merge 8.7

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/generic/tclNamesp.c b/generic/tclNamesp.c
index 94245a2..a961ab4 100644
--- a/generic/tclNamesp.c
+++ b/generic/tclNamesp.c
@@ -933,6 +933,11 @@ Tcl_DeleteNamespace(
     Command *cmdPtr;
 
     /*
+     * Ensure that this namespace doesn't get deallocated in the meantime.
+     */
+    nsPtr->refCount++;
+
+    /*
      * Give anyone interested - notably TclOO - a chance to use this namespace
      * normally despite the fact that the namespace is going to go. Allows the
      * calling of destructors. Will only be called once (unless re-established
@@ -1064,16 +1069,7 @@ Tcl_DeleteNamespace(
 #endif
 	    Tcl_DeleteHashTable(&nsPtr->cmdTable);
 
-	    /*
-	     * If the reference count is 0, then discard the namespace.
-	     * Otherwise, mark it as "dead" so that it can't be used.
-	     */
-
-	    if (!nsPtr->refCount) {
-		NamespaceFree(nsPtr);
-	    } else {
-		nsPtr->flags |= NS_DEAD;
-	    }
+	    nsPtr ->flags |= NS_DEAD;
 	} else {
 	    /*
 	     * Restore the ::errorInfo and ::errorCode traces.
@@ -1090,6 +1086,7 @@ Tcl_DeleteNamespace(
 	    nsPtr->flags &= ~(NS_DYING|NS_KILLED);
 	}
     }
+    TclNsDecrRefCount(nsPtr);
 }
 
 /*