From 2c7f7aaff1fb850473caca93b0bdc6bfbae340bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benedikt Johannes <benedikt.johannes.hofer@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:18:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Increase performance of _config_dict_get_bool(PyObject
 *dict, const char *name, int *p_flag) by removing unused PY_DECREF(item)

---
 Python/interpconfig.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Python/interpconfig.c b/Python/interpconfig.c
index 1add8a81425b9a..89fcdb1a2c0912 100644
--- a/Python/interpconfig.c
+++ b/Python/interpconfig.c
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ _config_dict_get_bool(PyObject *dict, const char *name, int *p_flag)
         config_dict_invalid_type(name);
         return -1;
     }
-    Py_DECREF(item);
     *p_flag = flag;
     return 0;
 }

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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-02-25-17-25-36.gh-issue-145228.bM5lo-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-02-25-17-25-36.gh-issue-145228.bM5lo-.rst
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+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-02-25-17-25-36.gh-issue-145228.bM5lo-.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The function ``_config_dict_get_bool()`` in :file:`Python/interpconfig.c` has been optimized to avoid unnecessary reference count decrements on boolean results.
+Patch by Benedikt Johannes.