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SharedMemory.buf should be optional (is None after SharedMemory.close() #14722

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This code shows that SharedMemory.buf can be None:

from multiprocessing.shared_memory import SharedMemory

shm = SharedMemory(name="foo", create=True, size=1)
shm.close()
assert shm.buf is None

Yet the type hint says it cannot be None:

@property
def buf(self) -> memoryview: ...

This leads mypy v1.18.1 to emit the new (optional)

Non-overlapping identity check (left operand type: "memoryview[int]", right operand type: "None")
See https://mypy.rtfd.io/en/stable/_refs.html#code-comparison-overlap for more infoMypy

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