[Pyrex] Function Pointer

[Greg Ewing]

Bob Ippolito <bob at redivi.com>:

> On Mar 4, 2004, at 9:31 PM, Marco Bubke wrote:
> 
> > Oh, I don't need ref counting. There will be allways a ref to the 
> > object.
> 
> Sounds like famous last words to me :)

Also, it's not the only issue I was thinking of. When casting
between Python and non-Python types, there's a possibility of
ending up with mismatched increfs and decrefs, which will hose
you whether you're keeping a reference or not.

Just a little thought to help keep you awake at night... :-)

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