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@@ -75,6 +75,17 @@ Build C API ----- +- PyType_Ready(): If a type declares that it participates in gc + (Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC), and its base class does not, and its base class's + tp_free slot is the default _PyObject_Del, and type does not define + a tp_free slot itself, _PyObject_GC_Del is assigned to type->tp_free. + Previously _PyObject_Del was inherited, which could at best lead to a + segfault. In addition, if even after this magic the type's tp_free + slot is _PyObject_Del or NULL, and the type is a base type + (Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE), TypeError is raised: since the type is a base + type, its dealloc function must call type->tp_free, and since the type + is gc'able, tp_free must not be NULL or _PyObject_Del. + New platforms ------------- |