Partly revert ad3824a90261 and add comment about reference ownership

tiran · tiran · commit 1526582df686 · 2012-09-12T17:52:46.000+02:00
diff --git a/Python/symtable.c b/Python/symtable.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ste_new(struct symtable *st, identifier name, _Py_block_ty block,
     if (ste == NULL)
         goto fail;
     ste->ste_table = st;
-    ste->ste_id = k;
+    ste->ste_id = k; /* ste owns reference to k */
 
     ste->ste_name = name;
     Py_INCREF(name);
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ ste_new(struct symtable *st, identifier name, _Py_block_ty block,
 
     return ste;
  fail:
-    Py_XDECREF(k);
     Py_XDECREF(ste);
     return NULL;
 }
