[Python-Dev] Add Py_SETREF and Py_XSETREF to the stable C API

[Victor Stinner]

I like these macros!

Technically, would it be possible to use an inline function instead of
a macro for Python 3.7?

Victor

2017-11-08 17:30 GMT+01:00 Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com>:
> Macros Py_SETREF and Py_XSETREF were introduced in 3.6 and backported to all
> maintained versions ([1] and [2]). Despite their names they are private. I
> think that they are enough stable now and would be helpful in third-party
> code. Are there any objections against adding them to the stable C API? [3]
>
> [1] https://bugs.python.org/issue20440
> [2] https://bugs.python.org/issue26200
> [3] https://bugs.python.org/issue31983
>
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