Issues

• Stable ABI contains outdated symbols

  capi-workgroup/problems#82 · Filter by author encukou opened on Jun 4, 2026
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• Calling PyDateTime_IMPORT can lead to an unhandled exception

  capi-workgroup/problems#81 · Filter by author ngoldbaum opened on Oct 22, 2024
  1

• Exported data (PyAPI_DATA rather than PyAPI_FUNC)

  capi-workgroup/problems#80 · Filter by author encukou opened on Jul 25, 2024
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• Private APIs used in Pyodide

  capi-workgroup/problems#79 · Filter by author hoodmane opened on Jul 16, 2024
  4

• Allow custom allocators for PyObject memory

  capi-workgroup/problems#69 · Filter by author nascheme opened on Aug 3, 2023
  1

• API for selecting an API subset/tier

  theme: API tiers
  capi-workgroup/problems#59 · Filter by author encukou opened on Jul 11, 2023
  2

• API with a leading underscore

  theme: legacy
  capi-workgroup/problems#58 · Filter by author encukou opened on Jul 11, 2023
  6

• Disallow creation of incomplete/inconsistent objects

  evolution-proposedtheme: type definition and object creation
  capi-workgroup/problems#56 · Filter by author vstinner opened on Jul 3, 2023
  20

• Hard to reason about which functions are or are not part of the stable ABI

  theme: API tiers
  capi-workgroup/problems#50 · Filter by author koubaa opened on Jun 15, 2023
  3

• Defining types is messy

  theme: type definition and object creation
  capi-workgroup/problems#49 · Filter by author encukou opened on Jun 12, 2023
  3

• Collection of documents about the C API

  capi-workgroup/problems#48 · Filter by author iritkatriel opened on Jun 10, 2023
  4

• Argument accepting a Python object or NULL: error prone API

  theme: error handling
  capi-workgroup/problems#47 · Filter by author vstinner opened on Jun 9, 2023
  2

• Non-namespaced identifiers

  evolution-proposedfixabletheme: implementation flaws
  capi-workgroup/problems#46 · Filter by author encukou opened on Jun 6, 2023
  16

• Resistance to small improvements

  theme: API evolution and maintenance
  capi-workgroup/problems#44 · Filter by author encukou opened on Jun 5, 2023
  12

• Python.h doesn't expose everything

  evolution-proposedfixabletheme: implementation flaws
  capi-workgroup/problems#43 · Filter by author encukou opened on May 31, 2023
  9

• C standard

  evolution-proposedtheme: the C language
  capi-workgroup/problems#42 · Filter by author encukou opened on May 31, 2023
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• Expose _PyExc_PrepReraiseStar (and other intrinsics?) in the unstable api

  stakeholder: code generator devstheme: API tiers
  capi-workgroup/problems#40 · Filter by author da-woods opened on May 28, 2023
  4

• Supporting multiple ABI versions at once

  theme: API evolution and maintenancetheme: API tierstheme: stability guarantees
  capi-workgroup/problems#39 · Filter by author steve-s opened on May 23, 2023
  9

• Const correctness

  theme: the C language
  capi-workgroup/problems#38 · Filter by author encukou opened on May 22, 2023
  5

• Debug mode that can be easily activated without recompilation

  theme: missing functionality
  capi-workgroup/problems#36 · Filter by author steve-s opened on May 18, 2023
  8

• Use of features specific to the C language

  evolution-proposedstakeholder: language bindingstheme: the C language
  capi-workgroup/problems#35 · Filter by author encukou opened on May 18, 2023
  13

• Clarify what the C API contains

  theme: abstractiontheme: legacy
  capi-workgroup/problems#34 · Filter by author encukou opened on May 18, 2023
  1

• References between Python objects are opaque to the runtime

  revolution-proposedstakeholder: alternative implementationstheme: object references
  capi-workgroup/problems#33 · Filter by author steve-s opened on May 17, 2023
  8

• Introspection capabilities are incomplete for C objects

  theme: missing functionality
  capi-workgroup/problems#32 · Filter by author iritkatriel opened on May 17, 2023
  10

• The C API is weakly typed

  evolution-proposedtheme: the C language
  capi-workgroup/problems#31 · Filter by author markshannon opened on May 17, 2023
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