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+# CPython C4 Model Architecture Diagrams
+
+This document contains comprehensive C4 model diagrams for the CPython codebase, from high-level system context down to detailed code structure.
+
+## Level 1: System Context Diagram
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+    subgraph "External Users"
+        DEV[Python Developers]
+        SYS[System Administrators]
+        APP[Application Users]
+    end
+
+    subgraph "External Systems"
+        OS[Operating System<br/>Windows/macOS/Linux]
+        FS[File System]
+        NET[Network Services]
+        LIB[Third-party Libraries]
+        EXT[C Extensions]
+    end
+
+    subgraph "CPython System"
+        CPY[CPython Interpreter<br/>Python 3.15]
+    end
+
+    DEV -->|"Writes Python Code"| CPY
+    SYS -->|"Configures & Deploys"| CPY
+    APP -->|"Runs Applications"| CPY
+
+    CPY -->|"System Calls"| OS
+    CPY -->|"File I/O"| FS
+    CPY -->|"Network Operations"| NET
+    CPY -->|"Imports Modules"| LIB
+    CPY -->|"Loads Extensions"| EXT
+
+    OS -->|"Process Management"| CPY
+    FS -->|"File Access"| CPY
+    NET -->|"Network Data"| CPY
+    LIB -->|"Standard Library"| CPY
+    EXT -->|"Native Code"| CPY
+```
+
+## Level 2: Container Diagram
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+    subgraph "CPython Runtime System"
+        subgraph "Core Interpreter"
+            PARSER[Parser<br/>PEG Grammar<br/>AST Generation]
+            COMPILER[Compiler<br/>AST to Bytecode<br/>Optimization]
+            VM[Virtual Machine<br/>Bytecode Execution<br/>Tier 1 & Tier 2]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Runtime Services"
+            GC[Garbage Collector<br/>Reference Counting<br/>Cycle Detection]
+            MEM[Memory Manager<br/>Object Allocation<br/>Free Lists]
+            THREAD[Threading System<br/>GIL Management<br/>Thread States]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Object System"
+            OBJ[Object Model<br/>Type System<br/>Method Resolution]
+            BUILTIN[Built-in Types<br/>int, str, list, dict<br/>etc.]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Module System"
+            IMPORT[Import System<br/>Module Loading<br/>Path Resolution]
+            STDLIB[Standard Library<br/>Built-in Modules<br/>Extension Modules]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "C API"
+            CAPI[C API<br/>Extension Interface<br/>Embedding Support]
+        end
+    end
+
+    subgraph "External Dependencies"
+        OS2[Operating System]
+        LIBS[System Libraries]
+    end
+
+    PARSER -->|"AST"| COMPILER
+    COMPILER -->|"Bytecode"| VM
+    VM -->|"Object Operations"| OBJ
+    VM -->|"Memory Requests"| MEM
+    VM -->|"GC Triggers"| GC
+    VM -->|"Thread Management"| THREAD
+
+    OBJ -->|"Type Operations"| BUILTIN
+    IMPORT -->|"Module Loading"| STDLIB
+    IMPORT -->|"Extension Loading"| CAPI
+
+    MEM -->|"System Calls"| OS2
+    THREAD -->|"Thread APIs"| OS2
+    STDLIB -->|"System Libraries"| LIBS
+    CAPI -->|"Extension Interface"| LIBS
+```
+
+## Level 3: Component Diagrams
+
+### Parser Container Components
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+    subgraph "Parser Container"
+        TOKENIZER[Tokenizer<br/>Lexical Analysis<br/>Token Generation]
+        PEG[PEG Parser<br/>Grammar Rules<br/>Syntax Analysis]
+        AST[AST Builder<br/>Abstract Syntax Tree<br/>Validation]
+        ERROR[Error Handler<br/>Syntax Errors<br/>Diagnostics]
+    end
+
+    TOKENIZER -->|"Tokens"| PEG
+    PEG -->|"Parse Tree"| AST
+    PEG -->|"Error Info"| ERROR
