[Python-checkins] r87578 - peps/trunk/pep-0384.txt

[martin.v.loewis]

Author: martin.v.loewis
Date: Thu Dec 30 15:57:53 2010
New Revision: 87578

Log:
Clarify that libpython3.so is only meant for use in
applications.


Modified:
   peps/trunk/pep-0384.txt

Modified: peps/trunk/pep-0384.txt
==============================================================================
--- peps/trunk/pep-0384.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-0384.txt	Thu Dec 30 15:57:53 2010
@@ -336,7 +336,9 @@
 version check for the API version will accept either 3 or the current
 PYTHON_API_VERSION as conforming. If Python is compiled as a shared
 library, it is installed as both libpython3.so, and libpython3.y.so;
-applications conforming to this PEP should then link to the former.
+applications conforming to this PEP should then link to the former
+(extension modules can continue to link with no libpython shared object,
+but rather rely on runtime linking).
 The ABI version is symbolically available as ``PYTHON_ABI_VERSION``.
 
 Also on Unix, the PEP 3149 tag abi<PYTHON_ABI_VERSION> is accepted