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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.3.144
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.3.144
+Problem:    Crash with ":python help(dir)". (Kearn Holliday)
+Solution:   Fix the way the type is set on objects. (Tobias Columbus)
+Files:	    src/if_python.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.3.143/src/if_python.c	2010-11-16 19:25:56.000000000 +0100
+--- src/if_python.c	2011-03-26 13:54:22.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 780,786 ****
+  PythonIO_Init(void)
+  {
+      /* Fixups... */
+!     OutputType.ob_type = &PyType_Type;
+  
+      return PythonIO_Init_io();
+  }
+--- 780,786 ----
+  PythonIO_Init(void)
+  {
+      /* Fixups... */
+!     PyType_Ready(&OutputType);
+  
+      return PythonIO_Init_io();
+  }
+***************
+*** 1402,1413 ****
+      static char *(argv[2]) = {"/must>not&exist/foo", NULL};
+  
+      /* Fixups... */
+!     BufferType.ob_type = &PyType_Type;
+!     RangeType.ob_type = &PyType_Type;
+!     WindowType.ob_type = &PyType_Type;
+!     BufListType.ob_type = &PyType_Type;
+!     WinListType.ob_type = &PyType_Type;
+!     CurrentType.ob_type = &PyType_Type;
+  
+      /* Set sys.argv[] to avoid a crash in warn(). */
+      PySys_SetArgv(1, argv);
+--- 1402,1413 ----
+      static char *(argv[2]) = {"/must>not&exist/foo", NULL};
+  
+      /* Fixups... */
+!     PyType_Ready(&BufferType);
+!     PyType_Ready(&RangeType);
+!     PyType_Ready(&WindowType);
+!     PyType_Ready(&BufListType);
+!     PyType_Ready(&WinListType);
+!     PyType_Ready(&CurrentType);
+  
+      /* Set sys.argv[] to avoid a crash in warn(). */
+      PySys_SetArgv(1, argv);
+*** ../vim-7.3.143/src/version.c	2011-03-22 18:10:34.000000000 +0100
+--- src/version.c	2011-03-26 13:56:15.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 716,717 ****
+--- 716,719 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     144,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+The chat program is in public domain.  This is not the GNU public license.
+If it breaks then you get to keep both pieces.
+		-- Copyright notice for the chat program
+
+ /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
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