[New-bugs-announce] [issue36635] Add _testinternalcapi module

[STINNER Victor]

New submission from STINNER Victor <vstinner at redhat.com>:

Python headers are being reorganized to clarify what's public, specific to CPython or "internal". See issues bpo-35134 (Add a new Include/cpython/ subdirectory) and bpo-35081 (Move internal headers to Include/internal/).

Problem: the _testcapi module designed to only test the *public* API. Functions tested by _testcapi cannot be made internal.

I propose to add a new _testinternalcapi module reserved to test internal APIs.

Attached PR implements this idea: it makes _Py_GetConfigsAsDict() private and moves _testcapi.get_configs() to _testinternalcapi.get_configs().

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components: Tests
messages: 340282
nosy: vstinner
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add _testinternalcapi module
versions: Python 3.8

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