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[Python-Dev] Deprecating non-Py_ssize_t use of PyArg_ParseTuple

Victor Stinner victor.stinner at haypocalc.com
Mon Mar 21 15:21:13 CET 2011 
Le lundi 21 mars 2011 à 04:09 +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" a écrit :
> Since Python 2.5, we maintain two versions of PyArg_ParseTuple:
> one outputting int; the other one outputting Py_ssize_t.
> 
> The former should have been removed in 3.0, but this was forgotten.
> 
> Still, I would like people to move over to the new version, so
> that extension modules will typically support 64-bit collections
> well. Therefore, I'd like to propose that the int version is deprecated
> in 3.3.

By the way, what is the status of migration to Py_ssize_t of CPython
extensions? I suppose that adding a warning will quickly give an answer.

Victor
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