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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/howto/free-threading-extensions.rst | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/howto/free-threading-python.rst | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/howto/functional.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/howto/isolating-extensions.rst | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/howto/perf_profiling.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/howto/regex.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/howto/urllib2.rst | 86 |
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diff --git a/Doc/howto/annotations.rst b/Doc/howto/annotations.rst index 78f3704ba5d..d7deb6c6bc1 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/annotations.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/annotations.rst @@ -248,4 +248,9 @@ quirks by using :func:`annotationlib.get_annotations` on Python 3.14+ or :func:`inspect.get_annotations` on Python 3.10+. On earlier versions of Python, you can avoid these bugs by accessing the annotations from the class's :attr:`~type.__dict__` -(e.g., ``cls.__dict__.get('__annotations__', None)``). +(for example, ``cls.__dict__.get('__annotations__', None)``). + +In some versions of Python, instances of classes may have an ``__annotations__`` +attribute. However, this is not supported functionality. If you need the +annotations of an instance, you can use :func:`type` to access its class +(for example, ``annotationlib.get_annotations(type(myinstance))`` on Python 3.14+). diff --git a/Doc/howto/cporting.rst b/Doc/howto/cporting.rst index 7773620b40b..cf857aed042 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/cporting.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/cporting.rst @@ -14,13 +14,11 @@ We recommend the following resources for porting extension modules to Python 3: module. * The `Porting guide`_ from the *py3c* project provides opinionated suggestions with supporting code. -* The `Cython`_ and `CFFI`_ libraries offer abstractions over - Python's C API. +* :ref:`Recommended third party tools <c-api-tools>` offer abstractions over + the Python's C API. Extensions generally need to be re-written to use one of them, but the library then handles differences between various Python versions and implementations. .. _Migrating C extensions: http://python3porting.com/cextensions.html .. _Porting guide: https://py3c.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guide.html -.. _Cython: https://cython.org/ -.. _CFFI: https://cffi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ diff --git a/Doc/howto/curses.rst b/Doc/howto/curses.rst index 6994a5328e8..816639552d7 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/curses.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/curses.rst @@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ your terminal won't be left in a funny state on exception and you'll be able to read the exception's message and traceback. +.. _windows-and-pads: + Windows and Pads ================ diff --git a/Doc/howto/free-threading-extensions.rst b/Doc/howto/free-threading-extensions.rst index 3f6ee517050..02b45879ccf 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/free-threading-extensions.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/free-threading-extensions.rst @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ C API Extension Support for Free Threading ****************************************** -Starting with the 3.13 release, CPython has experimental support for running -with the :term:`global interpreter lock` (GIL) disabled in a configuration +Starting with the 3.13 release, CPython has support for running with +the :term:`global interpreter lock` (GIL) disabled in a configuration called :term:`free threading`. This document describes how to adapt C API extensions to support free threading. @@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ You can use it to enable code that only runs under the free-threaded build:: /* code that only runs in the free-threaded build */ #endif +.. note:: + + On Windows, this macro is not defined automatically, but must be specified + to the compiler when building. The :func:`sysconfig.get_config_var` function + can be used to determine whether the current running interpreter had the + macro defined. + + Module Initialization ===================== @@ -388,7 +396,7 @@ The wheels, shared libraries, and binaries are indicated by a ``t`` suffix. free-threaded build, with the ``t`` suffix, such as ``python3.13t``. * `pypa/cibuildwheel <https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel>`_ supports the free-threaded build if you set - `CIBW_FREE_THREADED_SUPPORT <https://cibuildwheel.pypa.io/en/stable/options/#free-threaded-support>`_. + `CIBW_ENABLE to cpython-freethreading <https://cibuildwheel.pypa.io/en/stable/options/#enable>`_. Limited C API and Stable ABI ............................ diff --git a/Doc/howto/free-threading-python.rst b/Doc/howto/free-threading-python.rst index f7a894ac2cd..24069617c47 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/free-threading-python.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/free-threading-python.rst @@ -1,18 +1,21 @@ .. _freethreading-python-howto: -********************************************** -Python experimental support for free threading -********************************************** +********************************* +Python support for free threading +********************************* -Starting with the 3.13 release, CPython has experimental support for a build of +Starting with the 3.13 release, CPython has support for a build of Python called :term:`free threading` where the :term:`global interpreter lock` (GIL) is disabled. Free-threaded execution allows for full utilization of the available processing power by running threads in parallel on available CPU cores. While not all software will benefit from this automatically, programs designed with threading in mind will run faster on multi-core hardware. -**The free-threaded mode is experimental** and work is ongoing to improve it: -expect some bugs and a substantial single-threaded performance hit. +The free-threaded mode is working and continues to be improved, but +there is some additional overhead in single-threaded workloads compared +to the regular build. Additionally, third-party packages, in particular ones +with an :term:`extension module`, may not be ready for use in a +free-threaded build, and will re-enable the :term:`GIL`. This document describes the implications of free threading for Python code. See :ref:`freethreading-extensions-howto` for information on @@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ optionally support installing free-threaded Python binaries. The installers are available at https://www.python.org/downloads/. For information on other platforms, see the `Installing a Free-Threaded Python -<https://py-free-threading.github.io/installing_cpython/>`_, a +<https://py-free-threading.github.io/installing-cpython/>`_, a community-maintained installation guide for installing free-threaded Python. When building CPython from source, the :option:`--disable-gil` configure option @@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ Identifying free-threaded Python ================================ To check if the current interpreter supports free-threading, :option:`python -VV <-V>` -and :data:`sys.version` contain "experimental free-threading build". +and :data:`sys.version` contain "free-threading build". The new :func:`sys._is_gil_enabled` function can be used to check whether the GIL is actually disabled in the running process. diff --git a/Doc/howto/functional.rst b/Doc/howto/functional.rst index 1f0608fb0fc..053558e3890 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/functional.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/functional.rst @@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ have the form:: for expr2 in sequence2 if condition2 for expr3 in sequence3 - ... if condition3 + ... for exprN in sequenceN if conditionN ) @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ generators: raise an exception inside the generator; the exception is raised by the ``yield`` expression where the generator's execution is paused. -* :meth:`~generator.close` raises a :exc:`GeneratorExit` exception inside the +* :meth:`~generator.close` sends a :exc:`GeneratorExit` exception to the generator to terminate the iteration. On receiving this exception, the generator's code must either raise :exc:`GeneratorExit` or :exc:`StopIteration`; catching the exception and doing anything else is @@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ flow inside a program. The book uses Scheme for its examples, but many of the design approaches described in these chapters are applicable to functional-style Python code. -https://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/fp.html: A general introduction to functional +https://defmacro.org/2006/06/19/fp.html: A general introduction to functional programming that uses Java examples and has a lengthy historical introduction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming: General Wikipedia entry diff --git a/Doc/howto/isolating-extensions.rst b/Doc/howto/isolating-extensions.rst index a636e06bda8..7da6dc8a397 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/isolating-extensions.