[Python-Dev] pre-PEP: The Safe Buffer Interface

[Greg Ewing]

> I think you misunderstand what I wrote.  A py_DECREF() for an
> *unrelated* object can invoke Python code (if it ends up deleting a
> class instance with a __del__ method).

I don't see why that's a problem. If the unrelated object's
__del__ ends up messing with the object in question, that's
an issue for the programmer to sort out.

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