[Python-Dev] Debug entry points for PyMalloc (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
21 Mar 2002 09:45:31 +0100

"Mark Hammond" <mhammond@skippinet.com.au> writes:

> I thought that the malloc hooks in pymalloc where precisely introduced > for this kind of debugging. Just put the VC malloc hooks into > PyCoreObjectMallocSetHooks, and enjoy the features you had been > using all the time.

I like the idea of pymalloc doing this itself. It is not hard, and universally useful.

I agree on the second part; I doubted the first part. I should have considered that nothing is hard for Tim Peters :-)

Regards, Martin