[Python-Dev] API bloat

[Georg Brandl]

Am 09.02.2011 10:09, schrieb Mark Shannon:
> At sometime between versions 3.1 and the current version, 3.1.3,
> the API  grew considerably.
> See
> http://docs.python.org/release/3.1/c-api/exceptions.html#exception-handling
> and
> http://docs.python.org/py3k/c-api/exceptions.html#exception-handling
> 
> The Unicode Exception Objects section is new and seemingly redundant:

Why redundant?

> http://docs.python.org/py3k/c-api/exceptions.html#unicode-exception-objects
> Should this be in the public API?

While this question is valid, it *should* have been asked 8 years ago, when
the functions were actually added.

They are new in the docs because they weren't documented before.  Otherwise
they would have a "New in version 3.2" tag.

> Is there any kind of review system (like PEPs) for modifying the C API?

No, but python-dev is involved by either a thread here or an issue that
is then OK'd by several developers.

> Are bug-fix updates really the place to modify the API?

No, but that's not relevant here.

> Could the API be reverted to the 3.1 version plus any *necessary* 
> changes in time for the 3.2 release?

Any changes in API are definitely forbidden before 3.2.

Georg