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/isolating-extensions.rst @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ possible, consider explicit locking. If it is necessary to use process-global state, the simplest way to avoid issues with multiple interpreters is to explicitly prevent a module from being loaded more than once per process—see -`Opt-Out: Limiting to One Module Object per Process`_. +:ref:`isolating-extensions-optout`. Managing Per-Module State @@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ An example of a module with per-module state is currently available as example module initialization shown at the bottom of the file. +.. _isolating-extensions-optout: + Opt-Out: Limiting to One Module Object per Process -------------------------------------------------- @@ -215,21 +217,36 @@ multiple interpreters correctly. If this is not yet the case for your module, you can explicitly make your module loadable only once per process. For example:: + // A process-wide flag static int loaded = 0; + // Mutex to provide thread safety (only needed for free-threaded Python) + static PyMutex modinit_mutex = {0}; + static int exec_module(PyObject* module) { + PyMutex_Lock(&modinit_mutex); if (loaded) { + PyMutex_Unlock(&modinit_mutex); PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ImportError, "cannot load module more than once per process"); return -1; } loaded = 1; + PyMutex_Unlock(&modinit_mutex); // ... rest of initialization } +If your module's :c:member:`PyModuleDef.m_clear` function is able to prepare +for future re-initialization, it should clear the ``loaded`` flag. +In this case, your module won't support multiple instances existing +*concurrently*, but it will, for example, support being loaded after +Python runtime shutdown (:c:func:`Py_FinalizeEx`) and re-initialization +(:c:func:`Py_Initialize`). + + Module State Access from Functions ---------------------------------- @@ -436,7 +453,7 @@ Avoiding ``PyObject_New`` GC-tracked objects need to be allocated using GC-aware functions. -If you use use :c:func:`PyObject_New` or :c:func:`PyObject_NewVar`: +If you use :c:func:`PyObject_New` or :c:func:`PyObject_NewVar`: - Get and call type's :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_alloc` slot, if possible. That is, replace ``TYPE *o = PyObject_New(TYPE, typeobj)`` with:: @@ -609,8 +626,7 @@ Open Issues Several issues around per-module state and heap types are still open. -Discussions about improving the situation are best held on the `capi-sig -mailing list <https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/capi-sig.python.org/>`__. +Discussions about improving the situation are best held on the `discuss forum under c-api tag <https://discuss.python.org/c/core-dev/c-api/30>`__. Per-Class Scope diff --git a/Doc/howto/perf_profiling.rst b/Doc/howto/perf_profiling.rst index b579d776576..96d757ac452 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/perf_profiling.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/perf_profiling.rst @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Then we can use ``perf report`` to analyze the data: | | | | | | | |--51.67%--_PyEval_EvalFrameDefault | | | | | - | | | | |--11.52%--_PyLong_Add + | | | | |--11.52%--_PyCompactLong_Add | | | | | | | | | | | |--2.97%--_PyObject_Malloc ... @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Instead, if we run the same experiment with ``perf`` support enabled we get: | | | | | | | |--51.81%--_PyEval_EvalFrameDefault | | | | | - | | | | |--13.77%--_PyLong_Add + | | | | |--13.77%--_PyCompactLong_Add | | | | | | | | | | | |--3.26%--_PyObject_Malloc diff --git a/Doc/howto/regex.rst b/Doc/howto/regex.rst index e543f6d5657..7486a378dbb 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/regex.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/regex.rst @@ -1016,7 +1016,9 @@ extension. This regular expression matches ``foo.bar`` and Now, consider complicating the problem a bit; what if you want to match filenames where the extension is not ``bat``? Some incorrect attempts: -``.*[.][^b].*$`` The first attempt above tries to exclude ``bat`` by requiring +``.*[.][^b].*$`` + +The first attempt above tries to exclude ``bat`` by requiring that the first character of the extension is not a ``b``. This is wrong, because the pattern also doesn't match ``foo.bar``. @@ -1043,7 +1045,9 @@ confusing. A negative lookahead cuts through all this confusion: -``.*[.](?!bat$)[^.]