On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 18:58 -0500, Tim Peters wrote: > [Edward Loper] > > Could the debug build's macros for PyMem/PyObject_new/free be modified > > to check for mismatches? Or would storing information about which > > method was used to allocate each pointer be too expensive? Perhaps a > > special build could be used to check for mismatches? > > It's partly possible (e.g., it's impossible to know whether a blob of > memory was obtained by calling malloc() directly). > > If someone wants to do it (I do not), the debug build adds 8 bytes to > each side of each memory block obtained via each PyMem and PyObject > malloc/realloc call, and one of the (current) 8 FORBIDDEN_BYTEs could > be used to store flags without significant loss of functionality. It > would make a decent enhancement.
Sounds fun. I'll do it. - Adam DePrince > _______________________________________________ > 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/adam.deprince%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ 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
