[Python-3000] Last minute C API fixes

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Aug 7, 2008, at 5:09 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

>>> Is it too late for that ?
>> That kind of depends on how far other 3rd party projects are in
>> porting their extensions to Py3k, and how much they've bought into
>> these APIs. I recall that mechanically translating these APIs to
>> something else can easily introduce memory leaks.
>
> True, but isn't it better to go through that pain for a few extensions
> now and then have a proper C API to use in 3.1 ? Otherwise, we end
> up having to support those APIs for the whole lifetime
> of the 3.x branch.
>
> Note that those two APIs are not documented, so their use is not
> yet officially allowed.

I'd prefer not introducing such instability this late in the beta  
processes, but I agree that fixing it now will be better in the long  
term.

- -Barry

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