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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index 68843e2d9e..8c2b40de11 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst @@ -149,6 +149,24 @@ extensions compiled in release mode and for C extensions compiled with the stable ABI. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`36722`.) +To embed Python into an application, a new ``--embed`` option must be passed to +``python3-config --libs --embed`` to get ``-lpython3.8`` (link the application +to libpython). To support both 3.8 and older, try ``python3-config --libs +--embed`` first and fallback to ``python3-config --libs`` (without ``--embed``) +if the previous command fails. + +Add a pkg-config ``python-3.8-embed`` module to embed Python into an +application: ``pkg-config python-3.8-embed --libs`` includes ``-lpython3.8``. +To support both 3.8 and older, try ``pkg-config python-X.Y-embed --libs`` first +and fallback to ``pkg-config python-X.Y --libs`` (without ``--embed``) if the +previous command fails (replace ``X.Y`` with the Python version). + +On the other hand, ``pkg-config python3.8 --libs`` no longer contains +``-lpython3.8``. C extensions must not be linked to libpython (except on +Android, case handled by the script); this change is backward incompatible on +purpose. +(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`36721`.) + f-strings now support = for quick and easy debugging ----------------------------------------------------- |