diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d368a75079..9be068ea98 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ Which one you need depends on the system you want to run it on and whether you
 want or must compile it yourself.  Check http://www.vim.org/download.php for
 an overview of currently available distributions.
 
+Some popular places to get the latest Vim:
+* Check out the git repository from [github](https://github.com/vim/vim).
+* Get the source code as an [archive](https://github.com/vim/vim/releases).
+* Get a Windows executable from the
+[vim-win32-installer](https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases) repository.
+
+
 
 ## Compiling ##
 
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 0d0905aece..a47b004e06 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ Which one you need depends on the system you want to run it on and whether you
 want or must compile it yourself.  Check "http://www.vim.org/download.php" for
 an overview of currently available distributions.
 
+Some popular places to get the latest Vim:
+* Check out the git repository from github: https://github.com/vim/vim.
+* Get the source code as an archive: https://github.com/vim/vim/releases.
+* Get a Windows executable from the vim-win32-installer repository:
+  https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases.
+
 
 COMPILING
 
diff --git a/src/if_perl.xs b/src/if_perl.xs
index b091bf7cab..23246a57b1 100644
--- a/src/if_perl.xs
+++ b/src/if_perl.xs
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@ I32 cur_val(IV iv, SV *sv)
     else
 	rv = newBUFrv(newSV(0), curbuf);
     sv_setsv(sv, rv);
+    SvREFCNT_dec(SvRV(rv));
     return 0;
 }
 #endif /* !PROTO */
diff --git a/src/if_py_both.h b/src/if_py_both.h
index 0b701ae082..de3e8680b5 100644
--- a/src/if_py_both.h
+++ b/src/if_py_both.h
@@ -2922,6 +2922,13 @@ FunctionConstructor(PyTypeObject *subtype, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 	    if (argc != 0)
 	    {
 		argv = PyMem_New(typval_T, (size_t) argc);
+		if (argv == NULL)
+		{
+		    PyErr_NoMemory();
+		    dict_unref(selfdict);
+		    list_unref(argslist);
+		    return NULL;
+		}
 		curtv = argv;
 		for (li = argslist->lv_first; li != NULL; li = li->li_next)
 		    copy_tv(&li->li_tv, curtv++);
@@ -6070,7 +6077,7 @@ ConvertFromPyMapping(PyObject *obj, typval_T *tv)
 ConvertFromPySequence(PyObject *obj, typval_T *tv)
 {
     PyObject	*lookup_dict;
-    int		ret = 0;
+    int		ret;
 
     if (!(lookup_dict = PyDict_New()))
 	return -1;
@@ -6080,9 +6087,10 @@ ConvertFromPySequence(PyObject *obj, typval_T *tv)
 	tv->v_type = VAR_LIST;
 	tv->vval.v_list = (((ListObject *)(obj))->list);
 	++tv->vval.v_list->lv_refcount;
+	ret = 0;
     }
     else if (PyIter_Check(obj) || PySequence_Check(obj))
-	return convert_dl(obj, tv, pyseq_to_tv, lookup_dict);
+	ret = convert_dl(obj, tv, pyseq_to_tv, lookup_dict);
     else
     {
 	PyErr_FORMAT(PyExc_TypeError,
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_perl.vim b/src/testdir/test_perl.vim
index b523805a89..da47ab153c 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_perl.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_perl.vim
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fu <SID>catch_peval(expr)
   endtry
   call assert_true(0, 'no exception for `perleval("'.a:expr.'")`')
   return ''
-endf
+endfunc
 
 function Test_perleval()
   call assert_false(perleval('undef'))
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function Test_perleval()
 
   call assert_equal('*VIM', perleval('"*VIM"'))
   call assert_true(perleval('\\0') =~ 'SCALAR(0x\x\+)')
-endf
+endfunc
 
 function Test_perldo()
   sp __TEST__
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function Test_perldo()
   1
   call assert_false(search('\Cperl'))
   bw!
-endf
+endfunc
 
 function Test_VIM_package()
   perl VIM::DoCommand('let l:var = "foo"')
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function Test_VIM_package()
   set noet
   perl VIM::SetOption('et')
   call assert_true(&et)
-endf
+endfunc
 
 function Test_stdio()
   redir =>l:out
@@ -102,4 +102,22 @@ function Test_stdio()
 EOF
   redir END
   call assert_equal(['&VIM::Msg', 'STDOUT', 'STDERR'], split(l:out, "\n"))
-endf
+endfunc
+
+function Test_SvREFCNT()
+  new t
+  perl <<--perl
+  my ($b, $w);
+  $b = $curbuf for 0 .. 10;
+  $w = $curwin for 0 .. 10;
+  VIM::DoCommand('bw! t');
+  if (exists &Internals::SvREFCNT) {
+      my $cb = Internals::SvREFCNT($$b);
+      my $cw = Internals::SvREFCNT($$w);
+      VIM::Eval("assert_equal(2, $cb)");
+      VIM::Eval("assert_equal(2, $cw)");
+  }
+  VIM::Eval("assert_false($$b)");
+  VIM::Eval("assert_false($$w)");
+--perl
+endfunc
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 3c3817e2b8..d55fa930ba 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -763,6 +763,14 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    1747,
+/**/
+    1746,
+/**/
+    1745,
+/**/
+    1744,
 /**/
     1743,
 /**/