Allow calling `PyTuple_SetItem` by bschoenmaeckers · Pull Request #9441 · RustPython/RustPython

bschoenmaeckers · 2026-10-28T16:17:20Z

PyTuple_SetItem is a widely used function. So to have full compatibility with CPython, we should allow this.

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Bug Fixes
- Creating a tuple with length zero returns an empty tuple. Positive-length tuples are initialized with None, while negative lengths return an error.
- Setting a tuple item validates the position and only succeeds when the tuple has a single strong reference. Invalid positions and attempts to modify a shared tuple return errors.

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-28T16:18:36Z

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The C API now creates nonempty tuples filled with None. PyTuple_SetItem takes ownership of its value and replaces an item only when the tuple has one strong reference.

Changes: Tuple C API

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Tuple allocation `crates/capi/src/tupleobject.rs`	`PyTuple_New` creates tuples filled with `None` for positive lengths, returns the empty tuple for zero, and returns a system error for negative lengths.
Tuple item setting and validation `crates/capi/src/tupleobject.rs`	`PyTuple_SetItem` is now `unsafe`, takes ownership of the supplied value, and validates the position. It replaces an item when the tuple has one strong reference. Tests cover successful mutation and rejection after cloning.

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Tuple creation and mutation are supported, but oversized tuple allocations can terminate the host process instead of returning an exception. Mergeability carries this bounded allocation risk, which needs owner awareness or a fallible-allocation fix.

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Minor · Release the transferred value reference when the tuple cast fails. · tupleobject.rs:72-73
crates/capi/src/tupleobject.rs:72-73
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Release the transferred value reference when the tuple cast fails.

When tuple is not a tuple, the ? at crates/capi/src/tupleobject.rs:72 returns before value.assume_owned() at line 73. A raw *mut PyObject has no Drop, so the reference that PyTuple_SetItem takes ownership of is not released on that path. The index-error and success paths already drop or move value, so they do not leak.

Ownership of value needs to be taken before the tuple cast. assume_owned debug-asserts a non-null pointer, so a NULL value needs separate handling. Do not move the line without addressing that case.

Note: this behaviour predates this PR (already present at merge base 8c6c94b07174); the change keeps it reachable.
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Review comment at @crates/capi/src/tupleobject.rs around lines 72 - 73:
In the PyTuple_SetItem flow, take ownership of the transferred value before the
fallible tuple cast so the owned reference is released if the cast fails. Handle
a NULL value before calling assume_owned, preserving the existing index-error
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Review comments at @crates/capi/src/tupleobject.rs:
- Line 24: Update PyTuple_New to allocate tuple storage fallibly: reserve
capacity for len with try_reserve_exact, convert reservation failure to a
MemoryError, then initialize the items and pass them to vm.new_tuple.
- Around line 74-76: Update the negative-position conversion error in
PyTuple_SetItem to return IndexError instead of SystemError, matching the error
type used for out-of-range positions and analogous tuple/list item access
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- Around line 72-73: In the PyTuple_SetItem flow, take ownership of the
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Add a test for negative PyTuple_SetItem positions.

The pos = -1 path maps to IndexError at crates/capi/src/tupleobject.rs:76, but no test calls PyTuple_SetItem with a negative position. The existing calls at lines 170 and 178 both pass 0, and the error check only confirms that some error is set. A later change that returns SystemError for negative positions would leave the current tests passing.

Add this test inside mod tests, after tuple_is_mutable_with_one_ref:

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#[test]
fn tuple_set_item_rejects_negative_position() {
    Python::attach(|py| {
        let value: Bound<'_, _> = 1.into_pyobject(py).unwrap();
        let tuple: Bound<'_, PyTuple> =
            unsafe { Bound::from_owned_ptr(py, ffi::PyTuple_New(1)).cast_into_unchecked() };
        unsafe {
            assert_eq!(
                ffi::PyTuple_SetItem(tuple.as_ptr(), -1, value.clone().into_ptr()),
                -1
            );
        }
        let err = PyErr::take(py).expect("expected an error");
        assert!(err.is_instance_of::<pyo3::exceptions::PyIndexError>(py));
    })
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Add a test in mod tests near tuple_is_mutable_with_one_ref that calls
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chatgpt-codex-connector · 2026-10-28T16:44:26Z

+            let data_ptr = unsafe { tuple.as_ptr().add(index).cast_mut() };
+            unsafe { ptr::replace(data_ptr, value) };


Route tuple writes through the UnsafeCell

On every successful insertion, tuple.as_ptr() is the slice as_ptr reached through PyTuple's Deref, so data_ptr is derived from an immutable &[PyObjectRef]; converting it with cast_mut() does not authorize the write in ptr::replace. TupleElements::set_initializing in crates/vm/src/builtins/tuple.rs deliberately writes via UnsafeCell::get, while as_slice assumes published elements are never replaced, so the intended PyTuple_New/PyTuple_SetItem path now has Rust UB and can be misoptimized. Expose a C-API initialization method that writes through the UnsafeCell rather than through the shared slice.

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youknowone · 2026-10-29T00:59:03Z

please check clippy failure

bschoenmaeckers force-pushed the c-api-mut-tuple branch 2 times, most recently from c5e6873 to 068bba5 Compare October 28, 2026 16:19

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		let data_ptr = unsafe { tuple.as_ptr().add(index).cast_mut() };
		unsafe { ptr::replace(data_ptr, value) };

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