*$`` The negative lookahead means: if the expression ``bat`` +``.*[.](?!bat$)[^.]*$`` + +The negative lookahead means: if the expression ``bat`` doesn't match at this point, try the rest of the pattern; if ``bat$`` does match, the whole pattern will fail. The trailing ``$`` is required to ensure that something like ``sample.batch``, where the extension only starts with diff --git a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst index 33a2a7ea89e..d79d1abe8d0 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst @@ -245,75 +245,27 @@ codes in the 100--299 range indicate success, you will usually only see error codes in the 400--599 range. :attr:`http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.responses` is a useful dictionary of -response codes in that shows all the response codes used by :rfc:`2616`. The -dictionary is reproduced here for convenience :: +response codes that shows all the response codes used by :rfc:`2616`. +An excerpt from the dictionary is shown below :: - # Table mapping response codes to messages; entries have the - # form {code: (shortmessage, longmessage)}. responses = { - 100: ('Continue', 'Request received, please continue'), - 101: ('Switching Protocols', - 'Switching to new protocol; obey Upgrade header'), - - 200: ('OK', 'Request fulfilled, document follows'), - 201: ('Created', 'Document created, URL follows'), - 202: ('Accepted', - 'Request accepted, processing continues off-line'), - 203: ('Non-Authoritative Information', 'Request fulfilled from cache'), - 204: ('No Content', 'Request fulfilled, nothing follows'), - 205: ('Reset Content', 'Clear input form for further input.'), - 206: ('Partial Content', 'Partial content follows.'), - - 300: ('Multiple Choices', - 'Object has several resources -- see URI list'), - 301: ('Moved Permanently', 'Object moved permanently -- see URI list'), - 302: ('Found', 'Object moved temporarily -- see URI list'), - 303: ('See Other', 'Object moved -- see Method and URL list'), - 304: ('Not Modified', - 'Document has not changed since given time'), - 305: ('Use Proxy', - 'You must use proxy specified in Location to access this ' - 'resource.'), - 307: ('Temporary Redirect', - 'Object moved temporarily -- see URI list'), - - 400: ('Bad Request', - 'Bad request syntax or unsupported method'), - 401: ('Unauthorized', - 'No permission -- see authorization schemes'), - 402: ('Payment Required', - 'No payment -- see charging schemes'), - 403: ('Forbidden', - 'Request forbidden -- authorization will not help'), - 404: ('Not Found', 'Nothing matches the given URI'), - 405: ('Method Not Allowed', - 'Specified method is invalid for this server.'), - 406: ('Not Acceptable', 'URI not available in preferred format.'), - 407: ('Proxy Authentication Required', 'You must authenticate with ' - 'this proxy before proceeding.'), - 408: ('Request Timeout', 'Request timed out; try again later.'), - 409: ('Conflict', 'Request conflict.'), - 410: ('Gone', - 'URI no longer exists and has been permanently removed.'), - 411: ('Length Required', 'Client must specify Content-Length.'), - 412: ('Precondition Failed', 'Precondition in headers is false.'), - 413: ('Request Entity Too Large', 'Entity is too large.'), - 414: ('Request-URI Too Long', 'URI is too long.'), - 415: ('Unsupported Media Type', 'Entity body in unsupported format.'), - 416: ('Requested Range Not Satisfiable', - 'Cannot satisfy request range.'), - 417: ('Expectation Failed', - 'Expect condition could not be satisfied.'), - - 500: ('Internal Server Error', 'Server got itself in trouble'), - 501: ('Not Implemented', - 'Server does not support this operation'), - 502: ('Bad Gateway', 'Invalid responses from another server/proxy.'), - 503: ('Service Unavailable', - 'The server cannot process the request due to a high load'), - 504: ('Gateway Timeout', - 'The gateway server did not receive a timely response'), - 505: ('HTTP Version Not Supported', 'Cannot fulfill request.'), + ... + <HTTPStatus.OK: 200>: ('OK', 'Request fulfilled, document follows'), + ... + <HTTPStatus.FORBIDDEN: 403>: ('Forbidden', + 'Request forbidden -- authorization will ' + 'not help'), + <HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND: 404>: ('Not Found', + 'Nothing matches the given URI'), + ... + <HTTPStatus.IM_A_TEAPOT: 418>: ("I'm a Teapot", + 'Server refuses to brew coffee because ' + 'it is a teapot'), + ... + <HTTPStatus.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE: 503>: ('Service Unavailable', + 'The server cannot process the ' + 'request due to a high load'), + ... } When an error is raised the server responds by returning an HTTP error code |