[Python-Dev] Activating pymalloc

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Michael Hudson wrote:
> 
> Tim Peters <tim.one@comcast.net> writes:
> 
> > [Neal]
> > > A lot of extensions will break.  The example code in xxmodule.c was
> > > "wrong" for years.
> >
> > Ditto Zope (as Guido said), ditto Marc-Andre's extensions, ditto
> > NumPy (IIRC), yadda yadda yadda.  I don't know whether MarkH has
> > tried the massive Win32 extensions with pymalloc yet.
> 
> I think one of the reasons lots of modules break is that back in the
> 1.5.2 days, PyObject_Del didn't exist, and you were expected to use
> PyMem_Del.  This now breaks.
> 
> Could be misremembering.

That's correct: PyObject_DEL/Del were introduced in Python 1.6.

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