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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index e9c9c81..9474a2f 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst @@ -238,6 +238,22 @@ See :pep:`587` for a full description. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`36763`.) +Vectorcall: a fast calling protocol for CPython +----------------------------------------------- + +The "vectorcall" protocol is added to the Python/C API. +It is meant to formalize existing optimizations which were already done +for various classes. +Any extension type implementing a callable can use this protocol. + +This is currently provisional, +the aim is to make it fully public in Python 3.9. + +See :pep:`590` for a full description. + +(Contributed by Jeroen Demeyer and Mark Shannon in :issue:`36974`.) + + Other Language Changes ====================== |