PEP 637: Addnew slots to the C interface (#1750)

pep-0637.rst

@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ need to be implemented to support the extended call. We propose
 - ``PyObject_SetItemWithKeywords(PyObject *o, PyObject *key, PyObject *value, PyObject *kwargs)``
 - ``PyObject_GetItemWithKeywords(PyObject *o, PyObject *key, PyObject *kwargs)``
 
-Additionally, new opcodes will be needed for the enhanced call.  Currently, the
+New opcodes will be needed for the enhanced call.  Currently, the
 implementation uses ``BINARY_SUBSCR``, ``STORE_SUBSCR`` and ``DELETE_SUBSCR``
 to invoke the old functions. We propose ``BINARY_SUBSCR_KW``,
 ``STORE_SUBSCR_KW`` and ``DELETE_SUBSCR_KW`` for the new operations. The
@@ -614,6 +614,15 @@ compiler will have to generate these new opcodes. The
 old C implementations will call the extended methods passing ``NULL`` 
 as kwargs.
 
+Finally, the following new slots must be added to the ``PyMappingMethods`` struct:
+
+- ``mp_subscript_kw``
+- ``mp_ass_subscript_kw``
+
+These slots will have the appropriate signature to handle the dictionary object
+containing the keywords.
+
+
 Reference Implementation
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