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  r83226 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:17:12 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #1090076: explain the behavior of *vars* in get() better.
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  r83227 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:23:06 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  Use Py_CLEAR().
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  r83229 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:32:22 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #9407: document configparser.Error.
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  r83230 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:36:11 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  Use correct directive and name.
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  r83232 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:49:08 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #9388: remove ERA_YEAR which is never defined in the source code.
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diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index f373eeb..07b4e19 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -285,8 +285,7 @@
   reset:
     /* Reset the object caches */
     if (unicode->defenc) {
-        Py_DECREF(unicode->defenc);
-        unicode->defenc = NULL;
+        Py_CLEAR(unicode->defenc);
     }
     unicode->hash = -1;
 
@@ -384,8 +383,7 @@
             unicode->length = 0;
         }
         if (unicode->defenc) {
-            Py_DECREF(unicode->defenc);
-            unicode->defenc = NULL;
+            Py_CLEAR(unicode->defenc);
         }
         /* Add to free list */
         *(PyUnicodeObject **)unicode = free_list;