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	2718	October 4, 2023
Gauging interest in arbitrary object immortalization and shared object proxies Core Development	7	397	July 4, 2025
"interpreters" vs. "concurrent.interpreters" Core Development	19	1907	July 2, 2025
Proposal: Add Text to the Language Reference About Runtime Components Core Development	2	312	June 29, 2025
Consider deprecating and eventually removing `-b` CLI flag Core Development	2	241	June 27, 2025
Stable ABI/Limited API for free-threaded builds C API	46	1323	June 27, 2025
Generator expressions behavior with non-iterable objects Core Development	4	410	June 26, 2025
🚀 Introducing CPython Memory Tracker Core Development	5	1056	June 26, 2025
Reverting changes with NEWS entries Core Development	3	237	June 23, 2025
Immortalize/defer reference count all functions in `__builtins__` Core Development	10	400	June 23, 2025
Shall we play a game? Core Development	1	502	June 23, 2025
Concerned about Virality of T-Strings (PEP 750) Core Development	30	1773	June 23, 2025
Deprecate then remove the `tp_is_gc` slot Core Development	2	345	June 22, 2025
Decision-Making Process Improvements (or My Frustrations With How PEP 734 Has Played Out) Core Development	4	925	June 19, 2025
What do people want to see to make supporting WASI easier? Core Development	15	842	June 18, 2025
Community Stewardship of Faster CPython Core Development	12	3338	June 18, 2025
Python 3.14.0 beta 3 is here! Core Development release	3	426	June 17, 2025
Notice: hg.python.org retires to "cold archive" status Core Development	2	508	June 16, 2025
About type-conversion special methods Core Development	6	502	June 15, 2025
Any interest in better Makefile dependencies? Core Development	2	245	June 14, 2025
Python 3.13.4, 3.12.11, 3.11.13, 3.10.18 and 3.9.23 are now available! Core Development release	10	1735	June 13, 2025
Announcing the Python Language Summit 2025 blog posts Core Development	0	836	June 12, 2025
Please be careful with backports Core Development	2	732	June 12, 2025
Python 3.13.5 is now available (yes, really.) Core Development release	1	964	June 11, 2025
Building the JIT with pre-built stencils Core Development build	9	1035	June 10, 2025
Heads up: 3.13.5 release coming soon Core Development	1	743	June 9, 2025
Review requested for "json: Fast path for string encoding" Core Development	0	179	June 9, 2025
Is Free-Threading Our Only Option? Core Development	98	4646	June 8, 2025
Finding a Bloc STAR provider Core Development governance	74	2241	June 8, 2025
Feedback on the recent fusil fuzzing campaign of CPython Core Development	12	939	June 6, 2025