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Victor Stinner 2d1007f931 gh-156939: Detect buffer overflow in bytes and bytearray (#157529)
When Python is built in debug mode, bytes an bytearray destructors
now check if the trailing null byte has been overridden to detect
overflow. Add bytes_dealloc() to implement the check.

Add _PyBytes_CheckOverflow() to share code
2026-09-15 16:34:17 +02:00
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The Python C API
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The C API is divided into these sections:

1. ``Include/``: Limited API
2. ``Include/cpython/``: CPython implementation details
3. ``Include/cpython/``, names with the ``PyUnstable_`` prefix: API that can
   change between minor releases
4. ``Include/internal/``, and any name with ``_`` prefix: The internal API

Information on changing the C API is available `in the developer guide`_

.. _in the developer guide: https://devguide.python.org/c-api/