Issue #12050: zlib.decompressobj().decompress() now clears the unconsumed_tail

attribute when called without a max_length argument.

Lib/test/test_zlib.py

@@ -310,6 +310,15 @@ class CompressObjectTestCase(BaseCompressTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, dco.decompress, "", -1)
         self.assertEqual('', dco.unconsumed_tail)
 
+    def test_clear_unconsumed_tail(self):
+        # Issue #12050: calling decompress() without providing max_length
+        # should clear the unconsumed_tail attribute.
+        cdata = "x\x9cKLJ\x06\x00\x02M\x01"     # "abc"
+        dco = zlib.decompressobj()
+        ddata = dco.decompress(cdata, 1)
+        ddata += dco.decompress(dco.unconsumed_tail)
+        self.assertEqual(dco.unconsumed_tail, "")
+
     def test_flushes(self):
         # Test flush() with the various options, using all the
         # different levels in order to provide more variations.

Misc/NEWS

@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #12050: zlib.decompressobj().decompress() now clears the unconsumed_tail
+  attribute when called without a max_length argument.
+
 - Issue #12062: In the `io` module, fix a flushing bug when doing a certain
   type of I/O sequence on a file opened in read+write mode (namely: reading,
   seeking a bit forward, writing, then seeking before the previous write but

Modules/zlibmodule.c

@@ -535,18 +535,23 @@ PyZlib_objdecompress(compobject *self, PyObject *args)
         Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
     }
 
-    /* Not all of the compressed data could be accommodated in the output buffer
-       of specified size. Return the unconsumed tail in an attribute.*/
     if(max_length) {
+        /* Not all of the compressed data could be accommodated in a buffer of
+           the specified size. Return the unconsumed tail in an attribute. */
         Py_DECREF(self->unconsumed_tail);
         self->unconsumed_tail = PyString_FromStringAndSize((char *)self->zst.next_in,
                                                            self->zst.avail_in);
+    }
+    else if (PyString_GET_SIZE(self->unconsumed_tail) > 0) {
+        /* All of the compressed data was consumed. Clear unconsumed_tail. */
+        Py_DECREF(self->unconsumed_tail);
+        self->unconsumed_tail = PyString_FromStringAndSize("", 0);
+    }
     if(!self->unconsumed_tail) {
         Py_DECREF(RetVal);
         RetVal = NULL;
         goto error;
     }
-    }
 
     /* The end of the compressed data has been reached, so set the
        unused_data attribute to a string containing the remainder of the