[issue11135] Redundant doc field in TypeSpec

[Egon Smiwa]

Egon Smiwa <smiwa.egon at googlemail.com> added the comment:

Hello, I'm just a app developer which is embedding the python32.dll
and I assumed (and wished) python would simply copy my allocated parameter-string into the type object (( spec->name) is copied too). I looked in the source and see this ownership confirmed:

static void 
type_dealloc(PyTypeObject *type)
.... PyObject_Free((char *)type->tp_doc);

The typeobject owns tp_doc and even requires a special allocation (pyobject_malloc), which is no problem if the type creates its own copy; the hosting app is not connected.

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