[Python-Dev] Memory management in the AST parser & compiler

[Neal Norwitz]

On 11/28/05, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> Neal Norwitz wrote:
> > For those watching, Greg's and Martin's version were almost the same.
> > However, Greg's version left in the memory leak, while Martin fixed it
> > by letting the result fall through.
>
> Actually, Greg said (correctly) that his version also fixes the
> leak: he assumed that FunctionDef would *consume* the references
> being passed (whether it is successful or not).

Ah right, I forgot about that.  Thanks for correcting me (sorry Greg).
 Jeremy and I had talked about this before.  I keep resisting this
solution, though I'm not sure why.

n