Explain the clearing of the stack in a comment in Python/ceval.c's

Yhg1s · Yhg1s · commit 03ca23d892ba · 2006-02-10T22:51:45.000Z
call_function(), rather than commenting on the lack of an explanation in a
comment.
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -3590,7 +3590,8 @@ call_function(PyObject ***pp_stack, int oparg
 		Py_DECREF(func);
 	}
 
-	/* What does this do? */
+	/* Clear the stack of the function object and the arguments,
+	   in case they weren't consumed already */
 	while ((*pp_stack) > pfunc) {
 		w = EXT_POP(*pp_stack);
 		Py_DECREF(w);

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -3590,7 +3590,8 @@ call_function(PyObject ***pp_stack, int oparg`
`3590`	`3590`	`Py_DECREF(func);`
`3591`	`3591`	`}`
`3592`	`3592`
`3593`		`- /* What does this do? */`
	`3593`	`+ /* Clear the stack of the function object and the arguments,`
	`3594`	`+ in case they weren't consumed already */`
`3594`	`3595`	`while ((*pp_stack) > pfunc) {`
`3595`	`3596`	`w = EXT_POP(*pp_stack);`
`3596`	`3597`	`Py_DECREF(w);`