gh-143715: deprecate incomplete initialization of struct.Struct()

Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.20.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Pending removal in Python 3.20
 ------------------------------
 
+* Calling the ``Struct.__new__()`` without required argument now is
+  deprecated and will be removed in Python 3.20.  Calling
+  :meth:`~object.__init__` method on initialized :class:`~struct.Struct`
+  objects is deprecated and will be removed in Python 3.20.
+
+  (Contributed by Sergey B Kirpichev in :gh:`78724`.)
+
 * The ``__version__``, ``version`` and ``VERSION`` attributes have been
   deprecated in these standard library modules and will be removed in
   Python 3.20. Use :py:data:`sys.version_info` instead.

Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst

@@ -1140,6 +1140,15 @@ New deprecations
 
     (Contributed by Bénédikt Tran in :gh:`134978`.)
 
+* :mod:`struct`:
+
+  * Calling the ``Struct.__new__()`` without required argument now is
+    deprecated and will be removed in Python 3.20.  Calling
+    :meth:`~object.__init__` method on initialized :class:`~struct.Struct`
+    objects is deprecated and will be removed in Python 3.20.
+
+    (Contributed by Sergey B Kirpichev in :gh:`78724`.)
+
 * ``__version__``
 
   * The ``__version__``, ``version`` and ``VERSION`` attributes have been

Lib/test/test_struct.py

@@ -575,11 +575,16 @@ def test_Struct_reinitialization(self):
         # Struct instance.  This test can be used to detect the leak
         # when running with regrtest -L.
         s = struct.Struct('i')
-        s.__init__('ii')
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            s.__init__('ii')
+        self.assertEqual(s.format, 'ii')
+        packed = b'\x01\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00'
+        self.assertEqual(s.pack(1, 2), packed)
+        self.assertEqual(s.unpack(packed), (1, 2))
 
     def check_sizeof(self, format_str, number_of_codes):
         # The size of 'PyStructObject'
-        totalsize = support.calcobjsize('2n3P')
+        totalsize = support.calcobjsize('2n3P1?')
         # The size taken up by the 'formatcode' dynamic array
         totalsize += struct.calcsize('P3n0P') * (number_of_codes + 1)
         support.check_sizeof(self, struct.Struct(format_str), totalsize)
@@ -783,7 +788,8 @@ class MyStruct(struct.Struct):
             def __init__(self):
                 super().__init__('>h')
 
-        my_struct = MyStruct()
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            my_struct = MyStruct()
         self.assertEqual(my_struct.pack(12345), b'\x30\x39')
 
     def test_repr(self):
@@ -817,7 +823,8 @@ def test_endian_table_init_subinterpreters(self):
             self.assertListEqual(list(results), [None] * 5)
 
     def test_operations_on_half_initialized_Struct(self):
-        S = struct.Struct.__new__(struct.Struct)
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            S = struct.Struct.__new__(struct.Struct)
 
         spam = array.array('b', b' ')
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, S.iter_unpack, spam)

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-01-10-16-23-21.gh-issue-78724.HZrfSA.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Calling the ``Struct.__new__()`` without required argument now is deprecated.
+Calling :meth:`~object.__init__` method on initialized :class:`~struct.Struct`
+objects is deprecated.  Patch by Sergey B Kirpichev.

Modules/_struct.c

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ typedef struct {
     formatcode *s_codes;
     PyObject *s_format;
     PyObject *weakreflist; /* List of weak references */
+    bool init_called;
 } PyStructObject;
 
 #define PyStructObject_CAST(op)     ((PyStructObject *)(op))
@@ -1757,30 +1758,67 @@ prepare_s(PyStructObject *self)
     return -1;
 }
 
+static int
+actual___init___impl(PyStructObject *self, PyObject *format)
+{
+    if (PyUnicode_Check(format)) {
+        format = PyUnicode_AsASCIIString(format);
+        if (format == NULL)
+            return -1;
+    }
+    else {
+        Py_INCREF(format);
+    }
+    if (!PyBytes_Check(format)) {
+        Py_DECREF(format);
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                     "Struct() argument 1 must be a str or bytes object, "
+                     "not %.200s",
+                     _PyType_Name(Py_TYPE(format)));
+        return -1;
+    }
+    Py_SETREF(self->s_format, format);
+    if (prepare_s(self)) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 s_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
-    PyObject *self;
+    PyStructObject *self;
 
+    if ((PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) != 1 || kwds)
+        && PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                        "Struct.__new__() has one positional argument", 1))
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     assert(type != NULL);
     allocfunc alloc_func = PyType_GetSlot(type, Py_tp_alloc);
     assert(alloc_func != NULL);
-
-    self = alloc_func(type, 0);
+    self = (PyStructObject *)alloc_func(type, 0);
     if (self != NULL) {
-        PyStructObject *s = (PyStructObject*)self;
-        s->s_format = Py_NewRef(Py_None);
-        s->s_codes = NULL;
-        s->s_size = -1;
-        s->s_len = -1;
+        self->s_format = Py_NewRef(Py_None);
+        self->s_codes = NULL;
+        self->s_size = -1;
+        self->s_len = -1;
+        self->init_called = false;
+        if (PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) > 0) {
+            if (actual___init___impl(self, PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0))) {
+                Py_DECREF(self);
+                return NULL;
+            }
+        }
     }
-    return self;
+    return (PyObject *)self;
 }
 
 /*[clinic input]
 Struct.__init__
 
-    format: object
+    format: object = NULL
 
 Create a compiled struct object.
 
@@ -1792,32 +1830,28 @@ See help(struct) for more on format strings.
 
 static int
 Struct___init___impl(PyStructObject *self, PyObject *format)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=b8e80862444e92d0 input=192a4575a3dde802]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=b8e80862444e92d0 input=14845875ad162992]*/
 {
-    int ret = 0;
-
-    if (PyUnicode_Check(format)) {
-        format = PyUnicode_AsASCIIString(format);
-        if (format == NULL)
-            return -1;
+    if (!format && !self->s_codes) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                        "Struct() missing required argument 'format' (pos 1)");
+        return -1;
     }
-    else {
-        Py_INCREF(format);
+    if (!self->init_called) {
+        if (!self->s_codes && actual___init___impl(self, format)) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        self->init_called = true;
+        return 0;
     }
-
-    if (!PyBytes_Check(format)) {
-        Py_DECREF(format);
-        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-                     "Struct() argument 1 must be a str or bytes object, "
-                     "not %.200s",
-                     _PyType_Name(Py_TYPE(format)));
+    if ((self->s_codes && self->init_called)
+        && PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                        ("Explicit call of __init__() on "
+                         "initialized Struct() is deprecated"), 1))
+    {
         return -1;
     }
-
-    Py_SETREF(self->s_format, format);
-
-    ret = prepare_s(self);
-    return ret;
+    return actual___init___impl(self, format);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -2460,9 +2494,7 @@ static PyType_Slot PyStructType_slots[] = {
     {Py_tp_members, s_members},
     {Py_tp_getset, s_getsetlist},
     {Py_tp_init, Struct___init__},
-    {Py_tp_alloc, PyType_GenericAlloc},
     {Py_tp_new, s_new},
-    {Py_tp_free, PyObject_GC_Del},
     {0, 0},
 };