bpo-28254: Improve markup and add a What's New entry.

python · vstinner · Apr 28, 2021 · Apr 28, 2021 · Apr 28, 2021 · Apr 28, 2021
commit bfbadb90eeac3d6ba5c51f6d2bfe41bfa495ec37
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
@@ -1691,6 +1691,13 @@ New Features
   singleton or the ``False`` singleton.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`43753`.)
 
+* Add new functions to quickly control the garbage collector from C code:
+  :c:func:`PyGC_Enable()`,
+  :c:func:`PyGC_Disable()`,
+  :c:func:`PyGC_IsEnabled()`.
+  This previously required importing the :mod:`gc` module and calling
+  Python functions in it, which is cumbersome from C code.
+
 Porting to Python 3.10
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2021-04-28-12-33-44.bpo-28254.a2561e.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2021-04-28-12-33-44.bpo-28254.a2561e.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Add new C-API functions to control the state of the garbage collector:
-PyGC_Enable(), PyGC_Disable(), PyGC_IsEnabled(), corresponding to the
-functions in the ``gc`` module.
+:c:func:`PyGC_Enable()`, :c:func:`PyGC_Disable()`, :c:func:`PyGC_IsEnabled()`,
+corresponding to the functions in the :mod:`gc` module.