* -X dev: it is now possible to override the memory allocator using
PYTHONMALLOC even if the developer mode is enabled.
* Add _Py_InitializeFromConfig()
* Add _Py_Initialize_ReadEnvVars() to set global configuration
variables from environment variables
* Fix the code to initialize Python: Py_Initialize() now also reads
environment variables
* _Py_InitializeCore() can now be called twice: the second call
only replaces the configuration.
* Write unit tests on Py_Initialize() and the different ways to
configure Python
* The isolated mode now always sets Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag and
Py_NoUserSiteDirectory to 1.
* pymain_read_conf() now saves/restores the configuration
if the encoding changed
* Don't use "Python runtime" anymore to parse command line options or
to get environment variables: pymain_init() is now a strict
separation.
* Use an error message rather than "crashing" directly with
Py_FatalError(). Limit the number of calls to Py_FatalError(). It
prepares the code to handle errors more nicely later.
* Warnings options (-W, PYTHONWARNINGS) and "XOptions" (-X) are now
only added to the sys module once Python core is properly
initialized.
* _PyMain is now the well identified owner of some important strings
like: warnings options, XOptions, and the "program name". The
program name string is now properly freed at exit.
pymain_free() is now responsible to free the "command" string.
* Rename most methods in Modules/main.c to use a "pymain_" prefix to
avoid conflits and ease debug.
* Replace _Py_CommandLineDetails_INIT with memset(0)
* Reorder a lot of code to fix the initialization ordering. For
example, initializing standard streams now comes before parsing
PYTHONWARNINGS.
* Py_Main() now handles errors when adding warnings options and
XOptions.
* Add _PyMem_GetDefaultRawAllocator() private function.
* Cleanup _PyMem_Initialize(): remove useless global constants: move
them into _PyMem_Initialize().
* Call _PyRuntime_Initialize() as soon as possible:
_PyRuntime_Initialize() now returns an error message on failure.
* Add _PyInitError structure and following macros:
* _Py_INIT_OK()
* _Py_INIT_ERR(msg)
* _Py_INIT_USER_ERR(msg): "user" error, don't abort() in that case
* _Py_INIT_FAILED(err)
bootstrap files:
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
Patch by Xiang Zhang
Victor Stinner
Victor Stinner
Steve Dower
Ned Deily
Eric Snow
Serhiy Storchaka
Berker Peksag
Nick Coghlan