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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-12-05 22:45:48 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-12-05 22:45:48 (GMT)
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Fix SF bug #489581: __slots__ leak.
It was easier than I thought, assuming that no other things contribute to the instance size besides slots -- a pretty good bet. With a test suite, no less!
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@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ XXX Release date: ??-Dec-2001 XXX
Type/class unification and new-style classes
+- Fixed a leak: instance variables declared with __slots__ were never
+ deleted!
+
- The "delete attribute" method of descriptor objects is called
__delete__, not __del__. In previous releases, it was mistakenly
called __del__, which created an unfortunate overloading condition