Victor Stinner wrote:
> Hi,
> Is it ok to add a static inline function to the limited API? Can it
> cause ABI issue? Or is it safer to add a regular function? For
> example, is it safe to add the following function to the limited API?
> static inline PyObject 
> _PyObject_CallOneArg(PyObject func, PyObject *arg)
> {
>     ...
>     return _PyObject_VectorcallTstate(tstate, func, args, nargsf, NULL);
> }
> Or should it be an opaque definition like the following function?
> PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject ) PyObject_CallNoArgs(PyObject func);

Yes, it should need the opaque definition. Otherwise we'd need to ensure
ABI compatibility for _PyObject_VectorcallTstate and we would need to
support the exact definition of the static inline function "forever".

> I came to this question while reviewing "Make Vectorcall public" C API:
> https://bugs.python.org/issue39245
> https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/17893

Just to clarify, that PR does not propose adding things to the limited API.
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