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created_at = <Date 2021-04-27.17:57:00.754>
labels = ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.7', 'docs']
title = 'C-API: Incorrect default value for Py_SetProgramName'
updated_at = <Date 2021-05-21.15:51:45.214>
user = 'https://github.com/joukewitteveen'

activity = <Date 2021-05-21.15:51:45.214>
actor = 'joukewitteveen'
assignee = 'docs@python'
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components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2021-04-27.17:57:00.754>
creator = 'joukewitteveen'
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hgrepos = []
issue_num = 43956
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message_count = 3.0
messages = ['392113', '393504', '394123']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['vstinner', 'docs@python', 'joukewitteveen']
pr_nums = ['24876']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue43956'
versions = ['Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7', 'Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']

Activity

1. joukewitteveen commented on Apr 27, 2021

   

   joukewitteveenmannequin

   on Apr 27, 2021

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   The default program name is hardcoded in Python/initconfig.c:config_init_program_name. It is "python" on Windows, and "python3" elsewhere. The documentation currently suggests that it is "python" everywhere.

   Additionally, the documentation currently says:

   The argument should point to a zero-terminated wide character string in static storage whose contents will not change for the duration of the program’s execution.

   The code, however, duplicates the string, so I am not sure this is true.
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7. vstinner commented on May 12, 2021

   

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   I created bpo-44113: "[C API] Deprecate legacy API for configure Python initialization".
8. joukewitteveen commented on May 21, 2021

   

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   It is unclear to me what is holding back the proposed pull request. Is it simply waiting for someone from docs@python to take a look, or did it fall off the radar of vstinner in his related activities to deprecate the legacy API?
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10. erlend-aasland commented on Jan 12, 2024

    

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    Closing as out-dated.
11. erlend-aasland

    closed this as not plannedon Jan 12, 2024

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