Travis E. Oliphant wrote: > I'm curious about the difference between > > float_subtype_new in floatobject.c > complex_subtype_from_c_complex in complexobject.c > > The former uses type->tp_alloc(type, 0) to create memory for the object > while the latter uses PyType_GenericAlloc(type, 0) to create memory for > the sub-type (thereby by-passing the sub-type's own memory allocator). > > It seems like this is a bug. Shouldn't type->tp_alloc(type, 0) also be > used in the case of allocating complex subtypes?
I submitted an entry and a patch for this on SourceForge Tracker (#1498638) http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1498638&group_id=5470&atid=105470 -Travis _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
