[Python-Dev] test_builtin failing on Windows

[Fred L. Drake]

"Tim Peters" <tim.one@home.com> wrote:
 > Unsurprisingly, it's importing test_b2.py at this point.
 > So this is enough to reproduce the problem:
...
 > Best guess is that I need a debug build to fail, because
 > in the normal build
 > it's still referencing free()d memory anyway, but the
 > normal MS malloc/free
 > don't overwrite free()d memory with trash (so the
 > problem isn't noticed).
 > No guess as to why -O is needed.

  This sounds like there's a difference in when someting
gets DECREFed differently when the optimizations are
performed; perhaps that code hasn't kept up with the pace of
change?
  I'm not familiar enough with that code to be able to check
it quickly with any level of confidence, however.


  -Fred

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