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| author | Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org> | 2021-09-21 21:04:34 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-09-21 21:04:34 (GMT) |
| commit | 79a31480992c3fa5890fc7a6c5d9af6d337d5844 (patch) | |
| tree | a3ef89bb0340669e86c52f5b924cfb0e71845956 /Misc/NEWS.d | |
| parent | f604cf1c377a7648e0686044e6e49900bfc9feef (diff) | |
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bpo-45061: Detect refcount bug on empty tuple singleton (GH-28503)
Detect refcount bugs in C extensions when the empty tuple singleton
is destroyed by mistake.
Add the _Py_FatalRefcountErrorFunc() function.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-09-21-22-27-25.bpo-45061.5IOUf0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-09-21-22-27-25.bpo-45061.5IOUf0.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0892453 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-09-21-22-27-25.bpo-45061.5IOUf0.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Add a deallocator to the bool type to detect refcount bugs in C extensions +which call Py_DECREF(Py_True) or Py_DECREF(Py_False) by mistake. Detect also +refcount bugs when the empty tuple singleton is destroyed by mistake. Patch +by Victor Stinner. |