[capi-sig] Correct use of PyTuple_Pack?

[Hrvoje Niksic]

Philip Semanchuk <philip at semanchuk.com> writes:

> I'm trying to make sure I'm using PyTuple_Pack() correctly.
>
> This code leaks references, yes?
>
>    return PyTuple_Pack(2, PyString_FromString("some string"),
> PyInt_FromLong(42));
>
> And this is the correct way to do it, yes?
>
>    py_msg = PyString_FromString("some string");
>    py_type = PyInt_FromLong(42);
>
>    py_return_tuple = PyTuple_Pack(2, py_msg, py_type);
>
>    Py_DECREF(py_msg);
>    Py_DECREF(py_type);
>
>    return py_return_tuple;

Yes, and yes.  Note that you can use Py_BuildValue to create a new
tuple and steal the new references:

return Py_BuildValue("NN", PyString_FromString("some string"),
                     PyInt_FromLong(42));