#3720: Interpreter crashes when an evil iterator removes its own next function.
Now the slot is filled with a function that always raises.
Will not backport: extensions compiled with 2.6.x would not run on 2.6.0.
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 1e0db4a..ba736a9 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -1305,6 +1305,20 @@
return obj;
}
+/* Helper used when the __next__ method is removed from a type:
+ tp_iternext is never NULL and can be safely called without checking
+ on every iteration.
+ */
+
+PyObject *
+_PyObject_NextNotImplemented(PyObject *self)
+{
+ PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+ "'%.200s' object is not iterable",
+ Py_TYPE(self)->tp_name);
+ return NULL;
+}
+
/* Generic GetAttr functions - put these in your tp_[gs]etattro slot */
PyObject *