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Tue Feb 19 00:59:26 CET 2008 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-February/076966.html

I wrote:
> Most Py_DECREF calls are probably okay but it's going to be hard
> to find the ones that are not.

I suppose Py_DECREF is not the only source of trouble.  Many calls
to the Python API can end up calling arbitrary user code (via
__getattr__, __getitem__, etc.).  Whenever an object does that, it
must be prepared to be accessed from user code.  I'm guessing there
are many subtle bugs of this nature lurking.  Py_DECREF is perhaps
the most common though.  Maybe renaming it to
Py_DECREF_AND_RUN_EVIL_USER_CODE would help. ;-)

  Neil

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