[Python-Dev] negative ref count on windows debug version

[Amaury Forgeot d'Arc]

Hi,

2012/1/20 Dr.-Ing. Ingo D. Rullhusen <d01c at uni-bremen.de>

> using
>
> loc = PyDict_New();
> Py_XDECREF(loc);
>
> or
>
> PyObject *src = Py_CompileString( code.toStdString().c_str(),
> "<console>", Py_single_input );
> Py_XDECREF(src);
>
> results in a "object at blahblah has negative ref count -1" error on
> windows visual studio in debug mode. And yes, python is compiled and
> linked in debug mode also. The release version seems to work.
>
> This happens in version 2.6.7 and 2.7.2.
>

This looks very unlikely. Python itself is written with tons of similar
constructs,
and works very well in debug mode.
If you can isolate a reproducible case, please file a ticket on
bugs.python.org,
with all details: code, versions of the compiler, etc.

-- 
Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
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