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Author	vstinner
Recipients	pitrou, vstinner
Date	2019-03-28.23:01:42
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Message-id	<[email protected]>
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When Python is built in debug mode, PyObject gets 2 new fields: _ob_prev and _ob_next. These fields change the offset of following fields in the PyObject structure and so breaks the ABI. I propose to modify the debug build (Py_DEBUG) to not imply Py_TRACE_REFS anymore. Antoine Pitrou proposed this idea when the C API was discussed to get a stable ABI. Another more radical idea is to completely remove Py_TRACE_REFS special build.

When Python is built in debug mode, PyObject gets 2 new fields: _ob_prev and _ob_next. These fields change the offset of following fields in the PyObject structure and so breaks the ABI.

I propose to modify the debug build (Py_DEBUG) to not imply Py_TRACE_REFS anymore. Antoine Pitrou proposed this idea when the C API was discussed to get a stable ABI.

Another more radical idea is to completely remove Py_TRACE_REFS special build.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2019-03-28 23:01:42	vstinner	set	recipients: + vstinner, pitrou
2019-03-28 23:01:42	vstinner	set	messageid: <[email protected]>
2019-03-28 23:01:42	vstinner	link	issue36465 messages
2019-03-28 23:01:42	vstinner	create