From 3f580bf03f9ec2e11487a03776a530e4bf6c1bdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cheruku Sri Charan Reddy
 <185475071+sricharanreddycheruku@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 13:25:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: support Py_NewRef calls on Python 3.9

---
 src/hyperscan/extension.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/hyperscan/extension.c b/src/hyperscan/extension.c
index e072d10..68f099e 100644
--- a/src/hyperscan/extension.c
+++ b/src/hyperscan/extension.c
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <structmember.h>
 
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x030A0000
+static inline PyObject *Py_NewRef(PyObject *obj)
+{
+  Py_INCREF(obj);
+  return obj;
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
 typedef struct {
   PyThread_type_lock lock;