PEP 741 – Python Configuration C API | peps.python.org

Hi, I wrote a major update of my PEP 741 “Python Configuration C API (second version)” to address most, if not all, requests in the previous discussion. => Read the updated PEP 741 <= See the Commit of the PEP 741 update. Changes (incomplete list): PyInitConfig_SetStr() and PyInitConfig_SetStrList() now expect UTF-8 encoded string, instead of strings encoded to the locale encoding. Add PyInitConfig_SetStrLocale() and PyInitConfig_SetStrLocaleList() functions which expect null-terminate...

The Steering Council is having a tough time evaluating PEP 741 (Python Configuration C API). We’re not sure how to proceed given where we are (a big proposal that apparently failed to reach consensus) and what the SC’s mandate is (find consensus for proposals), and we think we need some help moving this along. In particular we think it’s important to understand why the discussions haven’t led to consensus around this proposal, and what that means for the proposal itself. We’d like to hear more ...

Read the PEP 741: Python Configuration C API. Abstract Add a C API to the limited C API to configure the Python preinitialization and initialization, and to get the current configuration. It can be used with the stable ABI. Add sys.get_config(name) function to get the current value of a configuration option. Allow setting custom configuration options, not used by Python but by third-party code. Options are referred to by their name as a string. PEP 587 “Python Initialization Configuration” u...

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Title: Status of the Python Limited C API (March 2024); Date: 2024-03-20; Author: Victor Stinner

Title: PEP 741: C API to configure Python initialization; Date: 2024-09-24; Author: Victor Stinner