+    AST -->|"Validated AST"| COMPILER
+```
+
+### Virtual Machine Container Components
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+    subgraph "Virtual Machine Container"
+        subgraph "Tier 1 Interpreter"
+            EVAL[Bytecode Evaluator<br/>Main Execution Loop<br/>Opcode Dispatch]
+            FRAME[Frame Management<br/>Call Stack<br/>Local Variables]
+            STACK[Evaluation Stack<br/>Value Storage<br/>Stack Operations]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Tier 2 Interpreter"
+            UOP[Micro-op Interpreter<br/>Optimized Execution<br/>Superblocks]
+            OPT[Optimizer<br/>Bytecode Analysis<br/>Hot Path Detection]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Execution Support"
+            BREAK[Eval Breaker<br/>Signal Handling<br/>Interruption]
+            TRACE[Tracing System<br/>Profiling<br/>Debugging]
+        end
+    end
+
+    EVAL -->|"Frame Operations"| FRAME
+    EVAL -->|"Stack Operations"| STACK
+    EVAL -->|"Hot Code Detection"| OPT
+    OPT -->|"Optimized Code"| UOP
+    EVAL -->|"Interruption Checks"| BREAK
+    EVAL -->|"Trace Events"| TRACE
+```
+
+### Object System Container Components
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+    subgraph "Object System Container"
+        subgraph "Core Object Model"
+            OBJHDR[Object Header<br/>Reference Count<br/>Type Pointer]
+            TYPE[Type System<br/>Metaclass<br/>Method Resolution]
+            DESC[Descriptor Protocol<br/>Property Access<br/>Method Binding]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Built-in Types"
+            NUMERIC[Numeric Types<br/>int, float, complex]
+            SEQUENCE[Sequence Types<br/>str, list, tuple]
+            MAPPING[Mapping Types<br/>dict, set]
+            CALLABLE[Callable Types<br/>function, method]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Special Objects"
+            MODULE[Module Objects<br/>Namespace<br/>Import State]
+            CLASS[Class Objects<br/>Inheritance<br/>Instance Creation]
+            EXCEPTION[Exception Objects<br/>Error Handling<br/>Stack Traces]
+        end
+    end
+
+    OBJHDR -->|"Type Info"| TYPE
+    TYPE -->|"Method Lookup"| DESC
+    TYPE -->|"Instance Creation"| NUMERIC
+    TYPE -->|"Instance Creation"| SEQUENCE
+    TYPE -->|"Instance Creation"| MAPPING
+    TYPE -->|"Instance Creation"| CALLABLE
+    TYPE -->|"Module Creation"| MODULE
+    TYPE -->|"Class Creation"| CLASS
+    TYPE -->|"Exception Creation"| EXCEPTION
+```
+
+### Memory Management Container Components
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+    subgraph "Memory Management Container"
+        subgraph "Allocation"
+            ALLOC[Object Allocator<br/>Memory Pools<br/>Arena Management]
+            FREELIST[Free Lists<br/>Object Reuse<br/>Size Classes]
+            ARENA[Arena Manager<br/>Memory Blocks<br/>Fragmentation Control]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Garbage Collection"
+            REFCOUNT[Reference Counting<br/>Immediate Deallocation<br/>Cycle Detection]
+            GENERATIONAL[Generational GC<br/>Young/Old Generations<br/>Collection Cycles]
+            WEAKREF[Weak References<br/>Non-owning References<br/>Callback System]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Memory Tracking"
+            TRACEMALLOC[Tracemalloc<br/>Memory Profiling<br/>Allocation Tracking]
+            DEBUG[Debug Allocator<br/>Memory Validation<br/>Leak Detection]
+        end
+    end
+
+    ALLOC -->|"Memory Requests"| ARENA
+    ALLOC -->|"Object Reuse"| FREELIST
+    REFCOUNT -->|"Cycle Detection"| GENERATIONAL
