Hi Nate, I just did that, and I got some follow-up work, too, which is fine with me. Just as a note for you:
Qt not itself, but PyQt5 did that already and submitted a stable ABI for Python 3.5 and up. I was challenged end of last December to try that, and I succeeded after a long struggle, because I also needed to convert all of PySide2 to using heaptypes, and that was really hard. Actually, I succeeded yesterday, after 5 months. And now I know all the subtle things that people need to know when converting existing types to heaptypes. Since QtC has adopted PySide2 in 2016, including myself as a consultant, now it is really a Qt product, and the limited API is due to my work. It comes naturally that I also should fix the problems which showed up during that process. I also think to submit a paper to python.org where I document all the subtle problems which occured during the conversion process. It looks simple, but it really is not. All the best -- Chris On 01.06.18 17:18, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > Indeed, that sounds like a pretty straightforward bug in the stable ABI. > You should file an issue on bugs.python.org <http://bugs.python.org> so > it doesn't get lost (and if it's the main new stable ABI break in 3.7 > then you should probably mark that bug as a release blocker so that Ned > notices it). > > Unfortunately, very few people use the stable ABI currently, so it's > easy for things like this to get missed. Hopefully it Qt starts using it > then that will help us shake these things out... But it also means we > need your help to catch these kinds of issues :-). Thanks! > > On Fri, Jun 1, 2018, 06:51 Christian Tismer <tis...@stackless.com > <mailto:tis...@stackless.com>> wrote: > > Hi friends, > > when implementing the limited API for PySide2, I recognized > a little bug where a function was replaced by a macro. > > The file number.rst on python 3.6 says > > """ > .. c:function:: int PyIndex_Check(PyObject *o) > > Returns ``1`` if *o* is an index integer (has the nb_index slot > of the > tp_as_number structure filled in), and ``0`` otherwise. > """ > > Without notice, this function was replaced by a macro a while > ago, which reads > > #define PyIndex_Check(obj) \ > ((obj)->ob_type->tp_as_number != NULL && \ > (obj)->ob_type->tp_as_number->nb_index != NULL) > > This contradicts PEP 384, because there is no way for non-heaptype > types to access the nb_index field. > > If nobody objects, I would like to submit a patch that adds the > function back when the limited API is active. > I think to fix that before Python 3.7 is out. > > Ciao -- Chris > > -- > Christian Tismer-Sperling :^) tis...@stackless.com > <mailto:tis...@stackless.com> > Software Consulting : http://www.stackless.com/ > Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 121 : http://pyside.org > 14482 Potsdam : GPG key -> 0xFB7BEE0E > phone +49 173 24 18 776 fax +49 (30) 700143-0023 > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org <mailto:Python-Dev@python.org> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/njs%40pobox.com > -- Christian Tismer-Sperling :^) tis...@stackless.com Software Consulting : http://www.stackless.com/ Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 121 : http://pyside.org 14482 Potsdam : GPG key -> 0xFB7BEE0E phone +49 173 24 18 776 fax +49 (30) 700143-0023
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