[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #19512: Add PyRun_InteractiveOneObject() function (original) (raw)

Victor Stinner victor.stinner at gmail.com
Fri Nov 8 00:43:37 CET 2013

Hi,

[PyRun_InteractiveOneObject()]

2013/11/8 Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>:

New C APIs should either be documented or have an underscore prefix.

I created the issue #19518 to add documentation (but also to add even more functions :-)).

Also, if they're part of the stable ABI, they need a version guard.

As most PyRun_xxx() functions, the function is declared in a "#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API" block. It means that it is not part of the stable ABI, is that correct?

Wishlist item: an automated ABI checker that can diff the exported symbols against a reference list (Could ctypes or cffi be used for that?)

Yeah, it would be nice to have a tool to list changes on the stable ABI :-)

For a previous issue, I also added various other functions like PyParser_ASTFromStringObject() or PyParser_ASTFromFileObject(). As PyRun_InteractiveOneObject(), they are declared in a "#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API" block in pythonrun.h. These new functions are not documented, because PyParser_AST*() functions are not documented.

http://bugs.python.org/issue11619 http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/df2fdd42b375

The patch parser_unicode.patch was attached to the issue during 2 years. First I didn't want to commit it becaues it added too many new functions. But I pushed by change because some Windows users like using the full Unicode range in the name of their scripts and modules!

If it's not too late, I would appreciate a review of the stable ABI of this changeset.

Victor

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