Memory Leak - new PyObject

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Hello guys,

I noticed that when creating a PyObject in Java using method call(...) or callMethod(...), it lives forever....

In method PyLib_CallAndReturnObject, an object is first created
(pyReturnValue = PyObject_CallObject), then its reference is incremented
(Py_INCREF (pyReturnValue)), and then the reference is incremented again in the PyObject constructor in Java:

    PyObject(long pointer) {
        if (pointer == 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("pointer == 0");
        }
        PyLib.incRef(pointer);
        this.pointer = pointer;
    }

However, I found only one case, when the counter decrements - the PyObject's finalize(). Therefore, the object continues to exist with two references, and a memory leak occurs.
Is this a bug, or am I misunderstanding something? (sorry, this is my first expirience with Python C API)