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If an exporter returns a Py_buffer with ndim 1, PyMemoryView_FromObject changes the shape and strides pointer fields to point to a local Py_buffer array field. This array field is undocumented. Any heap memory these pointers reference is lost. Should the exporter's bf_releasebuffer later try and free the memory, the Python interpreter may segfault.
Attached is a demonstration program. Its output is:
Accessing buffer directly...
Accessing buffer through a memory view...
* View->shape has changed.
Done.
where the third line shows bf_releasebuffer has detected a changed pointer.