Make the dummy pointer const to satisfy the c-globals check

serhiy-storchaka · claude · serhiy-storchaka · commit bb967ab4fbaf · 2026-07-24T13:21:44.000+03:00
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 &lt;noreply@anthropic.com&gt;
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapi/capsule.c b/Modules/_testcapi/capsule.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ capsule_new(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg)
             return PyErr_NoMemory();
         }
     }
-    static char dummy;
+    static const char dummy = 0;
     void *pointer = name_copy != NULL ? (void *)name_copy : (void *)&dummy;
     PyObject *capsule = PyCapsule_New(pointer, name_copy, capsule_destructor);
     if (capsule == NULL) {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ capsule_new(PyObject self, PyObject arg)`
`22`	`22`	`return PyErr_NoMemory();`
`23`	`23`	`}`
`24`	`24`	`}`
`25`		`- static char dummy;`
	`25`	`+ static const char dummy = 0;`
`26`	`26`	`void pointer = name_copy != NULL ? (void )name_copy : (void *)&dummy;`
`27`	`27`	`PyObject *capsule = PyCapsule_New(pointer, name_copy, capsule_destructor);`
`28`	`28`	`if (capsule == NULL) {`