[Python-Dev] Python's C interface for types

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Jan 27 09:41:23 CET 2007


Tim Peters schrieb:
>> Does that mean that they are unstable, in the sense that they may
>> change behaviour in new versions of Python?
> 
> They /may/ change, but they won't (== only common sense guarantees
> they won't change ;-)).

That, of course, is true for any API. For the documented API, there
is certainly a stronger desire to provide backwards compatibility in
the face of changes, but in some cases, it just means that the change
also gets documented.

Regards,
Martin


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