From 0072e9080ca270bc71cc26988a2ef92dc2041e70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Seth Larson Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 17:44:02 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update "One-time ABI Breakage" --- content/posts/language-summit-2026-lightning-talks/index.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/posts/language-summit-2026-lightning-talks/index.md b/content/posts/language-summit-2026-lightning-talks/index.md index 83d2644..bb96351 100644 --- a/content/posts/language-summit-2026-lightning-talks/index.md +++ b/content/posts/language-summit-2026-lightning-talks/index.md @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ Free-threaded Python has not promised Stable ABI compatibility for its object layout, unlike non-free-threaded Python, which exposed details about `ob_refcnt` in the Stable ABI. -It was at this point that it began slowly dawning on Mark, to his horror, that free-threaded -Python may be solving his problem. After free-threading becomes the new Python default, +There didn't appear to be much appetite for breaking the existing Stable ABI. +After free-threading becomes the new Python default, the Stable ABI that exposes the object header internals will be no more, and Mark and team can make changes to the object header more freely. We’ll just have to be patient!