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authorPhilip Jenvey <pjenvey@underboss.org>2009-09-29 04:32:44 (GMT)
committerPhilip Jenvey <pjenvey@underboss.org>2009-09-29 04:32:44 (GMT)
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#6990: clear threading.local's key only after its thread state is removed:
fixes local subclasses leaving old state around after a ref cycle GC which could be recycled by new locals
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 1
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #6990: Fix threading.local subclasses leaving old state around
+ after a reference cycle GC which could be recycled by new locals.
+
- Issue #6300: unicode.encode, unicode.decode, str.decode, and str.encode now
take keyword arguments.