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20 changes: 9 additions & 11 deletions Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
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``pyfpe.h`` from ``Py_LIMITED_API`` (stable API).
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`38835`.)

* Remove ``PyMethod_ClearFreeList()`` and ``PyCFunction_ClearFreeList()``
functions: the free lists of bound method objects have been removed.
(Contributed by Inada Naoki and Victor Stinner in :issue:`37340`.)

* Remove ``PyUnicode_ClearFreeList()`` function: the Unicode free list has been
removed in Python 3.3.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`38896`.)

* The ``tp_print`` slot of :ref:`PyTypeObject <type-structs>` has been removed.
It was used for printing objects to files in Python 2.7 and before. Since
Python 3.0, it has been ignored and unused.
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:issue:`40241`.)

* Remove the following functions from the C API. Call :c:func:`PyGC_Collect`
explicitly to free all free lists.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`40428`.)
explicitly to clear all free lists.
(Contributed by Inada Naoki and Victor Stinner in :issue:`37340`,
:issue:`38896` and :issue:`40428`.)

* ``PyAsyncGen_ClearFreeLists()``
* ``PyContext_ClearFreeList()``
* ``PyDict_ClearFreeList()``
* ``PyFloat_ClearFreeList()``
* ``PyFrame_ClearFreeList()``
* ``PyList_ClearFreeList()``
* ``PySet_ClearFreeList()``
* ``PyMethod_ClearFreeList()`` and ``PyCFunction_ClearFreeList()``:
the free lists of bound method objects have been removed.
* ``PySet_ClearFreeList()``: the set free list has been removed
in Python 3.4.
* ``PyTuple_ClearFreeList()``
* ``PyUnicode_ClearFreeList()``: the Unicode free list has been removed in
Python 3.3.


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