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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2017-08-18 23:54:42 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-08-18 23:54:42 (GMT)
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bpo-31234: test_threading: fix ref cycle (#3150)
test_bare_raise_in_brand_new_thread() now explicitly breaks a reference cycle to not leak a dangling thread.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threading.py b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
index 0f3ac55..800d26f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_threading.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
@@ -1069,6 +1069,8 @@ class ThreadingExceptionTests(BaseTestCase):
thread.join()
self.assertIsNotNone(thread.exc)
self.assertIsInstance(thread.exc, RuntimeError)
+ # explicitly break the reference cycle to not leak a dangling thread
+ thread.exc = None
class TimerTests(BaseTestCase):