[issue42294] [C API] Add new C functions with more regular reference counting like PyTuple_GetItemRef()

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <vstinner at python.org> added the comment:

In bpo-1635741, I added PyModule_AddObjectRef() (commit 8021875bbcf7385e651def51bc597472a569042c):
https://docs.python.org/dev/c-api/module.html#c.PyModule_AddObjectRef

"Similar to PyModule_AddObject() but don't steal a reference to the value on success."

I was tired of bugs caused by misusage of the surprising PyModule_AddObject() API.

PyModule_AddObject() *is* useful in some cases, but it is confusing in most cases...

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