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Author	vstinner
Recipients	pablogsal, serhiy.storchaka, vstinner
Date	2021-09-29.20:33:40
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Message-id	<1632947620.82.0.905349859504.issue45325@roundup.psfhosted.org>
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> but there is a catch -- the arguments should be a C int. If it is not, you can break a stack. I never understood how "..." arguments work under the hood. What happens if you pass a double, it is stored as a double on the C stack, and then Py_BuildValue() will read junk data?

> but there is a catch -- the arguments should be a C int. If it is not, you can break a stack.

I never understood how "..." arguments work under the hood. What happens if you pass a double, it is stored as a double on the C stack, and then Py_BuildValue() will read junk data?

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Date	User	Action	Args
2021-09-29 20:33:40	vstinner	set	recipients: + vstinner, serhiy.storchaka, pablogsal
2021-09-29 20:33:40	vstinner	set	messageid: <1632947620.82.0.905349859504.issue45325@roundup.psfhosted.org>
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