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| author | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 2000-08-16 23:41:01 (GMT) |
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| committer | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 2000-08-16 23:41:01 (GMT) |
| commit | 4df762ff98d2b7c21c2fcef922812844eb401650 (patch) | |
| tree | 4b9f70a9da5ecfbff83abab4dd19958b6e21d4e1 /Objects/stringobject.c | |
| parent | f2581c97f202c35886e649bacccef1a46ed5dd2b (diff) | |
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Insure properly identifies the `interned' dictionary as leaking at
shutdown time, but CVS log entry for revision 2.45 explains why this
is so. Simply include a comment so we don't have to re-figure it out
again 5 years from now.
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diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c index 6d25ddb..25621c2 100644 --- a/Objects/stringobject.c +++ b/Objects/stringobject.c @@ -2850,6 +2850,18 @@ PyString_Format(PyObject *format, PyObject *args) #ifdef INTERN_STRINGS +/* This dictionary will leak at PyString_Fini() time. That's acceptable + * because PyString_Fini() specifically frees interned strings that are + * only referenced by this dictionary. The CVS log entry for revision 2.45 + * says: + * + * Change the Fini function to only remove otherwise unreferenced + * strings from the interned table. There are references in + * hard-to-find static variables all over the interpreter, and it's not + * worth trying to get rid of all those; but "uninterning" isn't fair + * either and may cause subtle failures later -- so we have to keep them + * in the interned table. + */ static PyObject *interned; void |