Index: ChangeLog
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--- ChangeLog	(revision 3572)
+++ ChangeLog	(revision 3573)
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Jan  9 22:24:26 CET 2007 Daniel Veillard <daniel veillard com>
+
+	* python/libxml.c: fix a memory leak in the python string handling
+	  when SAX event are passed back to the python handlers
+
 Thu Jan  4 18:27:49 CET 2007 Daniel Veillard <daniel veillard com>
 
 	* xmlreader.c: fix xmlTextReaderSetup() description
Index: python/libxml.c
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--- python/libxml.c	(revision 3572)
+++ python/libxml.c	(revision 3573)
@@ -773,6 +773,8 @@
                     attrvalue = Py_None;
                 }
                 PyDict_SetItem(dict, attrname, attrvalue);
+		Py_DECREF(attrname);
+		Py_DECREF(attrvalue);
             }
         }
 
@@ -1170,6 +1172,7 @@
         for (node = tree; node != NULL; node = node->next) {
             newName = PyString_FromString((char *) node->name);
             PyList_SetItem(nameList, count, newName);
+	    Py_DECREF(newName);
             count++;
         }
         result = PyObject_CallMethod(handler, (char *) "attributeDecl",