gh-133644: remove `PyWeakref_GetObject` and `PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT` by picnixz · Pull Request #133657 · python/cpython · GitHub

Issue: Remove deprecated C API objects slated for removal in 3.15 #133644

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UPDATE: I excluded manually projects which refer to the functions without using them. I also excluded pythoncapi_compat.h file which excludes Pillow.

This change is a little bit scary: 30 projects in PyPI top 8,000 projects refer to these 2 functions:

PyQt5 (5.15.11)
PyQt6 (6.8.0)
amplpy (0.14.0)
apsw (3.48.0.0)
awscrt (0.23.7)
casadi (3.6.7)
catboost (1.2.7)
cvxpy (1.6.0)
gdal (3.10.1)
igraph (0.11.8)
m2crypto (0.43.0)
mecab_python3 (1.0.10)
nanobind (2.4.0)
psycopg2 (2.9.10)
psycopg2-binary (2.9.10)
pyarrow (19.0.0)
pygame (2.6.1)
pygraphviz (1.14)
pyqt5_sip (12.16.1)
pysqlite3 (0.5.4)
python_crfsuite (0.9.11)
sentencepiece (0.2.0)
sip (6.9.1)
sqlean_py (3.47.0)
tensorstore (0.1.71)
ufal.udpipe (1.3.1.1)
wxPython (4.2.2)

