STINNER Victor <vstin...@redhat.com> added the comment:

> But! I suppose we could fix the bug only for platforms with 
> PTHREAD_KEY_T_IS_COMPATIBLE_WITH_INT.

Yes, this is my proposal.

>> I propose to cast pthread_key_create() result to int, but only define 
>> PyThread_create_key() in Python/thread_pthread.h if 
>> PTHREAD_KEY_T_IS_COMPATIBLE_WITH_INT is defined.

> I don't think that's a good idea. Changing API, even for platforms that 
> aren't officially supported, sounds very harsh this late in the release cycle.

Which API change? I don't propose to modify the existing public C API "int 
PyThread_create_key(void)". I only propose to change it's implementation to the 
native pthread API when PTHREAD_KEY_T_IS_COMPATIBLE_WITH_INT is defined.

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