Python/C API reference manual

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################################## Python/C API reference manual ##################################

This manual documents the API used by C and C++ programmers who want to write extension modules or embed Python. It is a companion to :ref:extending-index, which describes the general principles of extension writing but does not document the API functions in detail.

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intro.rst stable.rst veryhigh.rst refcounting.rst exceptions.rst extension-modules.rst utilities.rst abstract.rst concrete.rst interp-lifecycle.rst threads.rst synchronization.rst tls.rst subinterpreters.rst profiling.rst init_config.rst memory.rst objimpl.rst apiabiversion.rst monitoring.rst