Details

amplpy-0.14.0.tar.gz: amplpy-0.14.0/amplpy/amplpython/cppinterface/amplpythonPYTHON_wrap.cxx: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
amplpy-0.14.0.tar.gz: amplpy-0.14.0/amplpy/amplpython/cppinterface/amplpythonPYTHON_wrap.cxx: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
apsw-3.48.0.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.48.0.0/src/faultinject.h: #undef PyWeakref_GetObject
apsw-3.48.0.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.48.0.0/src/faultinject.h: #define PyWeakref_GetObject(...) \
apsw-3.48.0.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.48.0.0/src/faultinject.h: __auto_type _res_PyWeakref_GetObject = 0 ? PyWeakref_GetObject(__VA_ARGS__) : 0;                                                                          \
apsw-3.48.0.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.48.0.0/src/faultinject.h: _res_PyWeakref_GetObject = (typeof (_res_PyWeakref_GetObject))APSW_FaultInjectControl("PyWeakref_GetObject", __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__, #__VA_ARGS__); \
apsw-3.48.0.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.48.0.0/src/faultinject.h: if ((typeof (_res_PyWeakref_GetObject))0x1FACADE == _res_PyWeakref_GetObject)                                                                             \
apsw-3.48.0.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.48.0.0/src/faultinject.h: _res_PyWeakref_GetObject = PyWeakref_GetObject(__VA_ARGS__);                                                                                           \
apsw-3.48.0.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.48.0.0/src/faultinject.h: else if ((typeof(_res_PyWeakref_GetObject))0x2FACADE == _res_PyWeakref_GetObject)                                                                         \
apsw-3.48.0.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.48.0.0/src/faultinject.h: PyWeakref_GetObject(__VA_ARGS__);                                                                                                                     \
apsw-3.48.0.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.48.0.0/src/faultinject.h: _res_PyWeakref_GetObject = (typeof (_res_PyWeakref_GetObject))18;                                                                                     \
apsw-3.48.0.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.48.0.0/src/faultinject.h: _res_PyWeakref_GetObject;                                                                                                                                 \
apsw-3.48.0.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.48.0.0/src/pyutil.c: PyObject *obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
awscrt-0.23.7.tar.gz: awscrt-0.23.7/source/module.c: /* Use PyWeakref_GetObject() (deprecated as of Python 3.13), which gets you:
awscrt-0.23.7.tar.gz: awscrt-0.23.7/source/module.c: PyObject *obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref); /* borrowed reference */
awscrt-0.23.7.tar.gz: awscrt-0.23.7/source/module.h: * This is a simplified version of PyWeakref_GetRef() / PyWeakref_GetObject().
awscrt-0.23.7.tar.gz: awscrt-0.23.7/source/module.h: * - Python 3.13 adds PyWeakref_GetRef() and deprecates PyWeakref_GetObject().
casadi-3.6.7.tar.gz: casadi-3.6.7/swig/python/target/source/casadiPYTHON_wrap.cxx: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
casadi-3.6.7.tar.gz: casadi-3.6.7/swig/python/target/source/casadiPYTHON_wrap.cxx: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
casadi-3.6.7.tar.gz: casadi-3.6.7/swig/python/target3/source/casadiPYTHON_wrap.cxx: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
casadi-3.6.7.tar.gz: casadi-3.6.7/swig/python/target3/source/casadiPYTHON_wrap.cxx: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
catboost-1.2.7.tar.gz: catboost-1.2.7/catboost_all_src/contrib/tools/swig/Lib/python/pyrun.swg: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
catboost-1.2.7.tar.gz: catboost-1.2.7/catboost_all_src/contrib/tools/swig/Lib/python/pyrun.swg: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
cvxpy-1.6.0.tar.gz: cvxpy-1.6.0/cvxpy/cvxcore/python/cvxcore_wrap.cxx: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
cvxpy-1.6.0.tar.gz: cvxpy-1.6.0/cvxpy/cvxcore/python/cvxcore_wrap.cxx: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
gdal-3.10.1.tar.gz: gdal-3.10.1/extensions/gdal_array_wrap.cpp: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
gdal-3.10.1.tar.gz: gdal-3.10.1/extensions/gdal_array_wrap.cpp: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
gdal-3.10.1.tar.gz: gdal-3.10.1/extensions/gdal_wrap.cpp: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
gdal-3.10.1.tar.gz: gdal-3.10.1/extensions/gdal_wrap.cpp: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
gdal-3.10.1.tar.gz: gdal-3.10.1/extensions/gdalconst_wrap.c: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
gdal-3.10.1.tar.gz: gdal-3.10.1/extensions/gdalconst_wrap.c: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
gdal-3.10.1.tar.gz: gdal-3.10.1/extensions/gnm_wrap.cpp: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
gdal-3.10.1.tar.gz: gdal-3.10.1/extensions/gnm_wrap.cpp: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
gdal-3.10.1.tar.gz: gdal-3.10.1/extensions/ogr_wrap.cpp: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
gdal-3.10.1.tar.gz: gdal-3.10.1/extensions/ogr_wrap.cpp: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
gdal-3.10.1.tar.gz: gdal-3.10.1/extensions/osr_wrap.cpp: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
gdal-3.10.1.tar.gz: gdal-3.10.1/extensions/osr_wrap.cpp: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
igraph-0.11.8.tar.gz: igraph-0.11.8/src/_igraph/common.c: o=PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
m2crypto-0.43.0.tar.gz: m2crypto-0.43.0/src/SWIG/_m2crypto_wrap.c: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
m2crypto-0.43.0.tar.gz: m2crypto-0.43.0/src/SWIG/_m2crypto_wrap.c: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
mecab_python3-1.0.10.tar.gz: mecab_python3-1.0.10/src/MeCab/MeCab_wrap.cpp: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
mecab_python3-1.0.10.tar.gz: mecab_python3-1.0.10/src/MeCab/MeCab_wrap.cpp: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
nanobind-2.4.0.tar.gz: nanobind-2.4.0/cmake/darwin-ld-cpython.sym: -U _PyWeakref_GetObject
nanobind-2.4.0.tar.gz: nanobind-2.4.0/cmake/darwin-ld-pypy.sym: -U _PyPyWeakref_GET_OBJECT
nanobind-2.4.0.tar.gz: nanobind-2.4.0/cmake/darwin-ld-pypy.sym: -U _PyPyWeakref_GetObject
psycopg2-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-2.9.10/psycopg/connection_int.c: if (!(py_curs = PyWeakref_GetObject(self->async_cursor))) {
psycopg2-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-binary-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-binary-2.9.10/psycopg/connection_int.c: if (!(py_curs = PyWeakref_GetObject(self->async_cursor))) {
psycopg2-binary-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-binary-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-binary-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-binary-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-binary-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-binary-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-binary-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-binary-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
pyarrow-19.0.0.tar.gz: pyarrow-19.0.0/pyarrow/src/arrow/python/extension_type.cc: PyObject* inst = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(type_instance_.obj());
pygame-2.6.1.tar.gz: pygame-2.6.1/src_c/surface.c: tmp = PyWeakref_GetObject(PyList_GetItem(surf->locklist, i));
pygame-2.6.1.tar.gz: pygame-2.6.1/src_c/surface.c: consumer = PyWeakref_GetObject(consumer_ref);
pygame-2.6.1.tar.gz: pygame-2.6.1/src_c/surflock.c: ref = PyWeakref_GetObject(item);
pygame-2.6.1.tar.gz: pygame-2.6.1/src_c/surflock.c: ref = PyWeakref_GetObject(item);
pygraphviz-1.14.tar.gz: pygraphviz-1.14/pygraphviz/graphviz_wrap.c: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
pygraphviz-1.14.tar.gz: pygraphviz-1.14/pygraphviz/graphviz_wrap.c: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
PyQt5-5.15.11.tar.gz: PyQt5-5.15.11/qpy/QtCore/qpycore_pyqtslot.cpp: return PyWeakref_GetObject(mself_wr);
pyqt5_sip-12.16.1.tar.gz: pyqt5_sip-12.16.1/qtlib.c: if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot->weakSlot)) == NULL)
PyQt6-6.8.0.tar.gz: PyQt6-6.8.0/qpy/QtCore/qpycore_pyqtslot.cpp: return PyWeakref_GetObject(mself_wr);
pysqlite3-0.5.4.tar.gz: pysqlite3-0.5.4/src/util.h: obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
python_crfsuite-0.9.11.tar.gz: python_crfsuite-0.9.11/crfsuite/swig/python/export_wrap.cpp: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
python_crfsuite-0.9.11.tar.gz: python_crfsuite-0.9.11/crfsuite/swig/python/export_wrap.cpp: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
sentencepiece-0.2.0.tar.gz: sentencepiece-0.2.0/src/sentencepiece/sentencepiece_wrap.cxx: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
sentencepiece-0.2.0.tar.gz: sentencepiece-0.2.0/src/sentencepiece/sentencepiece_wrap.cxx: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
sip-6.9.1.tar.gz: sip-6.9.1/sipbuild/module/source/12/qtlib.c: if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot->weakSlot)) == NULL)
sqlean_py-3.47.0.tar.gz: sqlean_py-3.47.0/src/util.h: obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
tensorstore-0.1.71.tar.gz: tensorstore-0.1.71/python/tensorstore/garbage_collection.cc: PyObject* python_obj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(weak_ref.get());
tensorstore-0.1.71.tar.gz: tensorstore-0.1.71/python/tensorstore/garbage_collection.cc: PyObject* obj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(weak_ref.get());
ufal.udpipe-1.3.1.1.tar.gz: ufal.udpipe-1.3.1.1/ufal/udpipe/udpipe_python.cpp: pyobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
ufal.udpipe-1.3.1.1.tar.gz: ufal.udpipe-1.3.1.1/ufal/udpipe/udpipe_python.cpp: PyObject *wobj = PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(pyobj);
wxPython-4.2.2.tar.gz: wxPython-4.2.2/sip/siplib/qtlib.c: if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot->weakSlot)) == NULL)

