Replace ctypes.DllGetClassObject and remove DllCanUnloadNow
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As far as I can tell, these functions are hooks: third-party code is meant to replace them.
Their implementation in ctypes (i.e. their default behaviour) is to import and call the same-named functions from a third-party library, comtypes.server.inprocserver. This is not good. comtypes should instead register their hook on import.
Here's a possible plan to make the API boundary better without breaking users.
DllCanUnloadNow
While the Python interpreter is running, it is not safe to unload the shared library that contains _ctypes. Therefore:
- The C function
DllCanUnloadNowexported from _ctypes should be changed to always returnS_FALSE. We should change that now, without a deprecation period. (Note that thecomtypeshook already does this.) - We should stop importing and calling
comtypes.server.inprocserver. I'm not sure about the necessary deprecation period, but I think that it should be a non-breaking change and can also be done immediately. Or is someone relying on it for side effects? O_o - Setting and getting the hook should be deprecated. In about Python 3.18 we should stop calling it, and remove it.
DllGetClassObject
This one, on the other hand, sounds like a useful hook. It also looks like an inprocess COM server need a special build so it's not useful to allow multiple hooks -- replacing a global one is enough. Is that so?
If yes:
ctypes.DllGetClassObject(the default implementation) should raise aDeprecationWarning. In about Python 3.18, it should be changed to do nothing, just, returnCLASS_E_CLASSNOTAVAILABLE.comtypesshould be changed: on import, it should replacectypes.DllGetClassObjectwith its own hook.
This should ensure that old versions of comtypes still work as before (until after the deprecation period).
Does that sound reasonable?
cc @junkmd
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Comece revisando o pull request vinculado gh-127766 e as alterações propostas na issue para ctypes.DllGetClassObject e DllCanUnloadNow. Rastreie os hooks existentes de ctypes e a integração com comtypes.server.inprocserver descrita aqui; o trabalho estará concluído quando a API e o comportamento de depreciação estiverem acordados, tiver sido implementado sem causar regressões indesejadas em comtypes e estiver coberto pelos testes relevantes.
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