changeset:   100959:4680438f486f
branch:      2.7
parent:      100957:125d27d9cf9b
user:        Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
date:        Wed Apr 13 15:27:33 2016 +0300
files:       Misc/NEWS Objects/typeobject.c
description:
Issue #26718: super.__init__ no longer leaks memory if called multiple times.
NOTE: A direct call of super.__init__ is not endorsed!


diff -r 125d27d9cf9b -r 4680438f486f Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Tue Apr 12 23:13:33 2016 -0700
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Wed Apr 13 15:27:33 2016 +0300
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #26718: super.__init__ no longer leaks memory if called multiple times.
+  NOTE: A direct call of super.__init__ is not endorsed!
+
 - Issue #13410: Fixed a bug in PyUnicode_Format where it failed to properly
   ignore errors from a __int__() method.
 
diff -r 125d27d9cf9b -r 4680438f486f Objects/typeobject.c
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c	Tue Apr 12 23:13:33 2016 -0700
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c	Wed Apr 13 15:27:33 2016 +0300
@@ -6741,9 +6741,9 @@
         Py_INCREF(obj);
     }
     Py_INCREF(type);
-    su->type = type;
-    su->obj = obj;
-    su->obj_type = obj_type;
+    Py_XSETREF(su->type, type);
+    Py_XSETREF(su->obj, obj);
+    Py_XSETREF(su->obj_type, obj_type);
     return 0;
 }