[3.11] gh-99952: fix refcount issues in ctypes.Structure from_param() result #101339
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backport of #100169
Fixes a reference counting issue with
ctypes.Structure
when afrom_param()
method call is used and the structure size is larger than a C pointersizeof(void*)
.This problem existed for a very long time, but became more apparent in 3.8+ by change likely due to garbage collection cleanup timing changes.. (cherry picked from commit dfad678)
Co-authored-by: Yukihiro Nakadaira yukihiro.nakadaira@gmail.com
ctypes.WINFUNCTYPE
works in Python3.7, does not work as same in newer Python #99952