[issue6483] Modules are not deallocated correctly if m_size = -1

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[issue6483] Modules are not deallocated correctly if m_size = -1

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[issue6483] Modules are not deallocated correctly if m_size = -1

Mark Lawrence added the comment: Please correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this applies to all Python 3 versions. -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy versions: +Python 3.3, Python 3.4 ___ Python tracker __

[issue6483] Modules are not deallocated correctly if m_size = -1

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Well, in 2.x you didn't even have the choice. The dict of an extension module was always copied, becoming essentially immortal. In 3.x you can use an m_size>=0 so as to disable this behaviour. -- nosy: +pitrou versions: +Python 3.2 __

[issue6483] Modules are not deallocated correctly if m_size = -1

Julian Andres Klode added the comment: This bug still exists in Python 3.1.2. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing l

[issue6483] Modules are not deallocated correctly if m_size = -1

Julian Andres Klode added the comment: I believe this may be related to Python/import.c (l. 592): def->m_base.m_copy = PyDict_Copy(dict); It creates a copy of the module dictionary, but the reference count of this copy is not decreased when the module object is deallocated, thus causing the

[issue6483] Modules are not deallocated correctly if m_size = -1

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[issue6483] Modules are not deallocated correctly if m_size = -1

New submission from Julian Andres Klode : The documentation states that m_size should be -1 if no additional memory is needed. But this causes the objects inside the module to not be deallocated at all. The attached module (test) stores an object of a type 'Test', which prints "Deallocation is h