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authorTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2001-10-23 01:59:54 (GMT)
committerTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2001-10-23 01:59:54 (GMT)
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Doc and NEWS changes due to Jeremy adding traceback objects to gc.
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Library
+- Traceback objects are now scanned by cyclic garbage collection, so
+ cycles created by casual use of sys.exc_info() no longer cause
+ permanent memory leaks (provided garbage collection is enabled).
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Tools/Demos
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