[New-bugs-announce] [issue1662] [patch] assert tp_traverse in PyType_GenericAlloc()

[Bryan Silverthorn]

New submission from Bryan Silverthorn:

Attached is a very short patch against r59568 which asserts tp_traverse
on (the types of) objects allocated in PyType_GenericAlloc(). As far as
I'm aware, tp_traverse should always be set at this point. Catching that
error early, even if only in debug builds, would help to prevent bugs
like http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504337 .

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components: Interpreter Core
files: bcs_typeobject_assert.patch
messages: 58811
nosy: bsilverthorn
severity: minor
status: open
title: [patch] assert tp_traverse in PyType_GenericAlloc()
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file8998/bcs_typeobject_assert.patch

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