[Python-Dev] Re: Making PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN not mandatory.

So how about making PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN not mandatory in Python 3.11? Extension modules can use '#' format with ssize_t, without PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN defined. Or should we wait one more version?

Hi, Inada, I suggest we should wait until at least Python 3.12 or Python 4.0. There have an another question. There have many C API defined under PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN, for example: _PyArg_Parse_SizeT(). Could we remove or merge them after making PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN not mandatory?