Raymond Hettinger <rhettin...@users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:
> One solution is to check that so->mask didn't > change as well. I saw that and agree it would make a tighter check, but haven't convinced myself that it is necessary. > Also, checking that refcnt > 1 is redundant > because if entry->key == startkey then there > are at least two references: one from entry->key > and another from startkey. It is a meaningful check. We have our own INCREF and one for the key being in the table. If the count is 1, then it means that the comparison check deleted the key from the table or replaced its value (see issue 1517). ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8420> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
