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| author | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2002-07-08 22:11:52 (GMT) |
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| committer | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2002-07-08 22:11:52 (GMT) |
| commit | c6a3ff634a90cb8b028019e3c8c48a221739ee26 (patch) | |
| tree | 45cded7528a7d0f7b2a8f4da1aa8016f5b84bec1 /Misc | |
| parent | d1b2045958306349b04da931a1a400d7e9a49fb9 (diff) | |
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SF bug 578752: COUNT_ALLOCS vs heap types
Repair segfaults and infinite loops in COUNT_ALLOCS builds in the
presence of new-style (heap-allocated) classes/types.
Bugfix candidate. I'll backport this to 2.2. It's irrelevant in 2.1.
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@@ -294,6 +294,14 @@ Tools/Demos Build +- A bug was fixed that could cause COUNT_ALLOCS builds to segfault, or + get into infinite loops, when a new-style class got garbage-collected. + Unfortunately, to avoid this, the way COUNT_ALLOCS works requires + that new-style classes be immortal in COUNT_ALLOCS builds. Note that + COUNT_ALLOCS is not enabled by default, in either release or debug + builds, and that new-style classes are immortal only in COUNT_ALLOCS + builds. + - Compiling out the cyclic garbage collector is no longer an option. The old symbol WITH_CYCLE_GC is now ignored, and Python.h arranges that it's always defined (for the benefit of any extension modules |