changes.diff

--- custom_orig.c	2018-11-04 11:20:30.076989050 +0000
+++ custom.c	2018-11-04 11:21:59.550788794 +0000
@@ -5,14 +5,19 @@
     PyObject_HEAD
     PyObject *first; /* first name */
     PyObject *last;  /* last name */
+    PyObject *test_field;  /* last name */
     int number;
 } CustomObject;
 
+static PyTypeObject CustomType;
+
 static void
 Custom_dealloc(CustomObject *self)
 {
     Py_XDECREF(self->first);
     Py_XDECREF(self->last);
+    puts("deallocating weird pointer");
+    Py_XDECREF(self->test_field);
     Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free((PyObject *) self);
 }
 
@@ -20,7 +25,9 @@
 Custom_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
     CustomObject *self;
-    self = (CustomObject *) type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+    //self = (CustomObject *) type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+    self = PyObject_New(CustomObject, &CustomType);
+    printf("weird pointer has value of: 0x%x\n", self->test_field);
     if (self != NULL) {
         self->first = PyUnicode_FromString("");
         if (self->first == NULL) {
@@ -116,7 +123,7 @@
 };
 
 PyMODINIT_FUNC
-PyInit_custom2(void)
+PyInit_custom(void)
 {
     PyObject *m;
     if (PyType_Ready(&CustomType) < 0)