Core Development

Steering Council Nominations Nominations for the Python Steering Council election. C API This sub-category is for discussions specifically about the Python C API. Covers both the development of as well as the development with (usage of) the C API.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Core Development category Core Development	1	2650	October 4, 2023
Proposal: Officially Deprecate Support for Legacy (Single-Phase Init) Extension Modules Core Development	34	653	April 25, 2025
C API Working Group and plan to get a Python C API compatible with alternative Python implementations? C API	5	194	April 25, 2025
Concerns About PyUnstable_Module_SetGIL() Core Development	10	284	April 24, 2025
Stable ABI/Limited API for free-threaded builds C API	3	332	April 24, 2025
Free-threaded Python Community Discord Core Development	7	408	April 17, 2025
Consider downgrading Windows 32-bit from Tier-1 to Tier-2 or Tier-3? (in Python 3.13?) Core Development	62	6231	April 17, 2025
[unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase._setupAsyncioRunner] Is there a reason why runners are created in debug mode? Core Development	2	131	April 16, 2025
Deprecating codecs.open? Core Development	7	341	April 14, 2025
Static type annotations in CPython Core Development	23	1907	April 14, 2025
Dealing with unbounded recursion in logging handlers Core Development	17	590	April 14, 2025
Using tagged pointers to support efficient integer operations Core Development	7	524	April 12, 2025
Python 3.14.0a7, 3.13.3, 3.12.10, 3.11.12, 3.10.17 and 3.9.22 are now available Core Development release	4	757	April 11, 2025
Python 3.12 is now security-fix-only Core Development	0	235	April 8, 2025
The CLA bot is dead, long live the CLA bot! Core Development	1	415	April 7, 2025
What do you want to see in tomorrow’s CPython build system? Core Development build	85	6204	April 4, 2025
Thread safe warning filters Core Development	14	866	April 1, 2025
Add PyBytesWriter public C API C API	57	1123	March 31, 2025
LLVM 19 for JIT on 3.13? Maybe >= 19 for 3.14+? Core Development	2	544	March 25, 2025
Message to the Python Community from the Steering Council Core Development steering-council	0	1176	March 14, 2025
Python 3.14.0 alpha 6 Core Development release	0	335	March 14, 2025
Pre-PEP: PyModuleExport -- a new export hook for modules C API	0	163	March 14, 2025
A new API for ensuring/releasing thread states C API	34	625	March 13, 2025
Safely using the C API when Python might shut down Core Development	19	801	March 13, 2025
Thread-safe way of disabling the GC (in C, mainly) Core Development	8	429	March 11, 2025
Request for review of gh-114918 and gh-114818 Core Development	0	112	March 11, 2025
Looking for feedback on adding import autocomplete to PyREPL Core Development	36	907	March 10, 2025
Python C API summit at EuroPython 2025 C API	0	174	March 6, 2025
In memoriam: Michael Foord 1974-2025 Core Development obituaries	54	8635	March 4, 2025
PostgreSQL working on moving to C "Limited API" C API	1	264	March 3, 2025