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Undocumented 3.13 C API

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Description

The following public C API is new in 3.13 (beta 1, relative to 3.12), and as of this writing it looks either

  • undocumented, or
  • documented incorrectly. See the docs search page for what Sphinx thinks the type and fully-quilfied name of the symbol are; it should be a C entry without extraneous namespaces. (The details tend to matter for search, URLs, and Intersphinx links.)

See also: 3.14

  • PY_MACCONFIG_H in Include/pymacconfig.h (header guards don't need docs)
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_BRANCH in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_CALL in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_C_RAISE in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_C_RETURN in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_EXCEPTION_HANDLED in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_INSTRUCTION in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_JUMP in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_LINE in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_PY_RESUME in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_PY_RETURN in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_PY_START in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_PY_THROW in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_PY_UNWIND in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_PY_YIELD in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_RAISE in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_RERAISE in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_EVENT_STOP_ITERATION in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PY_MONITORING_IS_INSTRUMENTED_EVENT in Include/cpython/monitoring.h
  • PyCF_OPTIMIZED_AST in Include/cpython/compile.h
  • PyEval_GetFrameBuiltins in Include/ceval.h:25
  • PyEval_GetFrameGlobals in Include/ceval.h:26
  • PyEval_GetFrameLocals in Include/ceval.h:27
  • PyExc_IncompleteInputError in Include/pyerrors.h:111
  • PyExc_PythonFinalizationError in Include/cpython/pyerrors.h:129
  • PyFrameLocalsProxy_Check in Include/cpython/pyframe.h
  • PyFrameLocalsProxy_Type in Include/cpython/pyframe.h:6
  • PyMonitoring_EnterScope in Include/cpython/monitoring.h:44
  • PyMonitoring_ExitScope in Include/cpython/monitoring.h:48
  • PyRefTracerEvent in Include/cpython/object.h:516, Include/cpython/object.h:519
  • PyUnstable_AtExit in Include/cpython/pylifecycle.h:91
  • PyUnstable_CopyPerfMapFile in Include/cpython/sysmodule.h:20
  • PyUnstable_EXECUTABLE_KINDS in Include/cpython/pyframe.h
  • PyUnstable_EXECUTABLE_KIND_BUILTIN_FUNCTION in Include/cpython/pyframe.h
  • PyUnstable_EXECUTABLE_KIND_METHOD_DESCRIPTOR in Include/cpython/pyframe.h
  • PyUnstable_EXECUTABLE_KIND_PY_FUNCTION in Include/cpython/pyframe.h
  • PyUnstable_EXECUTABLE_KIND_SKIP in Include/cpython/pyframe.h
  • PyUnstable_ExecutableKinds in Include/cpython/pyframe.h:45
  • PyUnstable_GetExecutor in Include/cpython/optimizer.h:137 (now removed)
  • PyUnstable_GetOptimizer in Include/cpython/optimizer.h:135 (now removed)
  • PyUnstable_InterpreterState_GetMainModule in Include/cpython/pystate.h:11
  • PyUnstable_Optimizer_NewCounter in Include/cpython/optimizer.h:145 (now removed)
  • PyUnstable_Optimizer_NewUOpOptimizer in Include/cpython/optimizer.h:146 (now removed)
  • PyUnstable_PerfTrampoline_CompileCode in Include/cpython/sysmodule.h:21
  • PyUnstable_PerfTrampoline_SetPersistAfterFork in Include/cpython/sysmodule.h:22
  • PyUnstable_Replace_Executor in Include/cpython/optimizer.h:129 (now removed)
  • PyUnstable_SetOptimizer in Include/cpython/optimizer.h:133 (now removed)
  • Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_BIG_ENDIAN in Include/cpython/longobject.h
  • Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_DEFAULTS in Include/cpython/longobject.h
  • Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_LITTLE_ENDIAN in Include/cpython/longobject.h
  • Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_NATIVE_ENDIAN in Include/cpython/longobject.h
  • Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_REJECT_NEGATIVE in Include/cpython/longobject.h
  • Py_ASNATIVEBYTES_UNSIGNED_BUFFER in Include/cpython/longobject.h
  • Py_ATOMIC_H in Include/pyatomic.h (header guards don't need docs)
  • Py_CAN_START_THREADS in Include/pyport.h:463
  • Py_C_RECURSION_LIMIT in Include/cpython/pystate.h:215 (removed in 3.14)
  • Py_MOD_GIL_NOT_USED in Include/moduleobject.h:69
  • Py_MOD_GIL_USED in Include/moduleobject.h:69
  • Py_MONITORING_H in Include/monitoring.h (header guards don't need docs)
  • Py_OPTIMIZER_H in Include/cpython/optimizer.h (header guards don't need docs)
  • Py_TPFLAGS_INLINE_VALUES in Include/object.h:632
  • Py_TRASHCAN_HEADROOM in Include/cpython/object.h:463 (removed in gh-132280)
  • CO_NO_MONITORING_EVENTS in Include/cpython/code.h:192

Some more are generated by configure, I guess that's low priority:

  • HAVE_CLOCK_T in ./pyconfig.h:138
  • HAVE_CLOSEFROM in ./pyconfig.h:138
  • HAVE_GETGRENT in ./pyconfig.h:138
  • HAVE_GRANTPT in ./pyconfig.h:515
  • HAVE_POSIX_OPENPT in ./pyconfig.h:849
  • HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCLOSEFROM_NP in ./pyconfig.h:849
  • HAVE_PROCESS_VM_READV in ./pyconfig.h:849
  • HAVE_PTSNAME in ./pyconfig.h:957
  • HAVE_PTSNAME_R in ./pyconfig.h:957
  • HAVE_SOCKLEN_T in ./pyconfig.h:957
  • HAVE_SYS_TIMERFD_H in ./pyconfig.h:1406
  • HAVE_TIMERFD_CREATE in ./pyconfig.h:1406
  • HAVE_UNLOCKPT in ./pyconfig.h:1406
  • HAVE___UINT128_T in ./pyconfig.h:1582
  • WITH_MIMALLOC in ./pyconfig.h:1867
Linked PRs
  • gh-124134
  • gh-124244
  • gh-127720
  • gh-127831
  • gh-128026
  • gh-128483
  • gh-128677
  • gh-129028
  • gh-129086
  • gh-129691
  • gh-129723
  • gh-131424

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Research direction

Review the remaining unchecked symbols in Include/cpython/object.h, Include/cpython/code.h, and the generated pyconfig.h entries, using the docs search page to verify how each symbol is classified and named. Check the linked PRs before starting; done means the remaining public C API entries are documented correctly or their low-priority status is resolved.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
c, python
Domain
api, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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