Add C API equivalent for `sys._is_gil_enabled()`
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Description
Feature or enhancement
Proposal:
sys._is_gil_enabled is documented as a CPython implementation detail - it would be good to have a C API to expose this in a stable way to C modules. Possibly, something like
int PyInterpreterState_IsGilEnabled(PyInterpreterState *interp)
We'd like to have a stable way to expose this information downstream, https://github.com/jpy-consortium/jpy/pull/218
Has this already been discussed elsewhere?
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Research direction
Start by reading the existing sys._is_gil_enabled documentation and the linked discussion about a C API for querying GIL state. Review the downstream jpy pull request and existing stable C API conventions before determining the agreed API shape; done means a documented, stable C API is available for C modules.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, python
- Domain
- api
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100