New submission from Petr Viktorin <encu...@gmail.com>:
The inclusion of PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer in python3dll.c (*) was a mistake. According to PEP 384: > functions expecting FILE* are not part of the ABI, to avoid depending on a > specific version of the Microsoft C runtime DLL on Windows. The situation may have changed and it might be reasonable to revisit this decision, but that would call for a larger discussion. There are FILE*-taking functions that are probably much ore useful than this one. (But, I think it's a good idea to limit the stable ABI to file-like Python objects anyway.) I see PEP 384 as being definitive (where it's not ambiguous). The python3dll.c list and public/private headers do not actually define the stable ABI. So, I'd like to remove the function from the list. --- (*) it was actually PC/python3.def in 3.2 ---------- components: C API, Windows messages: 391206 nosy: paul.moore, petr.viktorin, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Remove PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer from the stable ABI list versions: Python 3.10 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue43868> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
