[Python-Dev] Memory leaks and uninitialized memory

[Neal Norwitz]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:

> I'm a bit puzzled over your proposed SRE patch.
> 
> the patch changes
> 
>         return PyString_FromString("");
> 
> to
> 
>         result = PyString_FromString("");
>         Py_INCREF(result);
>         return result;
> 
> in other words, if there's a bug somewhere, I'm not sure it's in
> SRE.

Hmmm, I thought that patch looked a bit suspect.  I backed out this patch,
then reran all the tests (143 of them) that this patch should have addressed.  
Nothing new was reported.  So this patch must have been something 
I was playing with, but isn't correct.

You can (try to) close this bug in SF.  If I find a problem, I'll submit
a better patch.

Neal