[pypy-dev] [PATCH] Rework borrowed-ref bookkeeping, to fix a crash

[Amaury Forgeot d'Arc]

Hi,

2011/3/12 Greg Price <greg at quora.com>:
> +                 """
> +                    PyObject *t = PyTuple_New(1);
> +                    PyObject *i = PyInt_FromLong(42);
> +                    PyTuple_SetItem(t, 0, i);
> +                    i = PyTuple_GetItem(t, 0);
> +                    PyTuple_GetItem(t, 0);
> +                    Py_DECREF(t);
> +                    return PyInt_FromLong(PyInt_AsLong(i));
> +                 """),

This example is wrong: you don't own the reference to int(42);
after the tuple is released, PyInt_AsLong(i) is illegal.

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Amaury Forgeot d'Arc