We can revisit the options for keeping it global later, if desired. For now the approach seems quite complex, so we've gone with the simpler isolation solution in the meantime.
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/100227
This reverts commit 87be8d9.
This approach to keeping the interned strings safe is turning out to be too complex for my taste (due to obmalloc isolation). For now I'm going with the simpler solution, making the dict per-interpreter. We can revisit that later if we want a sharing solution.
This is effectively two changes. The first (the bulk of the change) is where we add _Py_AddToGlobalDict() (and _PyRuntime.cached_objects.main_tstate, etc.). The second (much smaller) change is where we update PyUnicode_InternInPlace() to use _Py_AddToGlobalDict() instead of calling PyDict_SetDefault() directly.
Basically, _Py_AddToGlobalDict() is a wrapper around PyDict_SetDefault() that should be used whenever we need to add a value to a runtime-global dict object (in the few cases where we are leaving the container global rather than moving it to PyInterpreterState, e.g. the interned strings dict). _Py_AddToGlobalDict() does all the necessary work to make sure the target global dict is shared safely between isolated interpreters. This is especially important as we move the obmalloc state to each interpreter (gh-101660), as well as, potentially, the GIL (PEP 684).
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/100227
Some incompatible changes had gone in, and the "ignore" lists weren't properly undated. This change fixes that. It's necessary prior to enabling test_check_c_globals, which I hope to do soon.
Note that this does include moving last_resort_memory_error to PyInterpreterState.
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/90110
* move _PyRuntime.global_objects.interned to _PyRuntime.cached_objects.interned_strings (and use _Py_CACHED_OBJECT())
* rename _PyRuntime.global_objects to _PyRuntime.static_objects
(This also relates to gh-96075.)
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/90111
This is part of the effort to consolidate global variables, to make them easier to manage (and make it easier to later move some of them to PyInterpreterState).
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/81057
As we consolidate global variables, we find some objects that are almost suitable to add to _PyRuntimeState.global_objects, but have some small/sneaky bit of per-interpreter state (e.g. a weakref list). We're adding PyInterpreterState.static_objects so we can move such objects there. (We'll removed the _not_used field once we've added others.)
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/81057
We're no longer using _Py_IDENTIFIER() (or _Py_static_string()) in any core CPython code. It is still used in a number of non-builtin stdlib modules.
The replacement is: PyUnicodeObject (not pointer) fields under _PyRuntimeState, statically initialized as part of _PyRuntime. A new _Py_GET_GLOBAL_IDENTIFIER() macro facilitates lookup of the fields (along with _Py_GET_GLOBAL_STRING() for non-identifier strings).
https://bugs.python.org/issue46541#msg411799 explains the rationale for this change.
The core of the change is in:
* (new) Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h - the declarations for the global strings, along with the macros
* Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init.h - added the static initializers for the global strings
* Include/internal/pycore_global_objects.h - where the struct in pycore_global_strings.h is hooked into _PyRuntimeState
* Tools/scripts/generate_global_objects.py - added generation of the global string declarations and static initializers
I've also added a --check flag to generate_global_objects.py (along with make check-global-objects) to check for unused global strings. That check is added to the PR CI config.
The remainder of this change updates the core code to use _Py_GET_GLOBAL_IDENTIFIER() instead of _Py_IDENTIFIER() and the related _Py*Id functions (likewise for _Py_GET_GLOBAL_STRING() instead of _Py_static_string()). This includes adding a few functions where there wasn't already an alternative to _Py*Id(), replacing the _Py_Identifier * parameter with PyObject *.
The following are not changed (yet):
* stop using _Py_IDENTIFIER() in the stdlib modules
* (maybe) get rid of _Py_IDENTIFIER(), etc. entirely -- this may not be doable as at least one package on PyPI using this (private) API
* (maybe) intern the strings during runtime init
https://bugs.python.org/issue46541
Previously, the main interpreter was allocated on the heap during runtime initialization. Here we instead embed it into _PyRuntimeState, which means it is statically allocated as part of the _PyRuntime global. The same goes for the initial thread state (of each interpreter, including the main one). Consequently there are fewer allocations during runtime/interpreter init, fewer possible failures, and better memory locality.
FYI, this also helps efforts to consolidate globals, which in turns helps work on subinterpreter isolation.
https://bugs.python.org/issue45953
The empty bytes object (b'') and the 256 one-character bytes objects were allocated at runtime init. Now we statically allocate and initialize them.
https://bugs.python.org/issue45953
The array of small PyLong objects has been statically declared. Here I also statically initialize them. Consequently they are no longer initialized dynamically during runtime init.
I've also moved them under a new sub-struct in _PyRuntimeState, in preparation for static allocation and initialization of other global objects.
https://bugs.python.org/issue45953
Eric Snow
Kumar Aditya