cpython/InternalDocs
Mark Shannon c25a070759
GH-139653: Only raise an exception (or fatal error) when the stack pointer is about to overflow the stack. (GH-141711)
Only raises if the stack pointer is both below the limit *and* above the stack base.
This prevents false positives for user-space threads, as the stack pointer will be outside those bounds
if the stack has been swapped.
2025-11-19 10:16:24 +00:00
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images gh-119786: Move garbage collection doc from devguide to InternalDocs (#125282) 2024-10-11 21:18:37 +01:00
asyncio.md fix some typos (#138977) 2025-09-16 18:33:39 +05:30
changing_grammar.md gh-119786: cleanup internal docs and fix internal links (#127485) 2024-12-01 17:12:22 +00:00
code_objects.md gh-119786: Add jit.md. Move adaptive.md to a section of interpreter.md. (#127175) 2024-12-06 16:36:06 +00:00
compiler.md gh-138081: fix some dead links in InternalDocs (#138082) 2025-09-11 10:54:16 +02:00
exception_handling.md Improve format of InternalDocs/exception_handling.md (#134969) 2025-05-31 14:56:33 +03:00
frames.md InternalDocs: Fix outdated struct references in frames.md (#132613) 2025-04-20 23:24:21 +01:00
garbage_collector.md GH-135552: Make the GC clear weakrefs later (GH-136189) 2025-08-07 16:32:17 -07:00
generators.md gh-138081: fix some dead links in InternalDocs (#138082) 2025-09-11 10:54:16 +02:00
interpreter.md gh-119786: add JUMP_BACKWARD macro to the Jumps section (#131213) 2025-03-16 20:04:39 +00:00
jit.md gh-137959: Fix TIER1_TO_TIER2 macro name in JIT InternalDocs (GH-141496) 2025-11-13 14:44:40 +00:00
parser.md Fix some typos in various doc files (GH-132589) 2025-04-16 18:11:47 +00:00
qsbr.md gh-119786: Add InternalDocs/qsbr.md. (gh-135411) 2025-06-23 22:09:40 +00:00
README.md Add internal doc describing the stack protection mechanism (GH137663) 2025-08-13 19:04:25 +01:00
stack_protection.md GH-139653: Only raise an exception (or fatal error) when the stack pointer is about to overflow the stack. (GH-141711) 2025-11-19 10:16:24 +00:00
string_interning.md gh-119786: cleanup internal docs and fix internal links (#127485) 2024-12-01 17:12:22 +00:00

CPython Internals Documentation

The documentation in this folder is intended for CPython maintainers. It describes implementation details of CPython, which should not be assumed to be part of the Python language specification. These details can change between any two CPython versions and should not be assumed to hold for other implementations of the Python language.

The core dev team attempts to keep this documentation up to date. If it is not, please report that through the issue tracker.

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