labs.quansight.org/blog/python-abi-abi3t

why can’t they just not change things?

ugh that’s the worst

had to pin versions for weeks

like my numpy broke

3.7 to 3.8 was brutal

what’s the worst abi break you’ve seen

until they crash your interpreter

but extensions are cool

agreed 😂

python’s abi is a mess

rust abi is stable

like rust does

freeze the abi

i don’t get why they can’t just freeze it

yeah that’s the problem

but they do break...

so extensions don’t break right?

wait what’s the point of abi then

lol because it’s cpython

like why can’t it be stable?

that’s annoying

yeah but the abi changes between versions

it’s just c code under the hood

idk man

like why does it break so often?

so cpython’s abi is weird

application binary interface

wait what’s abi again

lol me

yo who’s down for python abi deep dive?