DECREFing and PyArray functions in C Extensions

[Christian Tismer]

Roger Hansen wrote:
...
> OK! Lets say I have a Python program with a NumPy array and a loop,
> and for efficiency reasons I decide to write the loop as an extension,
> like this:
> 
> static PyObject *
> foo(PyObject *self, PyObject* args)
> {
>   PyArrayObject *array;
>   double* a;            /* C ptr to the NumPy array data field */
> 
>   if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", &PyArray_Type, &array)) {
>     return NULL;  /* Error indicator */
>   }
...
> I don't need to DECREF array in this
> example since PyArg_ParseTuple does not increase the reference count,
> right?

Right. PyArg_ParseTuple just parsed the tuple and does not
create extra references.
The creator of the args tuple is responsible to decref it
later on, and when it is disposed by that, the extra
references to its elements are removed automatically.

ciao - chris

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