Fix unlikely potential reference leak in _locale._getdefaultlocale (GH-145250)

serhiy-storchaka · brijkapadia · commit 03ab030c08d4 · 2026-02-28T08:31:41.000-05:00
It occurs in a code which perhaps never executed.
diff --git a/Modules/_localemodule.c b/Modules/_localemodule.c
@@ -567,7 +567,6 @@ _locale__getdefaultlocale_impl(PyObject *module)
     }
 
     /* cannot determine the language code (very unlikely) */
-    Py_INCREF(Py_None);
     return Py_BuildValue("Os", Py_None, encoding);
 }
 #endif

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -567,7 +567,6 @@ _locale__getdefaultlocale_impl(PyObject *module)`
`567`	`567`	`}`
`568`	`568`
`569`	`569`	`/* cannot determine the language code (very unlikely) */`
`570`		`- Py_INCREF(Py_None);`
`571`	`570`	`return Py_BuildValue("Os", Py_None, encoding);`
`572`	`571`	`}`
`573`	`572`	`#endif`