pillow (11.1.0)

Pillow only uses PyWeakref_GetObject in pythoncapi_compat.h, where it's only used for 3.12 and older.

How does the list change if you exclude pythoncapi_compat.h?

Pillow only uses PyWeakref_GetObject in pythoncapi_compat.h, where it's only used for 3.12 and older.

Oh correct, I modified my script to exclude pythoncapi_compat.h.

How does the list change if you exclude pythoncapi_compat.h?

I modified the list to manually exclude projects which only refer to these functions without using them. I also used the updated script to exclude pythoncapi_compat.h which excludes Pillow.

The number of impacts projects moved from 38 to 27, it's better!

…ted-weakrefs-133644

@vstinner, could you share your script, or run it again? It looks like the situation is much better now.

The scripts:

A code search on PyWeakref_GetObject on PyPI top 15,000 (!) projects found 23 affected projects:

PyQt5 (5.15.11)
apsw (3.50.4.0)
apsw-sqlite3mc (3.50.4.0)
awscrt (0.28.1)
cffi (2.0.0)
cython (3.1.4)
dbus-python (1.4.0)
hunter (3.9.0)
igraph (0.11.9)
klayout (0.30.4)
minorminer (0.2.19)
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics (10.6.26)
psycopg2 (2.9.10)
psycopg2-binary (2.9.10)
pygame (2.6.1)
pyqt5_sip (12.17.0)
pyqt6 (6.9.1)
pysqlite3 (0.5.4)
questdb (3.0.0)
sip (6.12.0)
sqlcipher3_wheels-0.5.5.post0
sqlean_py (3.50.4.3)
wxPython (4.2.3)