+    GENERATIONAL -->|"Weak References"| WEAKREF
+    ALLOC -->|"Allocation Events"| TRACEMALLOC
+    ALLOC -->|"Validation"| DEBUG
+```
+
+## Level 4: Code Diagrams
+
+### Bytecode Evaluator Component Code Structure
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+    subgraph "Bytecode Evaluator Code"
+        subgraph "Core Files"
+            CEVAL["ceval.c<br/>Main evaluation loop<br/>Opcode dispatch"]
+            BYTECODES["bytecodes.c<br/>Opcode definitions<br/>Instruction semantics"]
+            MACROS["ceval_macros.h<br/>Evaluation macros<br/>Stack operations"]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Optimization"
+            SPECIALIZE["specialize.c<br/>Adaptive specialization<br/>Type specialization"]
+            OPTIMIZER["optimizer.c<br/>Bytecode optimization<br/>Hot path analysis"]
+            CASES["generated_cases.c.h<br/>Generated opcode cases<br/>Fast paths"]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Tier 2"
+            TIER2["tier2_engine.md<br/>Micro-op interpreter<br/>Superblock execution"]
+            UOP["optimizer_bytecodes.c<br/>Micro-op definitions<br/>Tier 2 IR"]
+        end
+    end
+
+    CEVAL -->|"Opcode Definitions"| BYTECODES
+    CEVAL -->|"Macro Usage"| MACROS
+    CEVAL -->|"Specialization"| SPECIALIZE
+    SPECIALIZE -->|"Optimized Code"| OPTIMIZER
+    OPTIMIZER -->|"Generated Cases"| CASES
+    OPTIMIZER -->|"Tier 2 Code"| TIER2
+    TIER2 -->|"Micro-ops"| UOP
+```
+
+### Parser Component Code Structure
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+    subgraph "Parser Component Code"
+        subgraph "Core Parser"
+            PEGEN["pegen.c<br/>PEG parser implementation<br/>Grammar execution"]
+            PEGAPI["peg_api.c<br/>Parser API<br/>AST generation"]
+            GRAMMAR["python.gram<br/>Grammar definition<br/>PEG rules"]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Tokenization"
+            TOKEN["token.c<br/>Token definitions<br/>Token types"]
+            LEXER["lexer/<br/>Lexical analysis<br/>Token generation"]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "AST"
+            ASDL["Python.asdl<br/>AST definition<br/>Node types"]
+            ASTC["asdl_c.py<br/>AST code generation<br/>C structures"]
+        end
+    end
+
+    PEGEN -->|"Grammar Rules"| GRAMMAR
+    PEGAPI -->|"Parser Calls"| PEGEN
+    PEGEN -->|"Token Stream"| TOKEN
+    TOKEN -->|"Lexical Analysis"| LEXER
+    PEGEN -->|"AST Nodes"| ASDL
+    ASDL -->|"Code Generation"| ASTC
+```
+
+### Object System Component Code Structure
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+    subgraph "Object System Component Code"
+        subgraph "Core Objects"
+            OBJECT["object.c<br/>Base object implementation<br/>Reference counting"]
+            TYPEOBJ["typeobject.c<br/>Type system<br/>Metaclass implementation"]
+            DESCR["descrobject.c<br/>Descriptor protocol<br/>Property access"]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Built-in Types"
+            LONG["longobject.c<br/>Arbitrary precision integers"]
+            UNICODE["unicodeobject.c<br/>String implementation<br/>UTF-8/UTF-16"]
+            DICT["dictobject.c<br/>Dictionary implementation<br/>Hash tables"]
+            LIST["listobject.c<br/>Dynamic arrays<br/>List operations"]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Function Objects"
+            FUNC["funcobject.c<br/>Function objects<br/>Closure support"]
+            METHOD["methodobject.c<br/>Method objects<br/>Bound methods"]
+            CLASS["classobject.c<br/>Class objects<br/>Inheritance"]
+        end
+    end
+
+    OBJECT -->|"Base Type"| TYPEOBJ
