Implement the stable ABI bytes formatting functions

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Summary

Extract the missing PyBytes_FromFormat and PyBytes_FromFormatV implementations from #8954 into the current interpreter. These APIs predate Python 3.15 and remain in the public Limited API surface applicable to RustPython's abi3t target.

The patch changes only crates/capi/src/bytesobject.rs. It preserves the CPython 3.14 formatter's byte-oriented literals, integer widths, precision-limited strings, pointer spelling, percent escapes, and verbatim handling of unknown formats. No loader, lifecycle, error-state, dependency, export-generator, or test-marker changes are included.

One correction relative to the mega patch is intentional: %x reads a promoted C int, matching CPython, then casts it to unsigned for formatting. Reading a negative caller int directly as unsigned would not satisfy Rust's variadic argument representability requirements.

Provenance and ABI scope

• Mega source: 43065e79ddc46eafeca58cb39398ac007b5d25f7, bytesobject.rs formatter block.
• Both APIs are declared in the CPython 3.15 public header; they are not legacy abi_only entries like the export removed in Drop the legacy abi3-only PyCFunction_Call export #9059.
• CPython 3.14.7 implementation and stable ABI entries.
• Existing Impl PyBytes_FromString PyBytes_FromObject PyBytes_AsStringAndSize #8795 implemented other bytes APIs; Add minimal C-api implementation that builds with Pyo3 #7562 is an older broad C-API draft. A changed-file audit found no other open PR implementing this formatter outside Prepare Python 3.15 with rc3 libraries and native prerequisites #8954. Main's bytesobject.rs is unchanged through 082a48aec348a67fdf04a9347af4d16d7dea0a45.

Validation

• Independent source, ABI, variadic argument, and reference-ownership review.
• Normal commit hooks passed.
• cargo build --locked --offline --features capi -j1 --bin rustpython passed.
• Dynamic export inspection verified both new entry points and every local fixture dependency before loading the native adapter.
• Local C adapters compiled with -std=c11 -Wall -Wextra -Werror -fPIC -shared. They only return fixed-case results; all behavioral assertions are Python.
• The same Python oracle passed 66 bounded outcomes on native RustPython and exact CPython 3.14.7: direct and real va_list calls, signed/unsigned limits, negative hex, register/stack argument mixtures, bounded nonterminated strings, %c errors, raw bytes, unknown formats and pointer spelling. Successful calls after the errors also passed.
• From crates/capi: cargo clippy --offline --tests -j1 -- -D warnings passed.

The local fixture is Linux LP64 evidence, not a cross-platform ABI claim. No ctypes was used. The unchanged canonical BytesTest.test_from_format and full workspace suite were not run locally; no canonical assertions or markers were weakened. Hosted CI supplies broader build and test coverage.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added C API functions for creating bytes from format strings and variadic arguments. Supported conversions include characters, integers, strings, pointers, and literal percent signs. Formatting also supports precision for strings and selected integer length modifiers.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The C API adds PyBytes_FromFormat and PyBytes_FromFormatV. The formatter handles supported conversions, appends formatted values to a byte vector, and returns a bytes object.

Changes

Bytes format APIs

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Format bytes from variadic arguments crates/capi/src/bytesobject.rs	PyBytes_FromFormat forwards its variadic arguments to PyBytes_FromFormatV. The formatter handles the listed conversions, modifiers, and precision behavior, and reports overflow for %c values outside 0–255.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: bschoenmaeckers

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to fd77c

Calls with unusually large format widths or precisions can return bytes instead of raising an error. This is a bounded compatibility issue to fix or explicitly accept before merging.

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@bschoenmaeckers thanks!

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Review comments at @crates/capi/src/bytesobject.rs:
- Around line 46-169: Update PyBytes_FromFormatV to parse width and precision
with checked accumulation, returning ValueError when width exceeds isize::MAX or
precision exceeds c_int::MAX. Replace the skipped width digits and saturating
precision arithmetic while preserving the existing format parsing behavior for
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