New submission from Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]>:
There is a design flaw in PyModule_AddObject(). It steals reference of its
value only if the result is success. To avoid leaks it should be used in the
following form:
PyObject *tmp = <new reference>;
if (PyModule_AddObject(name, name, tmp) < 0) {
Py_XDECREF(tmp);
goto error;
}
It is inconvenient and many code forgot to use a temporary variable and call
Py_XDECREF().
It was not intention, but it is too late to change this behavior now, because
some code calls Py_XDECREF() if PyModule_AddObject() fails. Fixing
PyModule_AddObject() now will break hard such code.
There was an idea to make the change gradual, controlled by a special macro
(see issue26871). But it still has significant risk.
I propose to add new function PyModule_Add() which always steals reference to
its argument. It is more convenient and allows to get rid of temporary variable:
if (PyModule_Add(name, name, <new reference>) < 0) {
goto error;
}
I choose name PyModule_Add because it is short, and allow to write the call in
one line with moderately long expression <new reference> (like
PyFloat_FromDouble(...) or PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(...)).
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components: C API
messages: 380794
nosy: serhiy.storchaka, vstinner
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add PyModule_Add()
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.10
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