Details

apsw-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: __auto_type _res_PyWeakref_GetObject = 0 ? PyWeakref_GetObject(__VA_ARGS__) : 0;                                                                          \
apsw-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: _res_PyWeakref_GetObject = (typeof (_res_PyWeakref_GetObject))APSW_FaultInjectControl("PyWeakref_GetObject", __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__, #__VA_ARGS__); \
apsw-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: if ((typeof (_res_PyWeakref_GetObject))0x1FACADE == _res_PyWeakref_GetObject)                                                                             \
apsw-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: _res_PyWeakref_GetObject = PyWeakref_GetObject(__VA_ARGS__);                                                                                           \
apsw-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: else if ((typeof(_res_PyWeakref_GetObject))0x2FACADE == _res_PyWeakref_GetObject)                                                                         \
apsw-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: PyWeakref_GetObject(__VA_ARGS__);                                                                                                                     \
apsw-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: _res_PyWeakref_GetObject = (typeof (_res_PyWeakref_GetObject))18;                                                                                     \
apsw-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: _res_PyWeakref_GetObject;                                                                                                                                 \
apsw-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-3.50.4.0/src/pyutil.c: PyObject *obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: #define PyWeakref_GetObject(...) \
apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: __auto_type _res_PyWeakref_GetObject = 0 ? PyWeakref_GetObject(__VA_ARGS__) : 0;                                                                          \
apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: _res_PyWeakref_GetObject = (typeof (_res_PyWeakref_GetObject))APSW_FaultInjectControl("PyWeakref_GetObject", __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__, #__VA_ARGS__); \
apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: if ((typeof (_res_PyWeakref_GetObject))0x1FACADE == _res_PyWeakref_GetObject)                                                                             \
apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: _res_PyWeakref_GetObject = PyWeakref_GetObject(__VA_ARGS__);                                                                                           \
apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: else if ((typeof(_res_PyWeakref_GetObject))0x2FACADE == _res_PyWeakref_GetObject)                                                                         \
apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: PyWeakref_GetObject(__VA_ARGS__);                                                                                                                     \
apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: _res_PyWeakref_GetObject = (typeof (_res_PyWeakref_GetObject))18;                                                                                     \
apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0/src/faultinject.h: _res_PyWeakref_GetObject;                                                                                                                                 \
apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0.tar.gz: apsw-sqlite3mc-3.50.4.0/src/pyutil.c: PyObject *obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
awscrt-0.28.1.tar.gz: awscrt-0.28.1/source/module.c: /* Use PyWeakref_GetObject() (deprecated as of Python 3.13), which gets you:
awscrt-0.28.1.tar.gz: awscrt-0.28.1/source/module.c: PyObject *obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref); /* borrowed reference */
awscrt-0.28.1.tar.gz: awscrt-0.28.1/source/module.h: * This is a simplified version of PyWeakref_GetRef() / PyWeakref_GetObject().
awscrt-0.28.1.tar.gz: awscrt-0.28.1/source/module.h: * - Python 3.13 adds PyWeakref_GetRef() and deprecates PyWeakref_GetObject().
cffi-2.0.0.tar.gz: cffi-2.0.0/src/c/_cffi_backend.c: PyObject *obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
cython-3.1.4.tar.gz: cython-3.1.4/Cython/Includes/cpython/weakref.pxd: PyObject *obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
cython-3.1.4.tar.gz: cython-3.1.4/Cython/Includes/cpython/weakref.pxd: PyObject* PyWeakref_GetObject(object ref) except NULL
dbus-python-1.4.0.tar.gz: dbus-python-1.4.0/dbus_bindings/dbus_bindings-internal.h: PyObject *obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
hunter-3.9.0.tar.gz: hunter-3.9.0/src/hunter/vendor/_compat.h: obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
igraph-0.11.9.tar.gz: igraph-0.11.9/src/_igraph/common.c: o=PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
klayout-0.30.4.tar.gz: klayout-0.30.4/src/pya/pya/pyaSignalHandler.cc: PyObject *self = PyWeakref_GetObject (m_weak_self.get ());
klayout-0.30.4.tar.gz: klayout-0.30.4/src/pya/pya/pyaSignalHandler.cc: return PyWeakref_GetObject (m_weak_self.get ());
minorminer-0.2.19.tar.gz: minorminer-0.2.19/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/Cython/Includes/cpython/weakref.pxd: PyObject* PyWeakref_GetObject(object ref) except NULL
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26.tar.gz: passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26/sage/misc/weak_dict.pyx: PyObject* PyWeakref_GetObject(PyObject *ref)
