:`Py_Finalize` first). There is no return value; it is a
+ (without calling :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx` first). There is no return value; it is a
fatal error if the initialization fails.
@@ -48,19 +48,20 @@ Initializing and finalizing the interpreter
.. c:function:: int Py_IsInitialized()
Return true (nonzero) when the Python interpreter has been initialized, false
- (zero) if not. After :c:func:`Py_Finalize` is called, this returns false until
+ (zero) if not. After :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx` is called, this returns false until
:c:func:`Py_Initialize` is called again.
-.. c:function:: void Py_Finalize()
+.. c:function:: int Py_FinalizeEx()
Undo all initializations made by :c:func:`Py_Initialize` and subsequent use of
Python/C API functions, and destroy all sub-interpreters (see
:c:func:`Py_NewInterpreter` below) that were created and not yet destroyed since
the last call to :c:func:`Py_Initialize`. Ideally, this frees all memory
allocated by the Python interpreter. This is a no-op when called for a second
- time (without calling :c:func:`Py_Initialize` again first). There is no return
- value; errors during finalization are ignored.
+ time (without calling :c:func:`Py_Initialize` again first). Normally the
+ return value is 0. If there were errors during finalization
+ (flushing buffered data), -1 is returned.
This function is provided for a number of reasons. An embedding application
might want to restart Python without having to restart the application itself.
@@ -79,7 +80,15 @@ Initializing and finalizing the interpreter
freed. Some memory allocated by extension modules may not be freed. Some
extensions may not work properly if their initialization routine is called more
than once; this can happen if an application calls :c:func:`Py_Initialize` and
- :c:func:`Py_Finalize` more than once.
+ :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx` more than once.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.6
+
+
+.. c:function:: void Py_Finalize()
+
+ This is a backwards-compatible version of :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx` that
+ disregards the return value.
Process-wide parameters
@@ -107,7 +116,7 @@ Process-wide parameters
Note that :data:`sys.stderr` always uses the "backslashreplace" error
handler, regardless of this (or any other) setting.
- If :c:func:`Py_Finalize` is called, this function will need to be called
+ If :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx` is called, this function will need to be called
again in order to affect subsequent calls to :c:func:`Py_Initialize`.
Returns 0 if successful, a nonzero value on error (e.g. calling after the
@@ -918,7 +927,7 @@ using the following functions:
entry.)
.. index::
- single: Py_Finalize()
+ single: Py_FinalizeEx()
single: Py_Initialize()
Extension modules are shared between (sub-)interpreters as follows: the first
@@ -928,7 +937,7 @@ using the following functions:
and filled with the contents of this copy; the extension's ``init`` function is
not called. Note that this is different from what happens when an extension is
imported after the interpreter has been completely re-initialized by calling
- :c:func:`Py_Finalize` and :c:func:`Py_Initialize`; in that case, the extension's
+ :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx` and :c:func:`Py_Initialize`; in that case, the extension's
``initmodule`` function *is* called again.
.. index:: single: close() (in module os)
@@ -936,14 +945,14 @@ using the following functions:
.. c:function:: void Py_EndInterpreter(PyThreadState *tstate)
- .. index:: single: Py_Finalize()
+ .. index:: single: Py_FinalizeEx()
Destroy the (sub-)interpreter represented by the given thread state. The given
thread state must be the current thread state. See the discussion of thread
states below. When the call returns, the current thread state is *NULL*. All
thread states associated with this interpreter are destroyed. (The global
interpreter lock must be held before calling this function and is still held
- when it returns.) :c:func:`Py_Finalize` will destroy all sub-interpreters that
+ when it returns.) :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx` will destroy all sub-interpreters that
haven't been explicitly destroyed at that point.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/intro.rst b/Doc/c-api/intro.rst
index bc3a752..74681d2 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/intro.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/intro.rst
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ The header files are typically installed with Python. On Unix, these are
located in the directories :file:`{prefix}/include/pythonversion/` and
:file:`{exec_prefix}/include/pythonversion/`, where :envvar:`prefix` and
:envvar:`exec_prefix` are defined by the corresponding parameters to Python's
-:program:`configure` script and *version* is ``sys.version[:3]``. On Windows,
-the headers are installed in :file:`{prefix}/include`, where :envvar:`prefix` is
-the installation directory specified to the installer.
+:program:`configure` script and *version* is
+``'%d.%d' % sys.version_info[:2]``. On Windows, the headers are installed
+in :file:`{prefix}/include`, where :envvar:`prefix` is the installation
+directory specified to the installer.
To include the headers, place both directories (if different) on your compiler's
search path for includes. Do *not* place the parent directories on the search
@@ -578,9 +579,9 @@ Sometimes, it is desirable to "uninitialize" Python. For instance, the
application may want to start over (make another call to
:c:func:`Py_Initialize`) or the application is simply done with its use of
Python and wants to free memory allocated by Python. This can be accomplished
-by calling :c:func:`Py_Finalize`. The function :c:func:`Py_IsInitialized` returns
+by calling :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx`. The function :c:func:`Py_IsInitialized` returns
true if Python is currently in the initialized state. More information about
-these functions is given in a later chapter. Notice that :c:func:`Py_Finalize`
+these functions is given in a later chapter. Notice that :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx`
does *not* free all memory allocated by the Python interpreter, e.g. memory
allocated by extension modules currently cannot be released.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/sys.rst b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
index 3d83b27..9ba6496 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/sys.rst
@@ -212,20 +212,24 @@ Process Control
.. c:function:: void Py_Exit(int status)
.. index::
- single: Py_Finalize()
+ single: Py_FinalizeEx()
single: exit()
- Exit the current process. This calls :c:func:`Py_Finalize` and then calls the
- standard C library function ``exit(status)``.
+ Exit the current process. This calls :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx` and then calls the
+ standard C library function ``exit(status)``. If :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx`
+ indicates an error, the exit status is set to 120.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.6
+ Errors from finalization no longer ignored.
.. c:function:: int Py_AtExit(void (*func) ())
.. index::
- single: Py_Finalize()
+ single: Py_FinalizeEx()
single: cleanup functions
- Register a cleanup function to be called by :c:func:`Py_Finalize`. The cleanup
+ Register a cleanup function to be called by :c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx`. The cleanup
function will be called with no arguments and should return no value. At most
32 cleanup functions can be registered. When the registration is successful,
:c:func:`Py_AtExit` returns ``0``; on failure, it returns ``-1``. The cleanup