[New-bugs-announce] [issue24065] Outdated *_RESTRICTED flags in structmember.h

[Berker Peksag]

New submission from Berker Peksag:

Looks like READ_RESTRICTED, PY_WRITE_RESTRICTED and RESTRICTED flags were used for "restricted mode" [1] in Python 2. "restricted mode" has been deprecated in Python 2.3. Also, the current documentation is outdated. WRITE_RESTRICTED is now PY_WRITE_RESTRICTED: https://docs.python.org/3/extending/newtypes.html#generic-attribute-management

There are a few usages of these flags in the CPython source:

PY_WRITE_RESTRICTED

* Objects/funcobject.c
* Objects/methodobject.c

RESTRICTED

* Objects/funcobject.c
* Objects/classobject.c

Are they still useful or can we deprecate/remove them now?

[1] https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/2.7/Python/structmember.c#L180

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 242134
nosy: berker.peksag
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Outdated *_RESTRICTED flags in structmember.h
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.5

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