[Python-Dev] [unladen-swallow] PEP 384: Defining a Stable ABI (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Wed May 20 19:34:42 CEST 2009

Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin gmail.com> writes:

Sorry, I didn't mean to get into a GIL debate. All I'm saying is that I don't think changing the definition of PyINCREF and PyDECREF justifies going to Python 4.0, so I don't think their definitions should be part of the ABI. If that's not what the ABI means, that's ok too.

Consider, though, that if Py_INCREF and Py_DECREF are not part of the ABI, enabling the ABI-specific preprocessor symbol will hide them, which might (or might not!) annoy a lot of extension writers.

(I don't know if there are extensions out there having reference count increments and decrements in their critical paths)

Regards

Antoine.

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