cpython/InternalDocs
Sam Gross a882ae198a
gh-142472: Clean-up _PyStackRef functions (gh-142479)
This combines most _PyStackRef functions and macros between the free
threaded and default builds.

- Remove Py_TAG_DEFERRED (same as Py_TAG_REFCNT)
- Remove PyStackRef_IsDeferred (same as !PyStackRef_RefcountOnObject)
2025-12-15 12:03:49 -05:00
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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 gh-138122: Don't sample partial frame chains (#141912) 2025-12-07 15:53:48 +00:00
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 Move doc on structure from devguide to InternalDocs (GH-142237) 2025-12-15 15:19:02 +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
stackrefs.md gh-142472: Clean-up _PyStackRef functions (gh-142479) 2025-12-15 12:03:49 -05:00
string_interning.md gh-119786: cleanup internal docs and fix internal links (#127485) 2024-12-01 17:12:22 +00:00
structure.md Move doc on structure from devguide to InternalDocs (GH-142237) 2025-12-15 15:19:02 +01:00

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.

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