Byte code descriptions somewhere?

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On Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 11:57:17 PM UTC+1, Cem Karan wrote:
> Hi all, I've all of a sudden gotten interested in the CPython interpreter, and started trying to understand how it ingests and runs byte code.  I found Include/opcode.h in the python sources, and I found some basic documentation on how to add in new opcodes online, but I haven't found the equivalent of an assembly manual like you might for x86, etc.  Is there something similar to a manual dedicated to python byte code?  Also, is there a manual for how the interpreter expects the stack, etc. to be setup so that all interactions go as expected (garbage collections works, exceptions work, etc.)?  Basically, I want a manual similar to what Intel or AMD might put out for their chips so that all executables behave nicely with one another.
> 
> Thanks,
> Cem Karan

Further to Ben Finney's answer this https://docs.python.org/devguide/compiler.html should help.

Kindest regards.

Mark Lawrence.