From 4042c69b5e718d48e31e38e702cf959ee08c2b2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neil Schemenauer Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:38:01 +0000 Subject: Add news about GC API change. Explain how to upgrade extension modules. --- Misc/NEWS | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index d660df8..7ea6b93 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -22,9 +22,22 @@ Build API -+ XXX Say something about Neil's GC rework, and that extensions that - don't upgrade to the new scheme will still compile but not actually - participate in GC. ++ The GC API has been changed. Extensions that use the old API will still + compile but will not participate in GC. To upgrade an extension + module: + + - rename Py_TPFLAGS_GC to PyTPFLAGS_HAVE_GC + + - use PyObject_GC_New or PyObject_GC_NewVar to allocate objects and + PyObject_GC_Del to deallocate them + + - rename PyObject_GC_Init to PyObject_GC_Track and PyObject_GC_Fini + to PyObject_GC_UnTrack + + - remove PyGC_HEAD_SIZE from object size calculations + + - remove calls to PyObject_AS_GC and PyObject_FROM_GC + New platforms -- cgit v0.12