PEP 578
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PEP 578 is a Python enhancement proposal that introduces a security audit hook framework to help monitor and control runtime events in Python applications.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PEP 578 canonical | 1 |
| PEP 578 – Python Runtime Audit Hooks | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PEP 578 Context triple: [Python 3.8, hasPEP, PEP 578]
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A.
PEP 570
PEP 570 is the Python Enhancement Proposal that introduced positional-only parameters to Python function definitions, formalizing a syntax for arguments that must be passed by position.
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B.
PEP 572
PEP 572 is the Python proposal that introduced the “walrus operator” (:=) for assignment expressions, allowing assignment within larger expressions.
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C.
PEP 695
PEP 695 is a Python Enhancement Proposal that introduces a new, more concise syntax for type parameter declarations to improve the language’s support for generics and static typing.
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D.
PEP 622
PEP 622 is a Python Enhancement Proposal that introduced the design for structural pattern matching syntax later adopted in Python 3.10.
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E.
PEP 636
PEP 636 is a Python Enhancement Proposal that serves as a tutorial-style guide to the structural pattern matching feature introduced in Python 3.10.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PEP 578 Target entity description: PEP 578 is a Python enhancement proposal that introduces a security audit hook framework to help monitor and control runtime events in Python applications.
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A.
PEP 570
PEP 570 is the Python Enhancement Proposal that introduced positional-only parameters to Python function definitions, formalizing a syntax for arguments that must be passed by position.
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B.
PEP 572
PEP 572 is the Python proposal that introduced the “walrus operator” (:=) for assignment expressions, allowing assignment within larger expressions.
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C.
PEP 695
PEP 695 is a Python Enhancement Proposal that introduces a new, more concise syntax for type parameter declarations to improve the language’s support for generics and static typing.
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D.
PEP 622
PEP 622 is a Python Enhancement Proposal that introduced the design for structural pattern matching syntax later adopted in Python 3.10.
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E.
PEP 636
PEP 636 is a Python Enhancement Proposal that serves as a tutorial-style guide to the structural pattern matching feature introduced in Python 3.10.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Python Enhancement Proposal ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
help control runtime events in Python applications
ⓘ
help monitor runtime events in Python applications ⓘ |
| allows |
interception of selected runtime events
ⓘ
registration of audit hooks at runtime ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Python runtime
ⓘ
Python standard library ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Security PEP
ⓘ
linked to:
PEPs
|
| clarifies | how and when audit hooks are invoked ⓘ |
| createdForVersion | Python 3.8 ⓘ |
| definesAPI |
audit hooks
ⓘ
sys.addaudithook ⓘ |
| definesConcept |
audit events
ⓘ
audit hook callbacks ⓘ |
| discussedOn | python-dev mailing list ⓘ |
| documentType | design specification ⓘ |
| enables |
integration with external security monitoring systems
ⓘ
system-wide auditing of Python code execution ⓘ |
| ensures | backwards compatibility where possible ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
auditing
ⓘ
security ⓘ |
| governingBody | Python Software Foundation ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Steve Dower ⓘ |
| implementedIn |
CPython
ⓘ
linked to:
Python reference implementation (CPython)
|
| introducesFeature |
Python runtime audit hooks
ⓘ
security audit hook framework ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| motivation |
enable external tools to audit Python runtime behavior
ⓘ
provide a standardized way to observe security-relevant events ⓘ |
| partOf | Python language specification process ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
PEP 551
ⓘ
Python security model ⓘ |
| repository | https://peps.python.org/pep-0578/ ⓘ |
| scope | CPython interpreter behavior ⓘ |
| status | Final ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Python implementers
ⓘ
library and framework authors ⓘ security engineers ⓘ |
| title |
PEP 578 – Python Runtime Audit Hooks
ⓘ
linked to:
PEP 578
|
| type |
Standards Track PEP
ⓘ
linked to:
Standards Track PEPs
|
| yearProposed | 2019 ⓘ |
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Subject: PEP 578 Description of subject: PEP 578 is a Python enhancement proposal that introduces a security audit hook framework to help monitor and control runtime events in Python applications.
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