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bpo-43795: Note Stable ABI PEP in What's New #26479

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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
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C API Changes
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PEP 652: Maintaining the Stable ABI
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The Stable ABI (Application Binary Interface) for extension modules or
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Hm. The Stable ABI and C API in here?

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Well, the limited C API is also defined. I went with the PEP name to make things shorter.

embedding Python is now explicitly defined.
:ref:`stable` describes C API and ABI stability guarantees along with best
practices for using the Stable ABI.

(Contributed by Petr Viktorin in :pep:`652` and :issue:`43795`.)

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