[issue7415] PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject() uses PyObject_AsCharBuffer()

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

> Doesn't the GIL protect the bytearray buffer? Or does decoding free the GIL?

Well, decoding can call arbitrary Python code and therefore, yes,
release the GIL.

Ironically, PyUnicode_Decode() itself (called from
PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject()) fills a dummy Py_buffer object before
wrapping it into a memoryview... ;)

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