From 6aa52cdffaafcc0006b07da424dc8d9944ec81b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?B=C3=A9n=C3=A9dikt=20Tran?=
 <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 09:59:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] remove

---
 Lib/ctypes/__init__.py                  | 6 ------
 Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_incomplete.py | 9 +++------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
index 823a3692fd1bbf..d6d07a13f756e2 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
@@ -379,12 +379,6 @@ def create_unicode_buffer(init, size=None):
         return buf
     raise TypeError(init)
 
-
-def SetPointerType(pointer, cls):
-    import warnings
-    warnings._deprecated("ctypes.SetPointerType", remove=(3, 15))
-    pointer.set_type(cls)
-
 def ARRAY(typ, len):
     return typ * len
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_incomplete.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_incomplete.py
index fefdfe9102e668..2f344611995b2c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_incomplete.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_incomplete.py
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ class cell(Structure):
             _fields_ = [("name", c_char_p),
                         ("next", lpcell)]
 
-        with warnings.catch_warnings():
-            warnings.simplefilter('ignore', DeprecationWarning)
-            ctypes.SetPointerType(lpcell, cell)
+        lpcell.set_type(cell)
 
         self.assertIs(POINTER(cell), lpcell)
 
@@ -50,10 +48,9 @@ class cell(Structure):
             _fields_ = [("name", c_char_p),
                         ("next", lpcell)]
 
-        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
-            ctypes.SetPointerType(lpcell, cell)
-
+        lpcell.set_type(cell)
         self.assertIs(POINTER(cell), lpcell)
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

From f5b3ec0ad3f3295ec746ad30ecfd0dfc72eafdaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?B=C3=A9n=C3=A9dikt=20Tran?=
 <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 10:01:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] remove `ctypes.SetPointerType`

---
 Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst                                     | 8 ++++++++
 .../2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst        | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
index 8e5a6fe9efaeff..8ad3178e44178e 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ Deprecated
 Removed
 =======
 
+ctypes
+------
+
+* The undocumented function :func:`!ctypes.SetPointerType`.
+  Use ``ptr.set_type(cls)`` instead.
+  (Contributed by Bénédikt Tran in :gh:`133866`.)
+
+
 typing
 ------
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b956978920fd8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The undocumented function :func:`!ctypes.SetPointerType`. Use
+``ptr.set_type(cls)`` instead. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.

From 89ed00aa2ef17a93866b0d0cb7eade504c7a797a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?B=C3=A9n=C3=A9dikt=20Tran?=
 <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 10:08:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] update NEWS

---
 Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst                                         | 1 -
 .../Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst    | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
index 8ad3178e44178e..6ab894a6488357 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ ctypes
 ------
 
 * The undocumented function :func:`!ctypes.SetPointerType`.
-  Use ``ptr.set_type(cls)`` instead.
   (Contributed by Bénédikt Tran in :gh:`133866`.)
 
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst
index b956978920fd8e..bf3327224db24f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-The undocumented function :func:`!ctypes.SetPointerType`. Use
-``ptr.set_type(cls)`` instead. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
+Remove the undocumented function :func:`!ctypes.SetPointerType`.
+Patch by Bénédikt Tran.

From a4c670080e2f54dd782b696fe2f60784e4399cb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?B=C3=A9n=C3=A9dikt=20Tran?=
 <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 11:19:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Update Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst

---
 Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
index 6f2761548255fd..d8dbbd5dde6c6f 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Removed
 ctypes
 ------
 
-* The undocumented function :func:`!ctypes.SetPointerType`.
+* Removed the undocumented function :func:`!ctypes.SetPointerType`.
   (Contributed by Bénédikt Tran in :gh:`133866`.)
 
 

From 0f7ecfe8c3557d58af1acf684fb5033ec0a46d39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?B=C3=A9n=C3=A9dikt=20Tran?=
 <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 16:16:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Petr Viktorin <encukou@gmail.com>
---
 Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst                                          | 3 ++-
 .../Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst     | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
index 8d8c1bd0dfe8ee..76c3683cb3a894 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ Removed
 ctypes
 ------
 
-* Removed the undocumented function :func:`!ctypes.SetPointerType`.
+* Removed the undocumented function :func:`!ctypes.SetPointerType`,
+  which has been deprecated since 3.13.
   (Contributed by Bénédikt Tran in :gh:`133866`.)
 
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst
index bf3327224db24f..15ec25b821c4c4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-Remove the undocumented function :func:`!ctypes.SetPointerType`.
+Remove the undocumented function :func:`!ctypes.SetPointerType`,
+which has been deprecated since 3.13.
 Patch by Bénédikt Tran.

From 270bc1c3ba02cf42b4eb66a81be9eb111850b99c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?B=C3=A9n=C3=A9dikt=20Tran?=
 <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 13:29:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Apply suggestions from code review

---
 Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst                                           | 2 +-
 .../next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
index 76c3683cb3a894..bc00dc0d672b6c 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ ctypes
 ------
 
 * Removed the undocumented function :func:`!ctypes.SetPointerType`,
-  which has been deprecated since 3.13.
+  which has been deprecated since Python 3.13.
   (Contributed by Bénédikt Tran in :gh:`133866`.)
 
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst
index 15ec25b821c4c4..00f13c9a305eb5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-11-10-01-48.gh-issue-133866.g3dHP_.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Remove the undocumented function :func:`!ctypes.SetPointerType`,
-which has been deprecated since 3.13.
+which has been deprecated since Python 3.13.
 Patch by Bénédikt Tran.