[Python-Dev] Inconsistency of PyModule_AddObject() (original) (raw)

Stefan Krah stefan at bytereef.org
Thu Apr 28 10:11:29 EDT 2016


Random832 <random832 fastmail.com> writes:

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016, at 05:05, Stefan Krah wrote: > $ valgrind --suppressions=Misc/valgrind-python.supp ./python -c "import > decimal" > > [...] > ==16945== LEAK SUMMARY: > ==16945== definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Well, the obvious flaw with your test case is that a reference is retained forever in the C static variable basiccontexttemplate.

For actual users of Valgrind this is patently obvious and was pretty much the point of my post.

Stefan Krah



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