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| /* The GC bit-shifts refcounts left by two, and after that shift we still | ||
| * need this to be >> 0, so leave three high zero bits (the sign bit and | ||
| * room for a shift of two.) */ | ||
| #define _PyObject_IMMORTAL_BIT (1LL << (8 * sizeof(Py_ssize_t) - 4)) |
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Use a higher bit on 32-bit builds?
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Probably not, due to the bits used by GC.
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FYI, only one test fails: "test_negative_refcount (test.test_capi.CAPITest)" |
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I've created a PR upstream: python#24828. |
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This is a branch I started in December, before I found python#19474. My approach wasn't actually terribly different from what Eddie proposed. After finding that PR I updated this one a little bit, borrowing some of the details there.
Notable differences from Eddie's PR:
_Py_INCREF()Note that I haven't looked at this code for a while. There are probably a number of tweaks to make before posting this upstream.
(An alternative approach, albeit probably not ultimately viable, involves sticking a dummy type in
ob_type: python/cpython@master...ericsnowcurrently:globals-immortal-objects-obtype)