https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/658599c15d13ee3a5cb56c3d9fccaa195465d4b5 commit: 658599c15d13ee3a5cb56c3d9fccaa195465d4b5 branch: main author: Petr Viktorin <encu...@gmail.com> committer: encukou <encu...@gmail.com> date: 2025-07-21T14:22:48+02:00 summary:
gh-121028: Soft-deprecate sys.api_version (GH-136463) files: M Doc/library/sys.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index 05bc7cfb9dc089..52f0af31c68726 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -2191,8 +2191,11 @@ always available. Unless explicitly noted otherwise, all variables are read-only .. data:: api_version - The C API version for this interpreter. Programmers may find this useful when - debugging version conflicts between Python and extension modules. + The C API version, equivalent to the C macro :c:macro:`PYTHON_API_VERSION`. + Defined for backwards compatibility. + + Currently, this constant is not updated in new Python versions, and is not + useful for versioning. This may change in the future. .. data:: version_info _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- python-checkins@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-checkins-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: arch...@mail-archive.com
