gh-129342: Explain how to replace Py_GetProgramName() in C (#129361)

diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index dc44f3eaf877656aed14bd53bd0b31cc4a7e4512..8e3be97dfeefd169ff2319a01eeecfa75998c3bb 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -622,7 +622,8 @@ Process-wide parameters
       It now returns ``NULL`` if called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize`.
 
    .. deprecated-removed:: 3.13 3.15
-      Get :data:`sys.executable` instead.
+      Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("executable") <PyConfig_Get>`
+      (:data:`sys.executable`) instead.
 
 
 .. c:function:: wchar_t* Py_GetPrefix()
@@ -644,8 +645,10 @@ Process-wide parameters
       It now returns ``NULL`` if called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize`.
 
    .. deprecated-removed:: 3.13 3.15
-      Get :data:`sys.base_prefix` instead, or :data:`sys.prefix` if
-      :ref:`virtual environments <venv-def>` need to be handled.
+      Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("base_prefix") <PyConfig_Get>`
+      (:data:`sys.base_prefix`) instead. Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("prefix")
+      <PyConfig_Get>` (:data:`sys.prefix`) if :ref:`virtual environments
+      <venv-def>` need to be handled.
 
 
 .. c:function:: wchar_t* Py_GetExecPrefix()
@@ -690,9 +693,11 @@ Process-wide parameters
       It now returns ``NULL`` if called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize`.
 
    .. deprecated-removed:: 3.13 3.15
-      Get :data:`sys.base_exec_prefix` instead, or :data:`sys.exec_prefix` if
-      :ref:`virtual environments <venv-def>` need to be handled.
-
+      Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("base_exec_prefix") <PyConfig_Get>`
+      (:data:`sys.base_exec_prefix`) instead. Use
+      :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("exec_prefix") <PyConfig_Get>`
+      (:data:`sys.exec_prefix`) if :ref:`virtual environments <venv-def>` need
+      to be handled.
 
 .. c:function:: wchar_t* Py_GetProgramFullPath()
 
@@ -712,7 +717,8 @@ Process-wide parameters
       It now returns ``NULL`` if called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize`.
 
    .. deprecated-removed:: 3.13 3.15
-      Get :data:`sys.executable` instead.
+      Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("executable") <PyConfig_Get>`
+      (:data:`sys.executable`) instead.
 
 
 .. c:function:: wchar_t* Py_GetPath()
@@ -740,8 +746,8 @@ Process-wide parameters
       It now returns ``NULL`` if called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize`.
 
    .. deprecated-removed:: 3.13 3.15
-      Get :data:`sys.path` instead.
-
+      Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("module_search_paths") <PyConfig_Get>`
+      (:data:`sys.path`) instead.
 
 .. c:function:: const char* Py_GetVersion()
 
@@ -926,8 +932,8 @@ Process-wide parameters
       It now returns ``NULL`` if called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize`.
 
    .. deprecated-removed:: 3.13 3.15
-      Get :c:member:`PyConfig.home` or :envvar:`PYTHONHOME` environment
-      variable instead.
+      Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("home") <PyConfig_Get>` or the
+      :envvar:`PYTHONHOME` environment variable instead.
 
 
 .. _threads:

diff --git a/Doc/deprecations/c-api-pending-removal-in-3.15.rst b/Doc/deprecations/c-api-pending-removal-in-3.15.rst
index ac31b3cc8cd4512cf584261052a61deb11b518eb..666a1622dd0b29d83f70724b7ca0a3057daddcfc 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/deprecations/c-api-pending-removal-in-3.15.rst
+++ b/Doc/deprecations/c-api-pending-removal-in-3.15.rst
@@ -10,25 +10,35 @@ Pending removal in Python 3.15
   :c:func:`PyWeakref_GetRef` on Python 3.12 and older.
 * :c:type:`Py_UNICODE` type and the :c:macro:`!Py_UNICODE_WIDE` macro:
   Use :c:type:`wchar_t` instead.
-* Python initialization functions:
+* Python initialization functions, deprecated in Python 3.13:
 
-  * :c:func:`PySys_ResetWarnOptions`:
-    Clear :data:`sys.warnoptions` and :data:`!warnings.filters` instead.
-  * :c:func:`Py_GetExecPrefix`:
-    Get :data:`sys.base_exec_prefix` and :data:`sys.exec_prefix` instead.
   * :c:func:`Py_GetPath`:
-    Get :data:`sys.path` instead.
+    Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("module_search_paths") <PyConfig_Get>`
+    (:data:`sys.path`) instead.
   * :c:func:`Py_GetPrefix`:
-    Get :data:`sys.base_prefix` and :data:`sys.prefix` instead.
+    Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("base_prefix") <PyConfig_Get>`
+    (:data:`sys.base_prefix`) instead. Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("prefix")
+    <PyConfig_Get>` (:data:`sys.prefix`) if :ref:`virtual environments
+    <venv-def>` need to be handled.
+  * :c:func:`Py_GetExecPrefix`:
+    Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("base_exec_prefix") <PyConfig_Get>`
+    (:data:`sys.base_exec_prefix`) instead. Use
+    :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("exec_prefix") <PyConfig_Get>`
+    (:data:`sys.exec_prefix`) if :ref:`virtual environments <venv-def>` need to
+    be handled.
   * :c:func:`Py_GetProgramFullPath`:
-    Get :data:`sys.executable` instead.
+    Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("executable") <PyConfig_Get>`
+    (:data:`sys.executable`) instead.
   * :c:func:`Py_GetProgramName`:
-    Get :data:`sys.executable` instead.
+    Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("executable") <PyConfig_Get>`
+    (:data:`sys.executable`) instead.
   * :c:func:`Py_GetPythonHome`:
-    Get :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("home") <PyConfig_Get>`
-    or the :envvar:`PYTHONHOME` environment variable instead.
+    Use :c:func:`PyConfig_Get("home") <PyConfig_Get>` or the
+    :envvar:`PYTHONHOME` environment variable instead.
 
-  See also the :c:func:`PyConfig_Get` function.
+  The `pythoncapi-compat project
+  <https://github.com/python/pythoncapi-compat/>`__ can be used to get
+  :c:func:`PyConfig_Get` on Python 3.13 and older.
 
 * Functions to configure Python's initialization, deprecated in Python 3.11:
 
@@ -40,6 +50,8 @@ Pending removal in Python 3.15
     Set :c:member:`PyConfig.program_name` instead.
   * :c:func:`!Py_SetPythonHome()`:
     Set :c:member:`PyConfig.home` instead.
+  * :c:func:`PySys_ResetWarnOptions`:
+    Clear :data:`sys.warnoptions` and :data:`!warnings.filters` instead.
 
   The :c:func:`Py_InitializeFromConfig` API should be used with
   :c:type:`PyConfig` instead.