As Windows 7 is not supported by Python 3.9, we just replace the dynamic load with a static import. Backports will have a different fix to ensure they continue to behave the same.
* _Py_FindEnvConfigValue() now returns a string allocated
by PyMem_RawMalloc().
* calculate_init() now decodes VPATH macro.
* Add calculate_open_pyenv() function.
* Add substring() and joinpath2() functions.
* Fix add_exe_suffix()
And a few cleanup changes.
Write the filename into a temporary buffer instead of reusing prefix.
The problem is that join() modifies prefix inplace. If prefix is not
normalized, join() can make prefix shorter and so gotlandmark()
does modify prefix instead of returning it unmodified.
* Add test_embed.test_init_setpath_config(): test Py_SetPath()
with PyConfig.
* test_init_setpath() and test_init_setpythonhome() no longer call
Py_SetProgramName(), but use the default program name.
* _PyPathConfig: isolated, site_import and base_executable
fields are now only available on Windows.
* If executable is set explicitly in the configuration, ignore
calculated base_executable: _PyConfig_InitPathConfig() copies
executable to base_executable.
* Complete path config documentation.
* search_for_prefix() directly calls reduce() if found is greater
than 0.
* Add calculate_pybuilddir() subfunction.
* search_for_prefix(): add path string buffer for readability.
* Fix some error handling code paths: release resources on error.
* calculate_read_pyenv(): rename tmpbuffer to filename.
* test.pythoninfo now also logs windows.dll_path
Refactor path configuration code:
* read_pth_file() now returns PyStatus to report errors, rather than
calling Py_FatalError().
* Move argv0_path and zip_path buffers out of PyCalculatePath
structures.
* On Windows, _PyPathConfig.home is now preferred over PyConfig.home.
* _PyConfig_InitPathConfig() now starts by copying the global path
configuration, and then override values set in PyConfig.
* _PyPathConfig_Calculate() implementations no longer override
_PyPathConfig fields which are already computed. For example,
if _PyPathConfig.prefix is not NULL, leave it unchanged.
* If Py_SetPath() has been called, _PyConfig_InitPathConfig() doesn't
call _PyPathConfig_Calculate() anymore.
* _PyPathConfig_Calculate() no longer uses PyConfig,
except to initialize PyCalculatePath structure.
* pathconfig_calculate(): remove useless temporary
"_PyPathConfig new_config" variable.
* calculate_module_search_path(): remove hack to workaround memory
allocation failure, call Py_FatalError() instead.
* Fix get_program_full_path(): handle memory allocation failure.
* If Py_SetPath() has been called, _PyConfig_InitPathConfig() now
uses its value.
* Py_Initialize() now longer copies path configuration from PyConfig
to the global path configuration (_Py_path_config).
The DLL path is not computed from any user configuration and cannot
be configured by PyConfig. Instead, add a new _Py_dll_path global variable.
Remove _PyConfig_SetPathConfig(): replaced with _PyPathConfig_Init().
Py_Initialize() now longer sets the "global path configuration",
but only initialize _Py_dll_path.
sys._base_executable is now always defined on all platforms, and can be overridden through configuration.
Also adds test.support.PythonSymlink to encapsulate platform-specific logic for symlinking sys.executable
* Add _PyInitError functions:
* _PyInitError_Ok()
* _PyInitError_Error()
* _PyInitError_NoMemory()
* _PyInitError_Exit()
* _PyInitError_IsError()
* _PyInitError_IsExit()
* _PyInitError_Failed()
* frozenmain.c and _testembed.c now use functions rather than macros.
* Move _Py_INIT_xxx() macros to the internal API.
* Move _PyWstrList_INIT macro to the internal API.
