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authorArmin Rigo <arigo@tunes.org>2006-04-14 14:58:30 (GMT)
committerArmin Rigo <arigo@tunes.org>2006-04-14 14:58:30 (GMT)
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Show case: reference cycles involving only the ob_type field are rather
uncommon but possible. Inspired by SF bug 1469629.
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+# Reference cycles involving only the ob_type field are rather uncommon
+# but possible. Inspired by SF bug 1469629.
+
+import gc
+
+def leak():
+ class T(type):
+ pass
+ class U(type):
+ __metaclass__ = T
+ U.__class__ = U
+ del U
+ gc.collect(); gc.collect(); gc.collect()