[Edward Loper] > Could the debug build's macros for PyMem/PyObject_new/free be modified > to check for mismatches? Or would storing information about which > method was used to allocate each pointer be too expensive? Perhaps a > special build could be used to check for mismatches?
It's partly possible (e.g., it's impossible to know whether a blob of memory was obtained by calling malloc() directly). If someone wants to do it (I do not), the debug build adds 8 bytes to each side of each memory block obtained via each PyMem and PyObject malloc/realloc call, and one of the (current) 8 FORBIDDEN_BYTEs could be used to store flags without significant loss of functionality. It would make a decent enhancement. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
