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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst | 25 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index 4446250..8d94a9f 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst @@ -101,20 +101,21 @@ subdirectories). Debug build uses the same ABI as release build ----------------------------------------------- -Python now uses the same ABI when built in release and in debug mode. On Unix, -when Python is build in debug mode, it is now possible to load C extensions -built in release mode and C extensions built using the stable ABI. - -Release build and debug build are now ABI compatible: the ``Py_DEBUG`` define -no longer implies the ``Py_TRACE_REFS`` define which introduces the only ABI -incompatibility. A new ``./configure --with-trace-refs`` build option is now -required to get ``Py_TRACE_REFS`` define which adds :func:`sys.getobjects` -function and :envvar:`PYTHONDUMPREFS` environment variable. +Python now uses the same ABI whether it built in release or debug mode. On +Unix, when Python is built in debug mode, it is now possible to load C +extensions built in release mode and C extensions built using the stable ABI. + +Release builds and debug builds are now ABI compatible: defining the +``Py_DEBUG`` macro no longer implies the ``Py_TRACE_REFS`` macro, which +introduces the only ABI incompatibility. The ``Py_TRACE_REFS`` macro, which +adds the :func:`sys.getobjects` function and the :envvar:`PYTHONDUMPREFS` +environment variable, can be set using the new ``./configure --with-trace-refs`` +build option. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`36465`.) -On Unix, C extensions are no longer linked to libpython. It is now possible to -load a C extension built using a shared library Python -with a statically linked Python. +On Unix, C extensions are no longer linked to libpython. It is now possible +for a statically linked Python to load a C extension built using a shared +library Python. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`21536`.) On Unix, when Python is built in debug mode, import now also looks for C |