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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2008-08-29 18:37:05 (GMT)
committerAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2008-08-29 18:37:05 (GMT)
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#3668: When PyArg_ParseTuple correctly parses a s* format, but raises an
exception afterwards (for a subsequent parameter), the user code will not call PyBuffer_Release() and memory will leak. Reviewed by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc.
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@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 3.0 release candidate 1
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #3668: Fix a memory leak with the "s*" argument parser in
+ PyArg_ParseTuple and friends, which occurred when the argument for "s*"
+ was correctly parsed but parsing of subsequent arguments failed.
+
- Issue #3611: An exception __context__ could be cleared in a complex pattern
involving a __del__ method re-raising an exception.