https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1d738dea6364de004f8cec7c6309d6bbd3b996c7
commit: 1d738dea6364de004f8cec7c6309d6bbd3b996c7
branch: main
author: Peter Bierma <[email protected]>
committer: ZeroIntensity <[email protected]>
date: 2025-11-09T10:06:38-05:00
summary:
gh-141004: Document deprecated aliases for memory allocation (GH-141146)
files:
M Doc/c-api/allocation.rst
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst b/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst
index 59d913a0462382..59044d2d88cc16 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst
@@ -140,10 +140,6 @@ Allocating Objects on the Heap
* :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_alloc`
-.. c:function:: void PyObject_Del(void *op)
-
- Same as :c:func:`PyObject_Free`.
-
.. c:var:: PyObject _Py_NoneStruct
Object which is visible in Python as ``None``. This should only be accessed
@@ -156,3 +152,35 @@ Allocating Objects on the Heap
:ref:`moduleobjects`
To allocate and create extension modules.
+
+Deprecated aliases
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+These are :term:`soft deprecated` aliases to existing functions and macros.
+They exist solely for backwards compatibility.
+
+
+.. list-table::
+ :widths: auto
+ :header-rows: 1
+
+ * * Deprecated alias
+ * Function
+ * * .. c:macro:: PyObject_NEW(type, typeobj)
+ * :c:macro:`PyObject_New`
+ * * .. c:macro:: PyObject_NEW_VAR(type, typeobj, n)
+ * :c:macro:`PyObject_NewVar`
+ * * .. c:macro:: PyObject_INIT(op, typeobj)
+ * :c:func:`PyObject_Init`
+ * * .. c:macro:: PyObject_INIT_VAR(op, typeobj, n)
+ * :c:func:`PyObject_InitVar`
+ * * .. c:macro:: PyObject_MALLOC(n)
+ * :c:func:`PyObject_Malloc`
+ * * .. c:macro:: PyObject_REALLOC(p, n)
+ * :c:func:`PyObject_Realloc`
+ * * .. c:macro:: PyObject_FREE(p)
+ * :c:func:`PyObject_Free`
+ * * .. c:macro:: PyObject_DEL(p)
+ * :c:func:`PyObject_Free`
+ * * .. c:macro:: PyObject_Del(p)
+ * :c:func:`PyObject_Free`
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