[issue18674] Store weak references in modules_by_index
Antoine Pitrou
report at bugs.python.org
Wed Aug 7 10:02:30 CEST 2013
Antoine Pitrou added the comment:
> It seems to me that the more appropriate change here would be to
> redefine PyState_FindModule as return a *new* ref rather than a
> borrowed ref and have it do the Py_INCREF before returning.
>
> Code using it would then need to add an appropriate Py_DECREF. A
> reference leak is generally a less dangerous bug than an early free.
I hadn't thought about that. Code must add Py_DECREF only on 3.4+, then.
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