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Crash in GenericAlias repr() with a self-mutating list #143823
Description
Crash report
What happened?
This snippet causes a segfault on current main:
import types
lst = []
class X:
def __repr__(self):
lst.clear()
return "x"
lst += [X(), 1]
ga = types.GenericAlias(int, lst)
print(repr(ga))This is because the ga_repr_items_list() function does not properly handle the case where the list is mutated while we're iterating over it.
Similar to #143635 but a distinct code path.
CPython versions tested on:
CPython main branch, 3.14
Operating systems tested on:
macOS
Output from running 'python -VV' on the command line:
Python 3.15.0a4+ (heads/main:1857a40807d, Jan 13 2026, 19:01:52) [Clang 15.0.0 (clang-1500.3.9.4)]
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JelleZijlstra commentedon Jan 14, 2026
Actually no, it's the same thing, though this repro case is simpler.
a12k commentedon Jan 14, 2026
Potentially this is failing to protect a collection before calling from C to Python space. I haven't looked into the underlying code, but if you don't have a proposed solution in mind I'd be happy to play with it and submit a PR based on what I uncover.
JelleZijlstra commentedon Jan 14, 2026
There's a related fix in progress in #143670, but I think it's insufficient. Feel free to propose a PR; make sure it fixes both the case here and the one in #143635.