Merge pull request #203 from masajxxx/master

Fixed missing GlobalLock in paste_windows function
asweigart · Oct 12, 2021 · 3c1095f · 3c1095f
2 parents f95dd17 + b1308ad
commit 3c1095f
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diff --git a/src/pyperclip/__init__.py b/src/pyperclip/__init__.py
@@ -495,7 +495,10 @@ def paste_windows():
                 # (Also, it may return a handle to an empty buffer,
                 # but technically that's not empty)
                 return ""
-            return c_wchar_p(handle).value
+            locked_handle = safeGlobalLock(handle)
+            return_value = c_wchar_p(locked_handle).value
+            safeGlobalUnlock(handle)
+            return return_value
 
     return copy_windows, paste_windows