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diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
index 96a4bef..08b98eb 100644
--- a/Lib/site.py
+++ b/Lib/site.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ site-specific customizations. If this import fails with an
ImportError exception, it is silently ignored.
"""
+import atexit
import sys
import os
import re
@@ -86,6 +87,25 @@ USER_SITE = None
USER_BASE = None
+_no_builtin = object()
+
+def _patch_builtins(**items):
+ # When patching builtins, we make some objects almost immortal
+ # (builtins are only reclaimed at the very end of the interpreter
+ # shutdown sequence). To avoid keeping to many references alive,
+ # we register callbacks to undo our builtins additions.
+ old_items = {k: getattr(builtins, k, _no_builtin) for k in items}
+ def unpatch(old_items=old_items):
+ for k, v in old_items.items():
+ if v is _no_builtin:
+ delattr(builtins, k)
+ else:
+ setattr(builtins, k, v)
+ for k, v in items.items():
+ setattr(builtins, k, v)
+ atexit.register(unpatch)
+
+
def makepath(*paths):
dir = os.path.join(*paths)
try:
@@ -357,8 +377,7 @@ def setquit():
except:
pass
raise SystemExit(code)
- builtins.quit = Quitter('quit')
- builtins.exit = Quitter('exit')
+ _patch_builtins(quit=Quitter('quit'), exit=Quitter('exit'))
class _Printer(object):
@@ -423,20 +442,20 @@ class _Printer(object):
def setcopyright():
"""Set 'copyright' and 'credits' in builtins"""
- builtins.copyright = _Printer("copyright", sys.copyright)
+ _patch_builtins(copyright=_Printer("copyright", sys.copyright))
if sys.platform[:4] == 'java':
- builtins.credits = _Printer(
+ _patch_builtins(credits=_Printer(
"credits",
- "Jython is maintained by the Jython developers (www.jython.org).")
+ "Jython is maintained by the Jython developers (www.jython.org)."))
else:
- builtins.credits = _Printer("credits", """\
+ _patch_builtins(credits=_Printer("credits", """\
Thanks to CWI, CNRI, BeOpen.com, Zope Corporation and a cast of thousands
- for supporting Python development. See www.python.org for more information.""")
+ for supporting Python development. See www.python.org for more information."""))
here = os.path.dirname(os.__file__)
- builtins.license = _Printer(
+ _patch_builtins(license=_Printer(
"license", "See http://www.python.org/%.3s/license.html" % sys.version,
["LICENSE.txt", "LICENSE"],
- [os.path.join(here, os.pardir), here, os.curdir])
+ [os.path.join(here, os.pardir), here, os.curdir]))
class _Helper(object):
@@ -453,7 +472,7 @@ class _Helper(object):
return pydoc.help(*args, **kwds)
def sethelper():
- builtins.help = _Helper()
+ _patch_builtins(help=_Helper())
def enablerlcompleter():
"""Enable default readline configuration on interactive prompts, by