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  r81712 | benjamin.peterson | 2010-06-04 21:07:01 -0500 (Fri, 04 Jun 2010) | 1 line

  _PyObject_LookupSpecial returns a new reference
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Objects/abstract.c

@@ -716,6 +716,7 @@ PyObject_Format(PyObject *obj, PyObject *format_spec)
 
     /* And call it. */
     result = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(meth, format_spec, NULL);
+    Py_DECREF(meth);
 
     if (result && !PyUnicode_Check(result)) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,