+    TYPEOBJ -->|"Descriptor Access"| DESCR
+    TYPEOBJ -->|"Type Creation"| LONG
+    TYPEOBJ -->|"Type Creation"| UNICODE
+    TYPEOBJ -->|"Type Creation"| DICT
+    TYPEOBJ -->|"Type Creation"| LIST
+    TYPEOBJ -->|"Callable Types"| FUNC
+    FUNC -->|"Method Binding"| METHOD
+    TYPEOBJ -->|"Class Creation"| CLASS
+```
+
+### Memory Management Component Code Structure
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+    subgraph "Memory Management Component Code"
+        subgraph "Allocation"
+            PYMEM["pymem.c<br/>Memory allocator<br/>Arena management"]
+            OBJIMPL["objimpl.h<br/>Object allocation<br/>Type-specific allocators"]
+            ARENA["pyarena.c<br/>Arena allocator<br/>Block management"]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Garbage Collection"
+            GC["gc.c<br/>Reference counting<br/>Cycle detection"]
+            GCTHREAD["gc_free_threading.c<br/>Free-threaded GC<br/>Concurrent collection"]
+            WEAKREF["weakrefobject.c<br/>Weak references<br/>Callback system"]
+        end
+
+        subgraph "Memory Tracking"
+            TRACE["tracemalloc.c<br/>Memory profiling<br/>Allocation tracking"]
+            DEBUG["pydebug.h<br/>Debug macros<br/>Memory validation"]
+        end
+    end
+
+    PYMEM -->|"Object Allocation"| OBJIMPL
+    PYMEM -->|"Arena Management"| ARENA
+    OBJIMPL -->|"GC Integration"| GC
+    GC -->|"Concurrent GC"| GCTHREAD
+    GC -->|"Weak References"| WEAKREF
+    PYMEM -->|"Allocation Tracking"| TRACE
+    PYMEM -->|"Debug Validation"| DEBUG
+```
+
+## Key Architectural Patterns
+
+### 1. Layered Architecture
+- **Parser Layer**: Converts source code to AST
+- **Compiler Layer**: Transforms AST to bytecode
+- **VM Layer**: Executes bytecode
+- **Object Layer**: Manages Python objects
+- **Memory Layer**: Handles allocation and garbage collection
+
+### 2. Interpreter Pattern
+- **Tier 1**: Traditional bytecode interpreter with adaptive specialization
+- **Tier 2**: Micro-op interpreter for hot code paths
+- **JIT**: Future machine code generation for performance-critical code
+
+### 3. Object-Oriented Design
+- **Everything is an Object**: All Python values are objects
+- **Type System**: Dynamic typing with runtime type checking
+- **Method Resolution**: Dynamic method lookup and binding
+
+### 4. Memory Management
+- **Reference Counting**: Immediate deallocation for most objects
+- **Generational GC**: Cycle detection for complex object graphs
+- **Arena Allocation**: Efficient memory management for small objects
+
+### 5. Extension System
+- **C API**: Rich interface for C extensions
+- **Module System**: Dynamic loading of Python and C modules
+- **Import System**: Flexible module discovery and loading
+
+## Performance Optimizations
+
+### 1. Adaptive Specialization
+- **Type Specialization**: Optimized code paths for common types
+- **Inline Caching**: Fast method and attribute access
+- **Superinstructions**: Combined bytecode operations
+
+### 2. Memory Optimizations
+- **Free Lists**: Object reuse to reduce allocation overhead
+- **Arena Allocation**: Reduced fragmentation and improved locality
+- **Copy-on-Write**: Efficient string and tuple operations
+
+### 3. Execution Optimizations
+- **Computed Gotos**: Fast opcode dispatch
+- **Stack Caching**: Reduced memory access for local variables
+- **Tier 2 Interpreter**: Optimized execution for hot code paths
+
+This comprehensive C4 model provides a complete view of the CPython architecture, from high-level system interactions down to detailed code structure, enabling effective contribution to the CPython codebase.