Iterating over ctypes pointer causes hang or segmentation fault

Trying to create iterable (list, tuple, set etc.) from PyCPointer instance leads to hang or segmentation fault.
This code causes hang and memory leak which goes until oom-killer kills python process:

import ctypes
x = ctypes.c_int32(12345)
buf4_p_t = ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.ARRAY(ctypes.c_byte, 4))
buf_p = ctypes.cast(ctypes.byref(x), buf4_p_t)
list(buf_p)

Similar code that causes segmentation fault:

import ctypes
x = ctypes.c_int32(54321)
xp = ctypes.pointer(x)
list(xp)

Iterating over pointer using for statement leads to an infinite loop:
for i in buf_p: print(i)
for i in xp: print(i)
list(for i in buf_p)

Tried on 3.10.3 and 3.11.0a6+, fails at both.

The possible reason is that PyCPointer_Type defines sq_item without defining tp_iter.
Despite I can't imagine any reason why anyone might need to use pointer as iterable/sequence, raising TypeError in such situation would be a better option.

Linked PRs

• gh-126318
• gh-157801

从两个复现中展示的 ctypes PyCPointer 行为开始，确认受影响的 Python 版本中存在挂起、内存增长和段错误。追踪指针索引与迭代之间的交互，然后验证完成后的行为能够安全地拒绝迭代，而不会挂起或崩溃；链接的 PR gh-126318 和 gh-157801 提供了可供检查的现有工作。