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Add news about GC API change. Explain how to upgrade extension modules.

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Neil Schemenauer 2001-08-30 15:38:01 +00:00
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+ XXX Say something about Neil's GC rework, and that extensions that + The GC API has been changed. Extensions that use the old API will still
don't upgrade to the new scheme will still compile but not actually compile but will not participate in GC. To upgrade an extension
participate in GC. module:
- rename Py_TPFLAGS_GC to PyTPFLAGS_HAVE_GC
- use PyObject_GC_New or PyObject_GC_NewVar to allocate objects and
PyObject_GC_Del to deallocate them
- rename PyObject_GC_Init to PyObject_GC_Track and PyObject_GC_Fini
to PyObject_GC_UnTrack
- remove PyGC_HEAD_SIZE from object size calculations
- remove calls to PyObject_AS_GC and PyObject_FROM_GC
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