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-rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-06-08-09-45-31.gh-issue-120244.8o9Dzr.rst | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Modules/_sre/sre.c | 1 |
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-06-08-09-45-31.gh-issue-120244.8o9Dzr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-06-08-09-45-31.gh-issue-120244.8o9Dzr.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d21532f --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-06-08-09-45-31.gh-issue-120244.8o9Dzr.rst @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Fix memory leak in :func:`re.sub()` when the replacement string contains backreferences. diff --git a/Modules/_sre/sre.c b/Modules/_sre/sre.c index c1eff63..e330340 100644 --- a/Modules/_sre/sre.c +++ b/Modules/_sre/sre.c @@ -1622,6 +1622,7 @@ _sre_template_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *pattern, PyObject *template) } self->items[i].literal = Py_XNewRef(literal); } + PyObject_GC_Track(self); return (PyObject*) self; bad_template: |