From: Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 09:51:57 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document that we rely on the OS to release the crypto
X-Git-Tag: v2.6a1~1351
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=af699dd621e83a1569e7325a8d80f54b6585ea6d;p=python

Document that we rely on the OS to release the crypto
context. Fixes #1626801.
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diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 24c9e15537..7c25a05b48 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -8074,6 +8074,8 @@ typedef BOOL (WINAPI *CRYPTGENRANDOM)(HCRYPTPROV hProv, DWORD dwLen,\
               BYTE *pbBuffer );
 
 static CRYPTGENRANDOM pCryptGenRandom = NULL;
+/* This handle is never explicitly released. Instead, the operating
+   system will release it when the process terminates. */
 static HCRYPTPROV hCryptProv = 0;
 
 static PyObject*