Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> added the comment: > Is PYTHON_API_VERSION actually useful right now? It seems to me that > we need Martin's ABI stability PEP to be implemented before extension > modules can be safely shared between several non-bugfix releases.
Today, PYTHON_API_VERSION primarily serves as a check that the extension you load had been compiled for the Python release that its being loaded into. We promise ABI stability across bug fix releases for the same feature release, so yes, it is useful. The original motivation (allowing to share extensions across feature releases) was last relevant in the 1.x series, IIRC. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8118> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
