[Python-Dev] _Py_RefTotal wrong in Py 2.2.3
Christian Tismer
tismer at tismer.com
Mon Nov 17 11:18:26 EST 2003
Armin Rigo wrote:
...
> I found a few places that manipulate ob_refcnt directly without worrying about
> keeping _Py_RefTotal or other debugging information in sync:
>
> * classobject.c:instance_dealloc(), for __del__
>
> * stringobject.c, for interned strings
>
> * typeobject.c:slot_tp_del(), for __del__ too
>
> I bet you could also find these easily, but maybe it should be regarded as a
> bug list. At any rate, the __del__ tricks will indeed make some counters
> invalid.
Many thanks, this was very helpful.
I will probably fix those cases which affect my
code and submit patches. I was just not sure
whether this is a known problem, maybe already solved.
ciao - chris
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