fix for bug 501716

[mbrierst]

BPO	684981
Nosy	@loewis
Files	patchargs2

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[mbrierst]

Fixes bug described there:
"es#" parser marker leaks memory

Also fixes two other minor leaks involving
strings with encoded NULL's and when
a bad buffer_len pointer is passed to
PyArg_Parse...

Is a nicer version of the patch I pasted
in to the comments on the 501716 bug report.

[loewis]

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Thanks for the patch. Committed as getargs.c 2.100.