On 2017-04-11, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Do you mean this? >>> >>> https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/intro.html >> >> I think so. That's the C API for one particlar implementation of >> Python "CPython", right? >> >> There is no "Python" C API specified as part of the language >> definition is there? > > Oh, I see what you mean. > > That is indeed correct - there is no language-level API specification > - but it's linguistically redundant to say "the CPython C API", so > it's often not said that way.
If there are now other Python implementations (e.g. MicroPython) with C APIs that differ from CPython, then it seems like it is no longer redundant to say "the CPython API". -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I know how to do at SPECIAL EFFECTS!! gmail.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list