bpo-38437: Activate GC_DEBUG when PY_DEBUG is set (GH-16707)

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-10-10-20-42-09.bpo-38437.z_0mZp.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-10-10-20-42-09.bpo-38437.z_0mZp.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..69a8843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-10-10-20-42-09.bpo-38437.z_0mZp.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Activate the ``GC_DEBUG`` macro for debug builds of the interpreter (when
+``Py_DEBUG`` is set). Patch by Pablo Galindo.

diff --git a/Modules/gcmodule.c b/Modules/gcmodule.c
index b1e802e33e4985d2ae360f3b91d72b329da54ce0..a1cb323bd24cb2409f2b0a643e278e68d3062a95 100644 (file)
--- a/Modules/gcmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/gcmodule.c
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ module gc
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 /*[clinic end generated code: output=da39a3ee5e6b4b0d input=b5c9690ecc842d79]*/
 
-#define GC_DEBUG (0)  /* Enable more asserts */
+
+#ifdef Py_DEBUG
+#  define GC_DEBUG
+#endif
 
 #define GC_NEXT _PyGCHead_NEXT
 #define GC_PREV _PyGCHead_PREV
@@ -316,7 +319,7 @@ append_objects(PyObject *py_list, PyGC_Head *gc_list)
     return 0;
 }
 
-#if GC_DEBUG
+#ifdef GC_DEBUG
 // validate_list checks list consistency.  And it works as document
 // describing when expected_mask is set / unset.
 static void