Possible reference leak of the argument tuple in `FunctionCall()`
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Description
### What happens?
`FunctionCall()` passes a newly created tuple directly to `PyObject_CallObject()`:
File: `src/map.cpp`
Function: `FunctionCall`
```cpp
auto *df_obj = PyObject_CallObject(function, PyTuple_Pack(1, in_df.ptr()));
```
`PyTuple_Pack()` returns a new reference, while `PyObject_CallObject()` does
not steal its `args` reference. Because the tuple is not stored in a local
variable, it is never passed to `Py_DECREF()`.
As a result, every invocation leaks one tuple. The tuple also owns a reference
to `in_df`, so the input pandas DataFrame remains alive after `FunctionCall()`
returns. This occurs on both successful and failed calls.
The function is used during bind-time schema inference and query execution, so
the leak is reachable through ordinary `DuckDBPyRelation.map()` operations.
The handling of `df_obj` is unrelated and correct:
```cpp
auto df = py::reinterpret_steal(df_obj);
```
`PyObject_CallObject()` returns a new reference on success, which
`reinterpret_steal()` adopts.
### To Reproduce
This issue can be confirmed directly from the reference ownership in
`src/map.cpp`.
In `FunctionCall()`, the argument tuple is created inline:
```cpp
auto *df_obj = PyObject_CallObject(function, PyTuple_Pack(1, in_df.ptr()));
```
According to the CPython C API reference ownership rules:
1. `PyTuple_Pack()` returns a new reference.
2. `PyObject_CallObject()` does not steal the reference passed as `args`.
3. The tuple pointer is not stored, so there is no subsequent
`Py_DECREF()` for that new reference.
4. The tuple therefore leaks on every call and retains its reference to
`in_df`.
This issue is specific to the Python API and is not reproducible through plain
SQL in the DuckDB CLI.
### OS:
x86_64
### DuckDB Package Version:
latest version
### Python Version:
3.12
### Full Name:
Ksx
### Affiliation:
SMU
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