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Wed Mar 15 06:56:02 CET 2006 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-March/062406.html

Greg Ewing wrote:

> Fredrik Lundh wrote:
>
> >     return=NULL; output=junk => out of memory
> >     return=junk; output=-1 => cannot do this
> >     return=pointer; output=value => did this, returned value bytes
>
> > I agree that the design is a bit questionable;
>
> It sure is. If you get both NULL and -1 returned, how are
> you supposed to know which one is the junk?

I was about to say "by doing the tests in the prescribed order",
but you're right that it's not obvious that the function check
that it returns the right kind of junk...  (it's possible that the
junk in the second line is actually "pointer to some other ob-
ject").

I'll have a look.

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