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authorChristian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>2008-02-08 00:11:31 (GMT)
committerChristian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>2008-02-08 00:11:31 (GMT)
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Deallocate content of the dict free list on interpreter shutdown
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 1?
Core and builtins
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+- Fixed a minor memory leak in dictobject.c. The content of the free
+ list was not freed on interpreter shutdown.
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- Limit free list of method and builtin function objects to 256 entries
each.