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bpo-46541: Replace core use of _Py_IDENTIFIER() with statically initialized global objects. (gh-30928) 
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
 		2022-02-08 13:39:07 -07:00
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README Issue #18093: Factor out the programs that embed the runtime 2014-07-25 21:52:14 +10:00
_bootstrap_python.c bpo-46476: Fix memory leak in code objects generated by deepfreeze (GH-30853) 2022-01-27 14:03:47 +01:00
_freeze_module.c bpo-46476: Fix memory leak in code objects generated by deepfreeze (GH-30853) 2022-01-27 14:03:47 +01:00
_freeze_module.py bpo-45949: Pure Python freeze module for cross builds (GH-29899) 2021-12-13 20:48:46 +01:00
_testembed.c bpo-46541: Replace core use of _Py_IDENTIFIER() with statically initialized global objects. (gh-30928) 2022-02-08 13:39:07 -07:00
freeze_test_frozenmain.py bpo-44131: Test Py_FrozenMain() (GH-26126) 2021-05-17 23:48:35 +02:00
python.c bpo-40268: Remove unused imports in pylifecycle.c (GH-19533) 2020-04-15 04:01:58 +02:00
test_frozenmain.h bpo-46541: Replace core use of _Py_IDENTIFIER() with statically initialized global objects. (gh-30928) 2022-02-08 13:39:07 -07:00
test_frozenmain.py bpo-44131: Py_FrozenMain() uses PyConfig_SetBytesArgv() (GH-26201) 2021-05-20 12:08:05 +02:00

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