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Title: C-API documentation ignores heap types and says type objects must never be deallocated
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.10
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Status: open Resolution:
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: docs@python, koubaa
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2020-09-15 03:15 by koubaa, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin.

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PR 22242 open koubaa, 2020-09-15 03:15
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msg376926 - (view) Author: mohamed koubaa (koubaa) * Date: 2020-09-15 03:15 
The C-API documentation introduction contains an error:

"Almost all Python objects live on the
heap: you never declare an automatic or static variable of type
:c:type:`PyObject`, only pointer variables of type :c:type:`PyObject*` can  be
declared.  The sole exception are the type objects; since these must never be
deallocated, they are typically static :c:type:`PyTypeObject` objects."

With heap types, PyTypeObject can be deallocated.
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2022-04-11 14:59:35adminsetgithub: 85956
2020-09-15 16:51:11ammar2settitle: C-API documentation -> C-API documentation ignores heap types and says type objects must never be deallocated
2020-09-15 03:15:13koubaacreate