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gh-145633: Allow PyFloat_Pack8 & PyFloat_UnPack* to fail in future CPython versions #153440

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6 changes: 0 additions & 6 deletions Doc/c-api/float.rst
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Expand Up @@ -233,9 +233,6 @@ most likely :exc:`OverflowError`).
Pack a C double as the IEEE 754 binary64 double precision format.
.. impl-detail::
This function always succeeds in CPython.
Unpack functions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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:c:func:`PyErr_Occurred` is true (and an exception is set, most likely
:exc:`OverflowError`).
.. impl-detail::
These functions always succeed in CPython.
.. c:function:: double PyFloat_Unpack2(const char *p, int le)
Unpack the IEEE 754 binary16 half-precision format as a C double.
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2026-07-09-16-46-30.gh-issue-145633.jyNwAs.rst
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:c:func:`PyFloat_Pack8` and ``PyFloat_Unpack*`` functions are no longer
guaranteed to always succeed on CPython.
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