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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index a531d2d..72aaafd 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst @@ -571,6 +571,16 @@ Changes in the Python API * ``PyGC_Head`` struct is changed completely. All code touched the struct member should be rewritten. (See :issue:`33597`) +* The ``PyInterpreterState`` struct has been moved into the "internal" + header files (specifically Include/internal/pycore_pystate.h). An + opaque ``PyInterpreterState`` is still available as part of the public + API (and stable ABI). The docs indicate that none of the struct's + fields are public, so we hope no one has been using them. However, + if you do rely on one or more of those private fields and have no + alternative then please open a BPO issue. We'll work on helping + you adjust (possibly including adding accessor functions to the + public API). (See :issue:`35886`.) + * Asyncio tasks can now be named, either by passing the ``name`` keyword argument to :func:`asyncio.create_task` or the :meth:`~asyncio.loop.create_task` event loop method, or by |