# Taken from Lib/ctypes/test/test_keeprefs.py, PointerToStructure.test(). from ctypes import Structure, c_int, POINTER import gc def leak_inner(): class POINT(Structure): _fields_ = [("x", c_int)] class RECT(Structure): _fields_ = [("a", POINTER(POINT))] def leak(): leak_inner() gc.collect()