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sunmy2019

opened on Apr 24, 2026

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Bug description:

RHEL8 ships a libffi 3.1 which does not support complex types. _Py_FFI_SUPPORT_C_COMPLEX is not checked.

https://buildbot.python.org/#/builders/164/builds/2127

CPython versions tested on:

CPython main branch

Operating systems tested on:

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Linked PRs

• gh-148967: Fix FFI type pointer handling for C complex support in set_stginfo_ffi_type_pointer #148969
• [3.14] gh-148967: Fix FFI type pointer handling for C complex support in set_stginfo_ffi_type_pointer (GH-148969) #149224

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1. sunmy2019

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   extension-modulesC modules in the Modules dirC modules in the Modules dir

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3. sunmy2019

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   Merge branch 'main' into pythongh-148967

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4. encukou

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   gh-148967: Fix FFI type pointer handling for C complex support in set…

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   [3.14] gh-148967: Fix FFI type pointer handling for C complex support…

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5. encukou

   closed this as completedon May 1, 2026

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