On 3/2/06, Brett Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/2/06, Neal Norwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The following code leaks a reference. Original test case from > > Lib/test/test_sys.py in test_original_excepthook. > > > > import sys, StringIO > > eh = sys.__excepthook__ > > try: > > raise ValueError(42) > > except ValueError, exc: > > exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb = sys.exc_info() > > eh(exc_type, None, None) > > Which can be simplified to:: > > from sys import __excepthook__ as eh > > try: > raise BaseException > except: > eh(BaseException, None, None) > > It fails if the first argument to sys.__excepthook__ is either a > built-in exception or a classic class. it looks like strings and > new-style classes do not trigger it.
And is now fixed in rev. 42794 . -Brett _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
