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[3.12] gh-117518: Clarify PyTuple_GetItem() borrowed reference in the doc (GH-117920) (#118087)
gh-117518: Clarify PyTuple_GetItem() borrowed reference in the doc (GH-117920) (cherry picked from commit 4605a197bd84da1a232bd835d8e8e654f2fef220) Co-authored-by: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>
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@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ Tuple Objects
Return the object at position *pos* in the tuple pointed to by *p*. If *pos* is
negative or out of bounds, return ``NULL`` and set an :exc:`IndexError` exception.
+ The returned reference is borrowed from the tuple *p*
+ (that is: it is only valid as long as you hold a reference to *p*).
+ To get a :term:`strong reference`, use
+ :c:func:`Py_NewRef(PyTuple_GetItem(...)) <Py_NewRef>`
+ or :c:func:`PySequence_GetItem`.
+
.. c:function:: PyObject* PyTuple_GET_ITEM(PyObject *p, Py_ssize_t pos)