Core Development

Steering Council Nominations Nominations for the Python Steering Council election. C API This sub-category is for discussions specifically about the Python C API. Covers both the development of as well as the development with (usage of) the C API.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Core Development category Core Development	1	2707	October 4, 2023
Stable ABI/Limited API for free-threaded builds C API	16	672	June 23, 2025
Reverting changes with NEWS entries Core Development	3	84	June 23, 2025
Immortalize/defer reference count all functions in `__builtins__` Core Development	10	251	June 23, 2025
Shall we play a game? Core Development	1	380	June 23, 2025
Concerned about Virality of T-Strings (PEP 750) Core Development	30	1653	June 23, 2025
Generator expressions behavior with non-iterable objects Core Development	0	142	June 22, 2025
Deprecate then remove the `tp_is_gc` slot Core Development	2	307	June 22, 2025
"interpreters" vs. "concurrent.interpreters" Core Development	8	628	June 20, 2025
Decision-Making Process Improvements (or My Frustrations With How PEP 734 Has Played Out) Core Development	4	738	June 19, 2025
What do people want to see to make supporting WASI easier? Core Development	15	827	June 18, 2025
Community Stewardship of Faster CPython Core Development	12	3190	June 18, 2025
Python 3.14.0 beta 3 is here! Core Development release	3	360	June 17, 2025
Notice: hg.python.org retires to "cold archive" status Core Development	2	497	June 16, 2025
About type-conversion special methods Core Development	6	496	June 15, 2025
Any interest in better Makefile dependencies? Core Development	2	239	June 14, 2025
Python 3.13.4, 3.12.11, 3.11.13, 3.10.18 and 3.9.23 are now available! Core Development release	10	1602	June 13, 2025
Announcing the Python Language Summit 2025 blog posts Core Development	0	773	June 12, 2025
Please be careful with backports Core Development	2	689	June 12, 2025
Python 3.13.5 is now available (yes, really.) Core Development release	1	898	June 11, 2025
Building the JIT with pre-built stencils Core Development build	9	1025	June 10, 2025
Heads up: 3.13.5 release coming soon Core Development	1	723	June 9, 2025
Review requested for "json: Fast path for string encoding" Core Development	0	172	June 9, 2025
Is Free-Threading Our Only Option? Core Development	99	4552	June 8, 2025
Finding a Bloc STAR provider Core Development governance	74	2230	June 8, 2025
Feedback on the recent fusil fuzzing campaign of CPython Core Development	12	927	June 6, 2025
Should tarfile filtering have been backported to versions < 3.12? Core Development	5	311	June 6, 2025
Add `sys.abi_features` to make information about the interpreter ABI more accessible Core Development	4	250	June 6, 2025
Disallowing GC inside interpreter/JIT _Py_Dealloc calls Core Development	1	272	June 5, 2025
How To Install CPython from Github `main` Branch in an Isolated Way? Core Development	9	387	June 3, 2025