>> Most Py_DECREF calls are probably okay but it's going to be hard >> to find the ones that are not. > > I suppose Py_DECREF is not the only source of trouble. Many calls > to the Python API can end up calling arbitrary user code (via > __getattr__, __getitem__, etc.). Whenever an object does that, it > must be prepared to be accessed from user code. I'm guessing there > are many subtle bugs of this nature lurking. Py_DECREF is perhaps > the most common though. Maybe renaming it to > Py_DECREF_AND_RUN_EVIL_USER_CODE would help. ;-)
But that's unrelated to this issue. In those other cases, the refcount won't be zero, so the object is still there. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
