[Numpy-discussion] Overlapping copy with object_ arrays

[Travis Oliphant]

James Flowers wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Having a problem with overlapping copies.  Memory being freed twice 
> ???  See below:

Thanks for the test.   This problem is fixed and will be checked into 
SVN as soon as I can figure out why I'm not able to access SVN from my 
work machine.

The problem is that object array copies were done by first decrementing 
the reference count of all elements of the destination array and then 
incrementing the reference count of all elements of the destination 
array once the copy was complete. 

For over-lapping copies (containing only a single reference to an 
object).  This created a problem as the reference count went to 0 before 
the copy occurred.

I've changed the code so that the reference count of the source is 
increased and the reference count of the destination is decreased before 
the copy is made.  Then, the reference counts are correct after the copy 
is completed even for over-lapping copies.

-Travis