https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a4eb936727e5f949f5dc8c8a38bf6d325518f29b
commit: a4eb936727e5f949f5dc8c8a38bf6d325518f29b
branch: main
author: Rishi Raj <[email protected]>
committer: eendebakpt <[email protected]>
date: 2026-09-27T21:35:05+02:00
summary:

gh-157892: Fix error check on _Py_hashtable_set() in intern_static() (#157898)

_Py_hashtable_set() returns -1 on failure, so the "< -1" check could never be 
true and the Py_FatalError() call was unreachable.

files:
M Objects/unicodeobject.c

diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 77de3f735cc42a..8446fdbfcb64a9 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -14588,7 +14588,7 @@ intern_static(PyInterpreterState *interp, PyObject *s 
/* stolen */)
         return Py_NewRef(r);
     }
 
-    if (_Py_hashtable_set(INTERNED_STRINGS, s, s) < -1) {
+    if (_Py_hashtable_set(INTERNED_STRINGS, s, s) < 0) {
         Py_FatalError("failed to intern static string");
     }
 

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