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	2920	October 4, 2023
~bool deprecation Core Development	122	5294	February 19, 2026
Concerns about `-X lazy_imports=none` Core Development	60	355	February 19, 2026
Stable ABI for PyCriticalSection C API	2	32	February 19, 2026
Right-to-left characters in repr Core Development	13	486	February 18, 2026
Real world impediments through ~bool deprecation Core Development	6	360	February 17, 2026
Python 3.15.0 alpha 6 Core Development release	6	559	February 17, 2026
Python on Windows ARM64 Core Development	18	1098	February 16, 2026
PyLongObject: just use GMP? Core Development	17	668	February 16, 2026
Backporting support for `wave` formats Core Development	18	1171	February 15, 2026
Review request for gh-138912: Improve MATCH_CLASS opcode performance Core Development	1	285	February 14, 2026
Let tools know when tracing/profiling is enabled/disabled C API	0	115	February 12, 2026
Add an Unstable C API for immortalizing objects C API	10	535	February 11, 2026
Adding C API for use in tp_traverse C API	34	1021	February 10, 2026
CPython has 7,154 open issues — can we organize a cleanup effort? Core Development github	5	502	February 9, 2026
Python install manager 26.0 beta 1 Core Development release	9	488	February 6, 2026
PyCon 2026 grants for core devs? Core Development	2	203	February 5, 2026
Python 3.14.3 and 3.13.12 are now available! Core Development release	3	539	February 4, 2026
Proper handling of PyList_SetItem return value and reference stealing in CPython C extensions C API	7	290	February 4, 2026
Stable ABI/Limited API for free-threaded builds C API	51	2179	January 29, 2026
C-API for initializing statically linked extension modules C API c-api	35	2542	January 29, 2026
Pre-PEP discussion: revival of PEP 543 - A Unified TLS API for Python Core Development pep	78	6210	January 29, 2026
PR Review - trivial (obscure) test fixes Core Development review-request	1	230	January 27, 2026
macOS version support policy Core Development	25	1917	January 23, 2026
Proposed PEP 11 update -- policy for unsupported platforms Core Development	11	836	January 23, 2026
Our future with OpenSSL Core Development	93	18668	January 22, 2026
Moving expat version (or symbol) checks from buildtime to runtime Core Development build , stdlib	10	443	January 22, 2026
Text segmentation API design Core Development	5	643	January 22, 2026
C API for querying whether the GIL is enabled (PyInterpreterState_IsGilEnabled) C API	14	382	January 19, 2026
Defining a support policy on overlapping installations Core Development	7	435	January 19, 2026