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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
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* ``Include/*.h`` should be the portable public stable C API.
* ``Include/cpython/*.h`` should be the unstable C API specific to CPython;
public API, with some private API prefixed by ``_Py`` or ``_PY``.
public API, with some private API prefixed by ``_Py`` or ``_PY``.
* ``Include/internal/*.h`` is the private internal C API very specific to
CPython. This API comes with no backward compatibility warranty and should
not be used outside CPython. It is only exposed for very specific needs
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* The :c:func:`PyByteArray_Init` and :c:func:`PyByteArray_Fini` functions have
been removed. They did nothing since Python 2.7.4 and Python 3.2.0, were
excluded from the limited API (stable ABI), and were not documented.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`32980`.)

* The result of :c:func:`PyExceptionClass_Name` is now of type
``const char *`` rather of ``char *``.
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