python · vstinner · Sep 28, 2019 · Sep 28, 2019
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst b/Doc/c-api/init_config.rst
@@ -194,18 +194,25 @@ PyPreConfig
    * Configure the LC_CTYPE locale
    * Set the UTF-8 mode
 
+   The :c:member:`struct_size` field must be explicitly initialized to
+   ``sizeof(PyPreConfig)``.
+
    Function to initialize a preconfiguration:
 
-   .. c:function:: void PyPreConfig_InitIsolatedConfig(PyPreConfig *preconfig)
+   .. c:function:: PyStatus PyPreConfig_InitIsolatedConfig(PyPreConfig *preconfig)
 
       Initialize the preconfiguration with :ref:`Python Configuration
       <init-python-config>`.
 
-   .. c:function:: void PyPreConfig_InitPythonConfig(PyPreConfig *preconfig)
+   .. c:function:: PyStatus PyPreConfig_InitPythonConfig(PyPreConfig *preconfig)
 
       Initialize the preconfiguration with :ref:`Isolated Configuration
       <init-isolated-conf>`.
 
+   The caller of these functions is responsible to handle exceptions (error or
+   exit) using :c:func:`PyStatus_Exception` and
+   :c:func:`Py_ExitStatusException`.
+
    Structure fields:
 
    .. c:member:: int allocator
@@ -267,6 +274,13 @@ PyPreConfig
       same way the regular Python parses command line arguments: see
       :ref:`Command Line Arguments <using-on-cmdline>`.
 
+   .. c:member:: size_t struct_size
+
+      Size of the structure in bytes: must be initialized to
+      ``sizeof(PyPreConfig)``.
+
+      Field used for API and ABI compatibility.
+
    .. c:member:: int use_environment
 
       See :c:member:`PyConfig.use_environment`.
@@ -316,12 +330,18 @@ the preinitialization.
 
 Example using the preinitialization to enable the UTF-8 Mode::
 
+    PyStatus status;
     PyPreConfig preconfig;
-    PyPreConfig_InitPythonConfig(&preconfig);
+    preconfig.struct_size = sizeof(PyPreConfig);
+
+    status = PyPreConfig_InitPythonConfig(&preconfig);
+    if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {
+        Py_ExitStatusException(status);
+    }
 
     preconfig.utf8_mode = 1;
 
-    PyStatus status = Py_PreInitialize(&preconfig);
+    status = Py_PreInitialize(&preconfig);
     if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {
         Py_ExitStatusException(status);
     }
@@ -340,6 +360,9 @@ PyConfig
 
    Structure containing most parameters to configure Python.
 
+   The :c:member:`struct_size` field must be explicitly initialized to
+   ``sizeof(PyConfig)``.
+
    Structure methods:
 
    .. c:function:: PyStatus PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(PyConfig *config)
@@ -656,6 +679,13 @@ PyConfig
       Encoding and encoding errors of :data:`sys.stdin`, :data:`sys.stdout` and
       :data:`sys.stderr`.
 
+   .. c:member:: size_t struct_size
+
+      Size of the structure in bytes: must be initialized to
+      ``sizeof(PyConfig)``.
+
+      Field used for API and ABI compatibility.
+
    .. c:member:: int tracemalloc
 
       If non-zero, call :func:`tracemalloc.start` at startup.
@@ -718,6 +748,7 @@ Example setting the program name::
     {
         PyStatus status;
         PyConfig config;
+        config.struct_size = sizeof(PyConfig);
 
         status = PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(&config);
         if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {
@@ -750,6 +781,7 @@ configuration, and then override some parameters::
     {
         PyStatus status;
         PyConfig config;
+        config.struct_size = sizeof(PyConfig);
 
         status = PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(&config);
         if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {
@@ -835,8 +867,9 @@ Example of customized Python always running in isolated mode::
 
     int main(int argc, char **argv)
     {
-        PyConfig config;
         PyStatus status;
+        PyConfig config;
+        config.struct_size = sizeof(PyConfig);
 
         status = PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(&config);
         if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {
@@ -1028,6 +1061,7 @@ phases::
     {
         PyStatus status;
         PyConfig config;
+        config.struct_size = sizeof(PyConfig);
 
         status = PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(&config);
         if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {

diff --git a/Include/cpython/initconfig.h b/Include/cpython/initconfig.h
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyStatus) PyWideStringList_Insert(PyWideStringList *list,
 /* --- PyPreConfig ----------------------------------------------- */
 
 typedef struct {
-    int _config_version;  /* Internal configuration version,
-                             used for ABI compatibility */
+    /* Size of the structure in bytes: must be initialized to
+       sizeof(PyPreConfig). Field used for API and ABI compatibility. */
+    size_t struct_size;
+
     int _config_init;     /* _PyConfigInitEnum value */
 
