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-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/init.rst5
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst10
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 7d9eefb..56cf77a 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ been created.
the caller should assume no current thread state is available.
-.. c:function:: int PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(long id, PyObject *exc)
+.. c:function:: int PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(unsigned long id, PyObject *exc)
Asynchronously raise an exception in a thread. The *id* argument is the thread
id of the target thread; *exc* is the exception object to be raised. This
@@ -840,6 +840,9 @@ been created.
zero if the thread id isn't found. If *exc* is :const:`NULL`, the pending
exception (if any) for the thread is cleared. This raises no exceptions.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.7
+ The type of the *id* parameter changed from :c:type:`long` to
+ :c:type:`unsigned long`.
.. c:function:: void PyEval_AcquireThread(PyThreadState *tstate)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
index 4f84e6d..882d6a2 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
@@ -185,6 +185,16 @@ Deprecated
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`28692`.)
+Changes in the C API
+--------------------
+
+- The type of results of :c:func:`PyThread_start_new_thread` and
+ :c:func:`PyThread_get_thread_ident`, and the *id* parameter of
+ :c:func:`PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc` changed from :c:type:`long` to
+ :c:type:`unsigned long`.
+ (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`6532`.)
+
+
Removed
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