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26.tar.gz: passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26/sage/misc/weak_dict.pyx: cdef WeakValueDictionary D = <object> PyWeakref_GetObject(<PyObject*> self.D)
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26.tar.gz: passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26/sage/misc/weak_dict.pyx: out = PyWeakref_GetObject(wr)
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26.tar.gz: passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26/sage/misc/weak_dict.pyx: cdef PyObject* outref = PyWeakref_GetObject(wr)
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26.tar.gz: passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26/sage/misc/weak_dict.pyx: out = PyWeakref_GetObject(wr)
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26.tar.gz: passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26/sage/misc/weak_dict.pyx: out = PyWeakref_GetObject(wr)
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26.tar.gz: passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26/sage/misc/weak_dict.pyx: return (wr != NULL) and (PyWeakref_GetObject(wr) != Py_None)
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26.tar.gz: passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26/sage/misc/weak_dict.pyx: if PyWeakref_GetObject(wr)!=Py_None:
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26.tar.gz: passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26/sage/misc/weak_dict.pyx: out = PyWeakref_GetObject(wr)
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26.tar.gz: passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26/sage/misc/weak_dict.pyx: out = PyWeakref_GetObject(wr)
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26.tar.gz: passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26/sage/structure/coerce_dict.pyx: from cpython.weakref cimport PyWeakref_GetObject, PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26.tar.gz: passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26/sage/structure/coerce_dict.pyx: cdef MonoDict md = <MonoDict>PyWeakref_GetObject(self.D)
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26.tar.gz: passagemath_standard_no_symbolics-10.6.26/sage/structure/coerce_dict.pyx: cdef TripleDict td = <TripleDict>PyWeakref_GetObject(self.D)
psycopg2-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-2.9.10/psycopg/connection_int.c: if (!(py_curs = PyWeakref_GetObject(self->async_cursor))) {
psycopg2-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-binary-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-binary-2.9.10/psycopg/connection_int.c: if (!(py_curs = PyWeakref_GetObject(self->async_cursor))) {
psycopg2-binary-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-binary-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-binary-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-binary-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-binary-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-binary-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
psycopg2-binary-2.9.10.tar.gz: psycopg2-binary-2.9.10/psycopg/cursor_type.c: && PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
pygame-2.6.1.tar.gz: pygame-2.6.1/src_c/surface.c: tmp = PyWeakref_GetObject(PyList_GetItem(surf->locklist, i));
pygame-2.6.1.tar.gz: pygame-2.6.1/src_c/surface.c: consumer = PyWeakref_GetObject(consumer_ref);
pygame-2.6.1.tar.gz: pygame-2.6.1/src_c/surflock.c: ref = PyWeakref_GetObject(item);
pygame-2.6.1.tar.gz: pygame-2.6.1/src_c/surflock.c: ref = PyWeakref_GetObject(item);
PyQt5-5.15.11.tar.gz: PyQt5-5.15.11/qpy/QtCore/qpycore_pyqtslot.cpp: return PyWeakref_GetObject(mself_wr);
pyqt5_sip-12.17.0.tar.gz: pyqt5_sip-12.17.0/qtlib.c: if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot->weakSlot)) == NULL)
pyqt6-6.9.1.tar.gz: pyqt6-6.9.1/qpy/QtCore/qpycore_pyqtslot.cpp: return PyWeakref_GetObject(mself_wr);
pysqlite3-0.5.4.tar.gz: pysqlite3-0.5.4/src/util.h: obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
questdb-3.0.0.tar.gz: questdb-3.0.0/src/questdb/ingress.pyx: from cpython.weakref cimport PyWeakref_NewRef, PyWeakref_GetObject
questdb-3.0.0.tar.gz: questdb-3.0.0/src/questdb/ingress.pyx: sender = PyWeakref_GetObject(self._row_complete_sender)
sip-6.12.0.tar.gz: sip-6.12.0/sipbuild/module/source/12/10/qtlib.c: else if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot -> weakSlot)) == NULL)
sip-6.12.0.tar.gz: sip-6.12.0/sipbuild/module/source/12/11/qtlib.c: else if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot -> weakSlot)) == NULL)
sip-6.12.0.tar.gz: sip-6.12.0/sipbuild/module/source/12/12/qtlib.c: else if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot -> weakSlot)) == NULL)
sip-6.12.0.tar.gz: sip-6.12.0/sipbuild/module/source/12/13/qtlib.c: else if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot -> weakSlot)) == NULL)
sip-6.12.0.tar.gz: sip-6.12.0/sipbuild/module/source/12/14/qtlib.c: if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot->weakSlot)) == NULL)
sip-6.12.0.tar.gz: sip-6.12.0/sipbuild/module/source/12/15/qtlib.c: if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot->weakSlot)) == NULL)
sip-6.12.0.tar.gz: sip-6.12.0/sipbuild/module/source/12/16/qtlib.c: if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot->weakSlot)) == NULL)
sip-6.12.0.tar.gz: sip-6.12.0/sipbuild/module/source/12/17/qtlib.c: if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot->weakSlot)) == NULL)
sip-6.12.0.tar.gz: sip-6.12.0/sipbuild/module/source/12/9/qtlib.c: else if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot -> weakSlot)) == NULL)
sqlcipher3_wheels-0.5.5.post0.tar.gz: sqlcipher3_wheels-0.5.5.post0/src/util.h: obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
sqlean_py-3.50.4.3.tar.gz: sqlean_py-3.50.4.3/src/util.h: obj = PyWeakref_GetObject(ref);
wxPython-4.2.3.tar.gz: wxPython-4.2.3/sip/siplib/qtlib.c: if ((sref = PyWeakref_GetObject(slot->weakSlot)) == NULL)