     /* Parse Py_PreInitializeFromBytesArgs() arguments?
@@ -122,15 +124,17 @@ typedef struct {
     int allocator;
 } PyPreConfig;
 
-PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyPreConfig_InitPythonConfig(PyPreConfig *config);
-PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyPreConfig_InitIsolatedConfig(PyPreConfig *config);
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyStatus) PyPreConfig_InitPythonConfig(PyPreConfig *config);
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyStatus) PyPreConfig_InitIsolatedConfig(PyPreConfig *config);
 
 
 /* --- PyConfig ---------------------------------------------- */
 
 typedef struct {
-    int _config_version;  /* Internal configuration version,
-                             used for ABI compatibility */
+    /* Size of the structure in bytes: must be initialized to
+       sizeof(PyConfig). Field used for API and ABI compatibility. */
+    size_t struct_size;
+
     int _config_init;     /* _PyConfigInitEnum value */
 
     int isolated;         /* Isolated mode? see PyPreConfig.isolated */
@@ -403,7 +407,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
     /* If equal to 0, stop Python initialization before the "main" phase */
     int _init_main;
-
 } PyConfig;
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyStatus) PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(PyConfig *config);

diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_initconfig.h b/Include/internal/pycore_initconfig.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ extern "C" {
     (err._type == _PyStatus_TYPE_EXIT)
 #define _PyStatus_EXCEPTION(err) \
     (err._type != _PyStatus_TYPE_OK)
+#define _PyStatus_UPDATE_FUNC(err) \
+    do { err.func = _PyStatus_GET_FUNC(); } while (0)
 
 /* --- PyWideStringList ------------------------------------------------ */
 
@@ -118,11 +120,11 @@ extern PyStatus _PyPreCmdline_Read(_PyPreCmdline *cmdline,
 
 /* --- PyPreConfig ----------------------------------------------- */
 
-PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyPreConfig_InitCompatConfig(PyPreConfig *preconfig);
-extern void _PyPreConfig_InitFromConfig(
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyStatus) _PyPreConfig_InitCompatConfig(PyPreConfig *preconfig);
+extern PyStatus _PyPreConfig_InitFromConfig(
     PyPreConfig *preconfig,
     const PyConfig *config);
-extern void _PyPreConfig_InitFromPreConfig(
+extern PyStatus _PyPreConfig_InitFromPreConfig(
     PyPreConfig *preconfig,
     const PyPreConfig *config2);
 extern PyObject* _PyPreConfig_AsDict(const PyPreConfig *preconfig);
@@ -135,16 +137,14 @@ extern PyStatus _PyPreConfig_Write(const PyPreConfig *preconfig);
 
 /* --- PyConfig ---------------------------------------------- */
 
-#define _Py_CONFIG_VERSION 1
-
 typedef enum {
     /* Py_Initialize() API: backward compatibility with Python 3.6 and 3.7 */
     _PyConfig_INIT_COMPAT = 1,
     _PyConfig_INIT_PYTHON = 2,
     _PyConfig_INIT_ISOLATED = 3
 } _PyConfigInitEnum;
 
-PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyConfig_InitCompatConfig(PyConfig *config);
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyStatus) _PyConfig_InitCompatConfig(PyConfig *config);
 extern PyStatus _PyConfig_Copy(
     PyConfig *config,
     const PyConfig *config2);

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2019-09-28-03-43-27.bpo-38304.RqHAwd.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2019-09-28-03-43-27.bpo-38304.RqHAwd.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Add a new ``struct_size`` field to :c:type:`PyPreConfig` and :c:type:`PyConfig`
+structures to allow to modify these structures in the future without breaking
+the backward compatibility.
diff --git a/Modules/main.c b/Modules/main.c
@@ -53,13 +53,20 @@ pymain_init(const _PyArgv *args)
 #endif
 
     PyPreConfig preconfig;
-    PyPreConfig_InitPythonConfig(&preconfig);
+    preconfig.struct_size = sizeof(PyPreConfig);
+
+    status = PyPreConfig_InitPythonConfig(&preconfig);
+    if (_PyStatus_EXCEPTION(status)) {
+        return status;
+    }
+
     status = _Py_PreInitializeFromPyArgv(&preconfig, args);
     if (_PyStatus_EXCEPTION(status)) {
         return status;
     }
 
     PyConfig config;
+    config.struct_size = sizeof(PyConfig);
     status = PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(&config);
     if (_PyStatus_EXCEPTION(status)) {
         goto done;

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     PyStatus status;
     PyConfig config;
+    config.struct_size = sizeof(PyConfig);
 
     status = PyConfig_InitIsolatedConfig(&config);
     if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {