Index: cStringIO.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Modules/cStringIO.c,v
retrieving revision 2.46
diff -c -r2.46 cStringIO.c
*** cStringIO.c	27 Feb 2004 10:30:49 -0000	2.46
--- cStringIO.c	1 Mar 2004 09:13:14 -0000
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*** 421,455 ****
  "writelines(sequence_of_strings): write each string");
  static PyObject *
  O_writelines(Oobject *self, PyObject *args) {
!         PyObject *tmp = 0;
! 	static PyObject *joiner = NULL;
! 
! 	if (!joiner) {
! 		PyObject *empty_string = PyString_FromString("");
! 		if (empty_string == NULL)
  			return NULL;
! 		joiner = PyObject_GetAttrString(empty_string, "join");
! 		Py_DECREF(empty_string);
! 		if (joiner == NULL)
  			return NULL;
  	}
! 
!         if (PyObject_Size(args) < 0) return NULL;
! 
! 	args = PyTuple_Pack(1, args);
! 	if (args == NULL)
! 		return NULL;
! 	tmp = PyObject_Call(joiner, args, NULL);
! 	Py_DECREF(args);
!         UNLESS (tmp) return NULL;
! 
!         args = PyTuple_Pack(1, tmp);
!         Py_DECREF(tmp);
!         UNLESS (args) return NULL;
! 
!         tmp = O_write(self, args);
!         Py_DECREF(args);
!         return tmp;
  }
  
  static struct PyMethodDef O_methods[] = {
--- 421,448 ----
  "writelines(sequence_of_strings): write each string");
  static PyObject *
  O_writelines(Oobject *self, PyObject *args) {
! 	PyObject *it, *s;
! 	
! 	it = PyObject_GetIter(args);
! 	if (it == NULL)
! 		return NULL;
! 	while ((s = PyIter_Next(it)) != NULL) {
! 		int l;
! 		char *c;
! 		if (PyString_AsStringAndSize(s, &c, &l) == -1) {
! 			Py_DECREF(it);
! 			Py_DECREF(s);
  			return NULL;
! 		}
! 		if (O_cwrite((PyObject *)self, c, l) == -1) {
! 			Py_DECREF(it);
! 			Py_DECREF(s);
  			return NULL;
+ 		}
+ 		Py_DECREF(s);
  	}
! 	Py_DECREF(it);
! 	Py_RETURN_NONE;
  }
  
  static struct PyMethodDef O_methods[] = {