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Add a note about python 3.8 ABI dropping the m flag (#394)
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@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ are also encountered in the wild. Other less common or virtually
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unheard of flag combinations (such as ``--with-pydebug`` (``d``) and
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``--without-pymalloc`` (absence of ``m``)) are not provided.
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Note that `starting with CPython 3.8 <https://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/3.8.html#build-and-c-api-changes>`_,
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default ``sys.abiflags`` became an empty string: the ``m`` flag for pymalloc
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became useless (builds with and without pymalloc are ABI compatible) and so has
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been removed. (e.g. ``/opt/python/cp38-cp38``)
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