[issue36487] Make C-API docs clear about what the "main" interpreter is

Eric Snow added the comment: New changeset 375f35be0688da0fc0f27afc4faea76590d7c24d by Eric Snow (Miss Islington (bot)) in branch '3.8': bpo-36487: Make C-API docs clear about what the main interpreter is. (gh-15080)

[issue36487] Make C-API docs clear about what the "main" interpreter is

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[issue36487] Make C-API docs clear about what the "main" interpreter is

Eric Snow added the comment: Thanks, Joannah! -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed versions: +Python 3.9 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue36487] Make C-API docs clear about what the "main" interpreter is

Eric Snow added the comment: New changeset 854d0a4b98b13629252e21edaf2b785b429e5135 by Eric Snow (Joannah Nanjekye) in branch 'master': bpo-36487: Make C-API docs clear about what the main interpreter is. (gh-12666)

[issue36487] Make C-API docs clear about what the "main" interpreter is

Joannah Nanjekye added the comment: Thanks for this feedback. Let me see how I can incorporate this in the PR. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue36487] Make C-API docs clear about what the "main" interpreter is

Eric Snow added the comment: I should have added something like this earlier, but here are key points to consider covering: * "main" interpreter is the original, created when the runtime initializes * historically almost always the only Python interpreter in a process * this is changing

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[issue36487] Make C-API docs clear about what the "main" interpreter is

New submission from Joannah Nanjekye : Following up a discussion on a PR here : https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/12238, There is need to make sure the C-API docs are clear about what the "main" interpreter is. -- messages: 339207 nosy: nanjekyejoannah priority: normal severity: