Type cache can expose previous values during finalization of an object
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
This should always print True, that is an attribute accessed from a class should match the value that's in the type's mappingproxy:
class X:
def __del__(inner_self):
v = C.a
print(v == C.__dict__['a'])
class C:
a = X()
# prime the cache
C.a
C.a
# destructor shouldn't be able to see inconsisent state
C.a = X()
C.a = X()
But this prints False because the destructor can be run when the assignment into the type dict occurs, but before the type version is invalidated.
CPython versions tested on:
3.8, CPython main branch
Operating systems tested on:
Linux
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Research direction
Start by running the reproducer on CPython main and compare the attribute lookup with the type mapping during the destructor triggered by assignment. Trace the type-cache invalidation and finalization sequence; done means the example consistently prints True without exposing the inconsistent state.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100