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GeezerVison is showing github.com — gh-76007: Deprecate `__version__` attribute in `ctypes` by hugovk · Pull Request #142679 · python/cpython

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@hugovk hugovk commented Dec 13, 2025 •
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  • Issue: Misleading __version__ attribute of modules in standard library #76007

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Deprecate __version__ attribute in ctypes
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hugovk requested a review from AA-Turner as a code owner December 13, 2025 19:21
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Misleading __version__ attribute of modules in standard library #76007
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LGTM. I'm fine with removing the private ctypes._ctypes_version attribute.

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@bedevere-app bedevere-app Bot added awaiting merge and removed awaiting core review labels Dec 15, 2025
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hugovk merged commit 38ad651 into python:main Dec 15, 2025
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hugovk deleted the 3.15-deprecate-__version__ctypes branch December 15, 2025 11:30
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fatelei pushed a commit to fatelei/cpython that referenced this pull request Dec 16, 2025
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pythongh-76007: Deprecate __version__ attribute in ctypes (python…
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