[Python-Dev] [unladen-swallow] PEP 384: Defining a Stable ABI

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    Nick> Jeffrey Yasskin wrote:

    >> To decrease the annoyance of having to change source code, we could
    >> have Py_INCREF(x) expand to Py_IncRef(x) in ABI-compatibility mode.

    Nick> Forcing developers to choose between the speed of the
    Nick> INCREF/DECREF macros and the proposed ABI compatibility mode for
    Nick> the benefit of an as yet hypothetical GIL-less CPython API
    Nick> implementation seems more like a way to kill adoption of the ABI
    Nick> compatibility mode rather than a way to encourage the use of the
    Nick> IncRef/Decref functions.

I suspect it's not really germane to this discussion but if the
incref/decref functions were defined as inline would that effectively be
like using the macro versions vis a vis ABI compatibility?

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