[Python-Dev] Mixing memory management APIs

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Michael Hudson wrote:
> 
> Neal Norwitz <neal@metaslash.com> writes:
> 
> > Because of Michael Hudson's request, I tried running Purify
> > --with-pymalloc enabled.  The results were a bit surprising: 13664 errors!
> >
> > All the errors were in unicodeobject.c.  There were 3 types of errors:
> > Free Memory Reads, Array Bounds Reads, and Unitialized Memory Reads.
> > The line #s were in strange places (e.g., in a function declaration
> > and accessing self->length in an if clause, after it was accessed w/o error).
> > The line #s are primarily:  unicodeobject.c:2875, and unicodeobject.c:2214.
> 
> Might this have something to do with
> 
> bug [ #495401 ] Build troubles: --with-pymalloc
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=495401&group_id=5470
> 
> ?
> 
> Is there a reason one of the fixes for this problem hasn't been
> checked in yet?

It is currently assigned to Martin.

Perhaps I should just take the Unicode patch and check it in (the
first one, not the second one for the reasons stated in the 
bug-tracker) ?!

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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