[Python-checkins] [Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #19512: Add PyRun_InteractiveOneObject() function

[Eric Snow]

On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com> wrote:
> About the 72523 functions PyRun_xxx(), I don't understand something.
> The PyRun_FileEx() is documented in the Python "very high" C API to
> use Python. But this function is not part of the stable ABI. So there
> is no "very high" function in the stable ABI to use Python?

My understanding is that if you are using the PyRun_* API
(embedding?), you aren't concerned with maintaining binary
compatibility across Python versions.  If you are writing an extension
module, you probably aren't using PyRun_*.

>
> Another question: it's not documented if a function is part or not
> part of the stable ABI. So as an user of the API, it is hard to check
> if a function is part of the stable ABI or not.

The best we have is probably PEP 384.  I've been meaning to work on
the C-API docs for a while and add a concise reference page that would
include a summary of the stable API.  Alas, other things have taken
precedence.

-eric