[Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #14432: Document the removal of the PyFrameObject.f_tstate field

Fri Dec 13 14:33:18 CET 2013

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/278dd7eb2f2b
changeset: 87936:278dd7eb2f2b
user: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>
date: Fri Dec 13 14:33:01 2013 +0100
summary:
 Issue #14432: Document the removal of the PyFrameObject.f_tstate field
files:
 Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -1001,6 +1001,9 @@
 Porting to Python 3.4
 =====================
 
+Changes in the Python API
+-------------------------
+
 This section lists previously described changes and other bugfixes
 that may require changes to your code.
 
@@ -1027,10 +1030,6 @@
 name but an empty list instead. Determing if a module is a package should be
 done using ``hasattr(module, '__path__')``.
 
-* :c:func:`PyErr_SetImportError` now sets :exc:`TypeError` when its **msg**
- argument is not set. Previously only ``NULL`` was returned with no exception
- set.
-
 * :func:`py_compile.compile` now raises :exc:`FileExistsError` if the file path
 it would write to is a symlink or a non-regular file. This is to act as a
 warning that import will overwrite those files with a regular file regardless
@@ -1055,11 +1054,6 @@
 :func:`inspect.unwrap` to access the first function in the chain that has
 no ``__wrapped__`` attribute.
 
-* (C API) The result of the :c:data:`PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer` callback must
- now be a string allocated by :c:func:`PyMem_RawMalloc` or
- :c:func:`PyMem_RawRealloc`, or *NULL* if an error occurred, instead of a
- string allocated by :c:func:`PyMem_Malloc` or :c:func:`PyMem_Realloc`.
-
 * :class:`importlib.machinery.PathFinder` now passes on the current working
 directory to objects in :data:`sys.path_hooks` for the empty string. This
 results in :data:`sys.path_importer_cache` never containing ``''``, thus
@@ -1069,7 +1063,23 @@
 ``-m`` with the interpreter (this does not influence when the path to a file
 is specified on the command-line).
 
-* (C API) :c:func:`PyThread_set_key_value` now always set the value. In Python
+Changes in the C API
+--------------------
+
+* :c:func:`PyErr_SetImportError` now sets :exc:`TypeError` when its **msg**
+ argument is not set. Previously only ``NULL`` was returned with no exception
+ set.
+
+* The result of the :c:data:`PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer` callback must
+ now be a string allocated by :c:func:`PyMem_RawMalloc` or
+ :c:func:`PyMem_RawRealloc`, or *NULL* if an error occurred, instead of a
+ string allocated by :c:func:`PyMem_Malloc` or :c:func:`PyMem_Realloc`.
+
+* :c:func:`PyThread_set_key_value` now always set the value. In Python
 3.3, the function did nothing if the key already exists (if the current
 value is a non-NULL pointer).
 
+* The ``f_tstate`` (thread state) field of the :c:type:`PyFrameObject`
+ structure has been removed to fix a bug: see :issue:`14432` for the
+ rationale.
+
-- 
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
