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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2009-12-03 03:01:27 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2009-12-03 03:01:27 (GMT)
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Merged revisions 76644 via svnmerge from
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r76644 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-12-02 20:52:39 -0600 (Wed, 02 Dec 2009) | 4 lines disable pymalloc tricks with the --with-valgrind option #2422 Patch from James Henstridge. ........
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@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ C-API
``const char *`` as the string is stored beyond the call.
+- Issue #2422: When compiled with the ``--with-valgrind`` option, the
+ pymalloc allocator will be automatically disabled when running under
+ Valgrind. This gives improved memory leak detection when running
+ under Valgrind, while taking advantage of pymalloc at other times.
+
Library
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