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nnorwitz · nnorwitz · commit b9ab8348300e · 2006-01-25T05:43:53.000Z
mwh pointed out _Filemodule.c is generated. So to fix the memory leak
this file (the source) must be fixed.
diff --git a/Mac/Modules/file/filesupport.py b/Mac/Modules/file/filesupport.py
@@ -255,11 +255,10 @@ def getargsCheck(self, name):
                 char *path = NULL;
                 if (!PyArg_Parse(v, "et", Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding, &path))
                         return NULL;
-                if ( (err=FSPathMakeRef(path, fsr, NULL)) ) {
+                if ( (err=FSPathMakeRef(path, fsr, NULL)) )
                         PyMac_Error(err);
-                        return 0;
-                }
-                return 1;
+                PyMem_Free(path);
+                return !err;
         }
         /* XXXX Should try unicode here too */
         /* Otherwise we try to go via an FSSpec */
