multiple inheritance + C extension = possibly unexpected base

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#64,717 opened on Feb 5, 2014 4 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 30/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: backend

Research direction

Start by reading BPO issue 20518 and the uploaded patch 33997, then investigate the reported multiple-inheritance behavior in CPython's extension modules. The payload does not identify a test or define the expected base value, so completion requires clarifying the intended behavior before validating a fix.

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Description

extension-modules type-bug

BPO	20518
Nosy	@ericsnowcurrently, @tecki
Files	patch

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2014-02-05.08:30:36.892>
labels = ['extension-modules', 'type-bug']
title = 'multiple inheritance + C extension = possibly unexpected __base__'
updated_at = <Date 2014-02-08.14:41:36.856>
user = 'https://github.com/tecki'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2014-02-08.14:41:36.856>
actor = 'Martin.Teichmann'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Extension Modules']
creation = <Date 2014-02-05.08:30:36.892>
creator = 'Martin.Teichmann'
dependencies = []
files = ['33997']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 20518
keywords = []
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['210291', '210360', '210652']
nosy_count = 2.0
nosy_names = ['eric.snow', 'Martin.Teichmann']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue20518'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.5']

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