(Contributed by Eddie Elizondo in :gh:`84436`.)
+* In the limited C API version 3.12, :c:func:`Py_INCREF` and
+ :c:func:`Py_DECREF` functions are now implemented as opaque function calls to
+ hide implementation details.
+ (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`105387`.)
+
Porting to Python 3.12
----------------------
static inline Py_ALWAYS_INLINE void Py_INCREF(PyObject *op)
{
-#if defined(Py_REF_DEBUG) && defined(Py_LIMITED_API)
- // Stable ABI for Python built in debug mode. _Py_IncRef() was added to
- // Python 3.10.0a7, use Py_IncRef() on older Python versions. Py_IncRef()
- // accepts NULL whereas _Py_IncRef() doesn't.
+#if defined(Py_LIMITED_API) && (Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x030c0000 || defined(Py_REF_DEBUG))
+ // Stable ABI implements Py_INCREF() as a function call on limited C API
+ // version 3.12 and newer, and on Python built in debug mode. _Py_IncRef()
+ // was added to Python 3.10.0a7, use Py_IncRef() on older Python versions.
+ // Py_IncRef() accepts NULL whereas _Py_IncRef() doesn't.
# if Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x030a00A7
_Py_IncRef(op);
# else
# define Py_INCREF(op) Py_INCREF(_PyObject_CAST(op))
#endif
-#if defined(Py_REF_DEBUG) && defined(Py_LIMITED_API)
-// Stable ABI for Python built in debug mode. _Py_DecRef() was added to Python
-// 3.10.0a7, use Py_DecRef() on older Python versions. Py_DecRef() accepts NULL
-// whereas _Py_IncRef() doesn't.
+#if defined(Py_LIMITED_API) && (Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x030c0000 || defined(Py_REF_DEBUG))
+// Stable ABI implements Py_DECREF() as a function call on limited C API
+// version 3.12 and newer, and on Python built in debug mode. _Py_DecRef() was
+// added to Python 3.10.0a7, use Py_DecRef() on older Python versions.
+// Py_DecRef() accepts NULL whereas _Py_IncRef() doesn't.
static inline void Py_DECREF(PyObject *op) {
# if Py_LIMITED_API+0 >= 0x030a00A7
_Py_DecRef(op);