[Cython] Cython 0.15.1 release candidate

[mark florisson]

On 16 September 2011 22:20, mark florisson <markflorisson88 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 16 September 2011 22:03, Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml at behnel.de> wrote:
>> Robert Bradshaw, 15.09.2011 22:33:
>>>
>>> See http://wiki.cython.org/ReleaseNotes-0.15.1 This is a bugfix only
>>> release, we hope to get it out shortly.
>>
>> I've added ticket 736 as a blocker, at least until I know what it takes to
>> fix it (looking into it right now).
>>
>> http://trac.cython.org/cython_trac/ticket/736
>>
>> Stefan
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>
> Looking at the generated code I see
>
>
> __pyx_cur_scope->__pyx_v_a = __pyx_k_1;
> __pyx_cur_scope->__pyx_v_b = __pyx_k_2;
>
> happening at unpacking time without a corresponding INCREF. Surely the
> scope object should only ever own references and never borrow them?
> The arguments from the args tuple are increffed however, just not the
> default values.
>

BTW, the test would be better written with a class like

class UniqueObject(object):
    def __init__(self, value):
        self.value = value
    def __repr__(self):
        return repr(self.value)

That makes it easier to track down refcount errors than (small) integers.