cython (3.1.4)

Cython is not affected, the matching line comes from a compatibility layer. It defines __Pyx_PyWeakref_GetRef macro as PyWeakref_GetRef on Python 3.13 on newer.

I found 4 projects (marked (!) below) that need a trivial change to switch away from PyWeakref_GetObject, and 4 more (marked (!!) below) where the code change wasn't readily apparent (I didn't spend much time investagating).

Others use PyWeakref_GetObject only for older Python versions; commonly to implement a backport of PyWeakref_GetRef.

PyQt5 (5.15.11) (!) (similar to pyqt6)
apsw
- faultinject.h has generated wrappers for "all" Python C API functions
- pyutil.c: used for backport of PyWeakref_GetRef
apsw-sqlite3mc - faultinject.h & pyutil.c as above
awscrt - #ifdef'd
cffi - used for backport of PyWeakref_GetRef
cython - not affected
dbus-python - used in backport_PyWeakref_GetRef
hunter - used for backport of PyWeakref_GetRef
igraph (0.11.9) (!!)
klayout (0.30.4) (!!)
minorminer - distributes a venv with Cython headers
passagemath_standard_no_symbolics (10.6.26) (!!)
psycopg2 (2.9.10) (!)
- connection_int.c: followed by INCREF
- cursor_type.c might slow down when switched to PyWeakref_GetRef; it does:
```
PyWeakref_GetObject(self->conn->async_cursor) == (PyObject*)self)
```
  See below.
psycopg2-binary (!) - as psycopg2
pygame (!)
- surface.c:1023 - followed by INCREF
- surface.c:3446 - will need a DECREF
- surflock.c:127 - a check similar to psycopg2
- surflock.c:142 - should switch to PyWeakref_IsDead
pyqt5_sip - fallback for PyWeakref_GetRef
pyqt6 (6.9.1) (!!)
pysqlite3 - fallback for PyWeakref_GetRef
questdb (!) - should switch to PyWeakref_IsDead
sip - fallback for PyWeakRef_GetRef in 12/14/ (and prseumably the newer ones)
sqlcipher3_wheels-0.5.5.post0 - used for backport of PyWeakref_GetRef
sqlean_py - used for backport of PyWeakref_GetRef
wxPython - fallback for PyWeakref_GetRef

For psycopg2's and pygame's case, we might want to add API to check if a weakref references a given object, like this:

int PyWeakref_CheckRef(PyObject *ref, PyObject *obj);

return 1 if ref is a weak reference to obj
return 0 if it is a reference to another object, or if it is dead
return -1 with exception set on error
- if ref is not a weakref, set a TypeError

But it seems this might not be widely useful.

@picnixz: Can you fix the merge conflict?

Yes, I was waiting for a decision to be made before fixing it. Should I understand that we want to merge this PR soon?

+1 for removing this in the first alpha.

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(FTR, the reason why I put my PRs into draft sometimes is because I'm worried that I messed up my merge commit. That way, I'm sure that I don't notify users by mistake)

Ok, let's remove it as soon as possible in the 3.15 dev cycle.

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