From dd404d6ec8cffe8d5593a189d8f9918e36b59470 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Nguyen <109386615+juliannguyen4@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:32:56 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Try reusing to see what happens

---
 src/main/conversions.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/conversions.c b/src/main/conversions.c
index 0360b70994..55809f7b55 100644
--- a/src/main/conversions.c
+++ b/src/main/conversions.c
@@ -2358,8 +2358,19 @@ void initialize_bin_for_strictypes(AerospikeClient *self, as_error *err,
                                    PyObject *py_value, as_binop *binop,
                                    char *bin, as_static_pool *static_pool)
 {
-
     as_bin *binop_bin = &binop->bin;
+    as_status status = as_val_new_from_pyobject(self, err, py_value,
+                                                static_pool, SERIALIZER_PYTHON);
+    if (status != AEROSPIKE_OK) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    strcpy(binop_bin->name, bin);
+    // doesn't support boolean
+    // this allocates memory on the stack
+    // TODO...
+    return;
+
     if (PyLong_Check(py_value)) {
         int val = PyLong_AsLong(py_value);
         as_integer_init((as_integer *)&binop_bin->value, val);
@@ -2427,7 +2438,6 @@ void initialize_bin_for_strictypes(AerospikeClient *self, as_error *err,
         ((as_val *)&binop_bin->value)->type = AS_UNKNOWN;
         binop_bin->valuep = (as_bin_value *)bytes;
     }
-    strcpy(binop_bin->name, bin);
 }
 
 // TODO: dead code

From c1edaaaf2895cf0c8e90dead6ac922e110c15670 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Nguyen <109386615+juliannguyen4@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:19:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix

---
 src/main/conversions.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/main/conversions.c b/src/main/conversions.c
index 55809f7b55..b6172deeed 100644
--- a/src/main/conversions.c
+++ b/src/main/conversions.c
@@ -2360,6 +2360,7 @@ void initialize_bin_for_strictypes(AerospikeClient *self, as_error *err,
 {
     as_bin *binop_bin = &binop->bin;
     as_status status = as_val_new_from_pyobject(self, err, py_value,
+                                                (as_val **)(&binop_bin->valuep),
                                                 static_pool, SERIALIZER_PYTHON);
     if (status != AEROSPIKE_OK) {
         return;