gh-90814: Correct NEWS wording re. optional C11 features #96309
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The current wording of this entry suggests that CPython won't work if optional compiler features are enabled. That's not the case. The change is that we require C11 rather than C89. Note that PEP 7 does say "Python 3.11 and newer versions use C11 without optional features." It is correct there: that's not a guide for users who compile Python, but for CPython devs who must avoid the features.
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Thanks @encukou for the PR 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.11. |
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Sorry @encukou, I had trouble checking out the |
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Thanks for the better wording :-) PEP 7 says "Python 3.11 and newer versions use C11 without optional features": https://peps.python.org/pep-0007/#c-dialect |
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Please read the first comment here. |
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Ah right, the commit message mentions PEP 7 :-) |
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I mentioned PEP 7 since I didn't know if PEP 7 wording is correct. It seems so :-) |
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…nGH-96309) The previous wording of this entry suggests that CPython won't work if optional compiler features are enabled. That's not the case. The change is that we require C11 rather than C89. Note that PEP 7 does say "Python 3.11 and newer versions use C11 without optional features." It is correct there: that's not a guide for users who compile Python, but for CPython devs who must avoid the features.
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GH-96384 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.11 branch. |
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…H-96384) The previous wording of this entry suggests that CPython won't work if optional compiler features are enabled. That's not the case. The change is that we require C11 rather than C89. Note that PEP 7 does say "Python 3.11 and newer versions use C11 without optional features." It is correct there: that's not a guide for users who compile Python, but for CPython devs who must avoid the features.
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The current wording of this entry suggests that CPython
won't work if optional compiler features are enabled.
That's not the case. The real change is that we require C11
rather than C89.
Note that PEP-7 says "Python 3.11 and newer versions use C11
without optional features." That is correct: CPython devs
must avoid the features, so that they're not required to build Python.