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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2021-04-01-09-10-42.bpo-43688.G4gs6k.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2021-04-01-09-10-42.bpo-43688.G4gs6k.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 6b1d44ee17..0000000000 --- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2021-04-01-09-10-42.bpo-43688.G4gs6k.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,13 +0,0 @@ -The limited C API is now supported if Python is built in debug mode (if the -``Py_DEBUG`` macro is defined). In the limited C API, the :c:func:`Py_INCREF` -and :c:func:`Py_DECREF` functions are now implemented as opaque function calls, -rather than accessing directly the :c:member:`PyObject.ob_refcnt` member, if -Python is built in debug mode and the ``Py_LIMITED_API`` macro targets Python -3.10 or newer. It became possible to support the limited C API in debug mode -because the :c:type:`PyObject` structure is the same in release and debug mode -since Python 3.8 (see :issue:`36465`). - -The limited C API is still not supported in the ``--with-trace-refs`` special -build (``Py_TRACE_REFS`` macro). - -Patch by Victor Stinner. |