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[$] Using the limited C API for the Python stdlib?
Wednesday September 20, 2023. 06:35 PM , from LWN.net
The 'limited' C API for CPython extensions has been around for well over a
decade at this point, but it has not seen much uptake. It is meant to give extensions an API that will allow binaries built with it to be used for multiple versions of CPython, because those binaries will only access the stable ABI that will not change when CPython does. Victor Stinner has been working on better definition for the API; as part of that work, he suggested that some of the C extensions in the standard library start using it in an effort for CPython to 'eat its own dog food'. The resulting discussion showed that there is still a fair amount of confusion about this APIāand the thrust of Stinner's overall plan.
https://lwn.net/Articles/944764/
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