bpo-33615: avoid extra decref by ericsnowcurrently · Pull Request #7251 · python/cpython

Yeah, I've been working on this whenever I can spare some time. I haven't been able to reproduce the issue locally (something racy is happening) so I was planning to rely on the buildbots to verify when I've fixed the issue. I'm actually glad things failed on CI since it reduces the latency of results (vs. buildbots). :) The current PR is the first thing I've tried to fix the issue.

Also, note that with clang the PR led to a refcount-related abort, whereas with GCC it segfaulted. I'd be much more likely to resolve this quickly if I could see a C-level backtrace on CI/buildbots (and moreso if I could repro locally), but I expect that isn't an option. :/