From a6123abb72431f0dda92044727b10177c75a02eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Armin Rigo <arigo@tunes.org>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 22:07:08 +0000
Subject: A clearer error message when passing -R to regrtest.py with release
 builds of Python.

---
 Lib/test/regrtest.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 86961b0..314e7e1 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -513,6 +513,9 @@ def runtest(test, generate, verbose, quiet, testdir=None, huntrleaks=False):
     else:
         cfp = cStringIO.StringIO()
     if huntrleaks:
+        if not hasattr(sys, 'gettotalrefcount'):
+            raise Exception("Tracking reference leaks requires a debug build "
+                            "of Python")
         refrep = open(huntrleaks[2], "a")
     try:
         save_stdout = sys.stdout
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