[New-bugs-announce] [issue36444] Python initialization: remove _PyMainInterpreterConfig

[STINNER Victor]

New submission from STINNER Victor <vstinner at redhat.com>:

The _PyMainInterpreterConfig structure is redundant with _PyCoreConfig: it is a subset but using PyObject*. PyInterpreterState has 2 fields:

    _PyCoreConfig core_config;
    _PyMainInterpreterConfig config;

config parameters can be found in core_config, but using a different type: it introduces redundancy and a risk of inconsitency (if one is modified, but not the other).

_PyMainInterpreterConfig doesn't provide any feature which is not accessible using _PyCoreConfig.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 338924
nosy: vstinner
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Python initialization: remove _PyMainInterpreterConfig
versions: Python 3.8

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