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Fix itertools iterator state and lifetime - #9614

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Summary

  • Publish chain, accumulate and pairwise state under their locks, then release displaced Python objects after unlocking so finalizers can reenter without deadlocking.
  • Transfer accumulate's initial value into the total once, so it is no longer retained after the total changes. Omitted/None initial avoids the new one-time locks.
  • Stop pairwise from repolling after source termination and preserve a chain's source when an active inner iterator raises a non-Stop exception.

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  • Independent source reviews against CPython 3.15.0, including recursive iteration, finalizer reentry, reference lifetimes and lock ordering.
  • prek run --files crates/vm/src/stdlib/itertools.rs and normal commit hooks passed.
  • Existing test_itertools includes pairwise iterator-reentry tests, ordinary accumulate initial-value cases and chain error propagation. Direct finalizer reentry, pairwise repolling and chain resumption after error were not found in those tests. No tests were edited and RustPython was not run locally; hosted CI is needed for build/runtime evidence.

This is scoped iterator-state work, not complete parity: pairwise retains source/old references after termination, and pre-existing chain source/error and broader concurrent-iteration differences remain. The accumulate initial transfer adds object storage, a branch and a GC read guard; no benchmark was run.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Iterator chaining now moves past exhausted iterators and reports iteration errors directly.
    • Accumulation now yields a supplied starting value once before processing items.
    • Pairwise iteration now stops after the source ends or encounters an error, preventing later calls from resuming it.

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The changes update chain, accumulate, and pairwise iterator state handling. They also change when replaced Python objects are dropped relative to lock release.

Changes: itertools iterator state

Layer / File(s) Summary
Chain exhaustion handling
crates/vm/src/stdlib/itertools.rs
chain drops an exhausted active iterator before advancing to another source iterator. It returns errors from the active iterator directly.
Accumulate initial value and state updates
crates/vm/src/stdlib/itertools.rs
accumulate tracks whether an initial value was supplied and yields it once when present. It drops the previous accumulated value after releasing the write lock.
Pairwise terminal state
crates/vm/src/stdlib/itertools.rs
pairwise becomes terminal after source exhaustion or error. It stops subsequent calls and drops replaced saved values after releasing the lock.

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Change: Bug fix

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The iterator changes have no confirmed functional defect, but local tests do not protect chain resumption after errors or pairwise exhaustion against repolling. These bounded coverage gaps warrant follow-up; they do not establish a merge-blocking failure.

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Nitpick comments: 2
crates/vm/src/stdlib/itertools.rs: 2

107-108: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add a test for chain resumption after an active-iterator error.

chain keeps source when an active inner iterator raises a non-StopIteration error. The existing chain tests raise only from source elements, so a change that clears source on this path would still pass them. The added case passes the raising iterator directly to chain. RaiseOnce becomes the active iterator, raises once, and then yields an item. The next next(x) call returns that item. If source were cleared, that call would raise StopIteration.

Suggested test addition
 with assert_raises(StopIteration):
     next(x)
 
+# active iterator raises once, then yields; chain keeps its source
+class RaiseOnce:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.raised = False
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __next__(self):
+        if not self.raised:
+            self.raised = True
+            raise ValueError
+        return "x"
+
+x = chain(RaiseOnce())
+with assert_raises(ValueError):
+    next(x)
+assert next(x) == "x"
+
 # itertools.count tests
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Review comment at @crates/vm/src/stdlib/itertools.rs around lines 107 - 108:
Add a regression test to the existing chain tests that passes a one-shot raising
iterator directly to chain. Verify the first next call raises ValueError and the
following call yields the iterator’s item, ensuring chain preserves its source
after an active iterator error.

1830-1832: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add a regression test for pairwise exhaustion.

The local pairwise snippets call next once and never check the source after StopIteration. Removing the terminal store in PyItertoolsPairwise::next_item (line 1831) would make later next calls poll the source again. No local test would fail. The Err arm has the same dependency.

A call-count test catches this. Add it after the existing pairwise checks in extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_itertools.py:

class CountingSource:
    def __init__(self):
        self.calls = 0

    def __iter__(self):
        return self

    def __next__(self):
        self.calls += 1
        raise StopIteration


source = CountingSource()
pairs = itertools.pairwise(source)
assert list(pairs) == []
exhausted_calls = source.calls
try:
    next(pairs)
except StopIteration:
    pass
assert source.calls == exhausted_calls
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Review comment at @crates/vm/src/stdlib/itertools.rs around lines 1830 - 1832:
Add a call-count regression test after the existing pairwise checks in the
itertools snippets: use an always-exhausted counting iterator, consume the
pairwise iterator, then call next again and verify the source call count does
not increase. This protects the terminal behavior in
PyItertoolsPairwise::next_item; keep the test focused on exhaustion.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @crates/vm/src/stdlib/itertools.rs:
- Around line 107-108: Add a regression test to the existing chain tests that
passes a one-shot raising iterator directly to chain. Verify the first next call
raises ValueError and the following call yields the iterator’s item, ensuring
chain preserves its source after an active iterator error.
- Around line 1830-1832: Add a call-count regression test after the existing
pairwise checks in the itertools snippets: use an always-exhausted counting
iterator, consume the pairwise iterator, then call next again and verify the
source call count does not increase. This protects the terminal behavior in
PyItertoolsPairwise::next_item; keep the test focused on exhaustion.

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