use Py_NewRef

Author: eendebakpt

Objects/rangeobject.c

@@ -244,8 +244,7 @@ compute_range_length(PyObject *start, PyObject *stop, PyObject *step)
     /* fast path for one argument case of range */
     if (start == zero && step == one) {
         if (_PyLong_IsPositive( (const PyLongObject *)stop) ) {
-                Py_INCREF(stop);
-                return stop;
+                return Py_NewRef(stop);
         }
         else {
                 return zero;