Re: RFC: prototype of C extensions using the Python limited API

On 01/06/2026 11:10, Matthieu Longo via Gdb wrote:
> On 28/05/2026 17:31, Matthieu Longo via Gdb wrote:
>> On 28/05/2026 17:24, Matthieu Longo via Gdb wrote:
>>> Hi Tom,
>>>
>>> As I previously told you (at least, I believe so but I am not 100% sure), I finished migrating all
>>> the Python C extensions some time ago. I had discovered some issues with a case of inheritance
>>> causing unexpected crashes.
>>> To facilitate the debugging, I decided to implement a prototype outside of GDB, and managed to make
>>> it work. I finally got the prototype reviewed by Victor Stinner, a Python core developer, to double-
>>> check whether my design was working as expected.
>>>
>>> Please find attached my last iteration. I also provided an archive which should be more convenient
>>> for you if you want to compile and test it.
>>>
>>> Could you please review it so that we validate this new approach before I migrate all my previous
>>> patches to it ?
>>>
>>> PS:
>>> - a README is provided with all the needed instruction inside.
>>> - this patch contains code from outside GDB's repository, and should not be merged inside GDB's
>>> repository.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Matthieu
>>
>> With the archive, hopefully not inlined.
> 
> Hi Tom,
> 
> Any chance for you to have a look at this in the next two weeks ?
> 
> Matthieu

Ping.
Adding Andrew too in the loop.