Petr Viktorin <encu...@gmail.com> added the comment:
> For example, Objects/longobject.c defines "PyTypeObject PyLong_Type =
> {...};". This type is exposed in the limited C API (!)
Technically, it is not, see https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0384/#structures
Structures like PyLong_Type are *not* part of the limited API.
> I propose to break the limited C API backward compatibility on purpose by
> removing these type definitions form the limited C API.
That could only be done in Python 4.0, or if we started C-API 4.0. But I don't
think it's necessary here.
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