I proposed a PR to explicitly list functions safe to be called before Py_Initialize():
https://bugs.python.org/issue32124 https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/4540 I found more than 11 functions.. I also found variables ;-) Victor 2017-11-24 5:01 GMT+01:00 Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com>: > On 24 November 2017 at 12:21, Glenn Linderman <v+pyt...@g.nevcal.com> wrote: >> >> On 11/23/2017 5:31 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: >> >> - a consolidated list of *all* the APIs that can safely be called before >> Py_Initialize >> >> So it is interesting to know that list, of course, but the ones that are >> to be supported and documented might be a smaller list. Or might not. > > > Ah, sorry - "safely" was a bit ambiguous there. By "safely" I meant "CPython > has a regression test that ensures that particular API will keep working > before Py_Initialize(), regardless of any changes we may make to the way we > handle interpreter initialization". > > We've long had a lot of other APIs that happen to work well enough for > CPython itself to get away with using them during the startup process, but > the official position on those is "Don't count on these APIs working prior > to Py_Initialize() in the general case - we only get away with it because we > can adjust the exact order in which we do things in order to account for any > other changes that break it". > > Cheers, > Nick. > > -- > Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/victor.stinner%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
