Issue #8276: PyEval_CallObject() is now only available in macro form. The

function declaration, which was kept for backwards compatibility reasons,
is now removed (the macro was introduced in 1997!).

Include/ceval.h

@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ extern "C" {
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(
 	PyObject *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
 
-/* DLL-level Backwards compatibility: */
-#undef PyEval_CallObject
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyEval_CallObject(PyObject *, PyObject *);
-
 /* Inline this */
 #define PyEval_CallObject(func,arg) \
         PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(func, arg, (PyObject *)NULL)

Misc/NEWS

@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ Build
 C-API
 -----
 
+- Issue #8276: PyEval_CallObject() is now only available in macro form.  The
+  function declaration, which was kept for backwards compatibility reasons,
+  is now removed (the macro was introduced in 1997!).
+
 - Issue #7992: A replacement PyCObject API, PyCapsule, has been backported
   from Python 3.1.
 

Python/ceval.c

@@ -3852,18 +3852,7 @@ Py_FlushLine(void)
 
 
 /* External interface to call any callable object.
-   The arg must be a tuple or NULL. */
+   The arg must be a tuple or NULL.  The kw must be a dict or NULL. */
-
-#undef PyEval_CallObject
-/* for backward compatibility: export this interface */
-
-PyObject *
-PyEval_CallObject(PyObject *func, PyObject *arg)
-{
-	return PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(func, arg, (PyObject *)NULL);
-}
-#define PyEval_CallObject(func,arg) \
-        PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(func, arg, (PyObject *)NULL)
 
 PyObject *
 PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(PyObject *func, PyObject *arg, PyObject *kw)