Message 210447 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

These macros work as assignment with builtin decref, i.e. a smart replacement for = We could resolve this by calling them Py_ASSIGN Py_XASSIGN and having complementary macros Py_STORE/Py_XSTORE that will incref the new value.

However, with an added incref, does the X apply to the source or the target? I wonder if we need the X variants in these macros. Once you are doing things like this, why not just use X implicitly? An extra pointer test or two is unlikely to be a performance problem in the places you might use them.

Anyway, I'll be adding this to the internal api of stackless because it is tremendously useful.