[project @ akuchling-20020525014711-0542d6c0170548df]

[project @ 2002-05-24 18:47:11 by akuchling]
Overwriting the object is safe in Python 2.2, but not in Python 2.1
    because _PyObject_Del() looks at the type pointer to see if the type is
    GCed or not.  Instead, just zap the hash and stream cipher states.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/hash_template.c b/src/hash_template.c
index f1a0c88..6662dd5 100644
--- a/src/hash_template.c
+++ b/src/hash_template.c
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ newALGobject(void)
 static void
 ALG_dealloc(PyObject *ptr)
 {
+	ALGobject *self = (ALGobject *)ptr;
+
 	/* Overwrite the contents of the object */
-	memset((char *)ptr, 0, sizeof(ALGobject));
+	memset((char*)&(self->st), 0, sizeof(hash_state));
 	PyObject_Del(ptr);
 }