[issue45778] libpython.so 3.9.8 drops symbol used by third party extension module(s)

Change by Łukasz Langa : -- resolution: -> wont fix stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue45778] libpython.so 3.9.8 drops symbol used by third party extension module(s)

STINNER Victor added the comment: - _PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape@Base Removed by: commit 7c722e32bf582108680f49983cf01eaed710ddb9 Author: Serhiy Storchaka Date: Thu Oct 14 20:03:29 2021 +0300 [3.9] bpo-45461: Fix IncrementalDecoder and StreamReader in the "unicode-escape" codec

[issue45778] libpython.so 3.9.8 drops symbol used by third party extension module(s)

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[issue45778] libpython.so 3.9.8 drops symbol used by third party extension module(s)

STINNER Victor added the comment: I suggest to close this issue. We are free to remove private functions in minor releases (3.9.x) without any warning. Private functions are excluded from the backward compatibility warranty. For example: "Names prefixed by an underscore, such as

[issue45778] libpython.so 3.9.8 drops symbol used by third party extension module(s)

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[issue45778] libpython.so 3.9.8 drops symbol used by third party extension module(s)

Matthias Klose added the comment: the two users of typed-ast (at least in Debian) are black and mypy. Apparently black stopped using typed-ast recently. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue45778] libpython.so 3.9.8 drops symbol used by third party extension module(s)

Christian Heimes added the comment: Matthias mentions the upstream tickets https://github.com/python/typed_ast/issues/169 https://github.com/python/typed_ast/issues/170 on the BDO. The issue affects typed-ast and indirectly older versions of black. Upstream is considering to EOL

[issue45778] libpython.so 3.9.8 drops symbol used by third party extension module(s)

Pablo Galindo Salgado added the comment: Yeah, the ABI guarantees are for the public C-API (both the restricted/limited and the general one) but not for private symbols. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue45778] libpython.so 3.9.8 drops symbol used by third party extension module(s)

Christian Heimes added the comment: Yes, they are private symbols. 3rd parties should not use them. The symbol _PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape was replace in GH-28953: "bpo-45467: Fix IncrementalDecoder and StreamReader in the "raw-unicode-escape" codec". -- nosy: +christian.heimes

[issue45778] libpython.so 3.9.8 drops symbol used by third party extension module(s)

Pablo Galindo Salgado added the comment: Aren't these private symbols? -- nosy: +pablogsal ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue45778] libpython.so 3.9.8 drops symbol used by third party extension module(s)

New submission from Matthias Klose : [reported in Debian as https://bugs.debian.org/998854] 3.9.8, compared to 3.9.7 introduces a regression, making at least one third party extension fail at runtime. The symbol changes in 3.9.8 are: - _PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape@Base +