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From: Irit Katriel <1055913+iritkatriel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:09:10 +0100
Subject: gh-74166: break cycle by clearing the list instead of dropping its
 reference (GH-91685)

---
 Lib/socket.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index 97362d9..28d9c89 100755
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ def create_connection(address, timeout=_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
             raise ExceptionGroup("create_connection failed", exceptions)
         finally:
             # Break explicitly a reference cycle
-            exceptions = None
+            exceptions.clear()
     else:
         raise error("getaddrinfo returns an empty list")
 
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